The Magician is a new work for tuba and euphonium quartet. The work is influenced by the music of jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan. The work will receive its world premiere Monday October 24 in Conway, Arkansas by students of the University of Central Arkansas tuba and euphonium studio at 7:30pm CDT. The concert can be viewed via livestream at the link here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQjgF_YtcVI&ab_channel=UCADepartmentofMusic
Over the next couple of days I will be the guest conductor and composer for Millikin University's High School Honor Band Festival.
The event begins tonight, October 23, with an open rehearsal on "Deep River" with the Millikin University Symphonic Wind Ensemble conducted by the composer as well as a Q & A session to follow with the Millikin students and local band directors. The high school students then arrive Monday morning October 24th for an all-day event of rehearsals and other clinics culminating in a performance at 7pm CDT. The concert will feature the Millikin Symphonic Wind Ensemble performing a program that will include "Deep River" with the composer guest conducting the work for the first time ever. The second half of the concert will feature the High School Honor Band performing a program entirely with Benjamin Horne as their conductor. I Remember You will receive its third consortium premiere in my hometown of Atlanta, Georgia today! The Atlanta Chamber Players will be performing the work at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church tomorrow afternoon October 23rd at 3pm EDT. For the first time ever, the work can be heard online as this concert will be livestreamed. The link to the concert can be found below.
Concert Livestream HERE For more on the Atlanta Chamber Players: atlantachamberplayers.com Tonight you can find consortium premieres of two works in two different cities:
At 5pm CDT, Listen... will be performed by consortium members Taylor Hicks and Jared Sherman at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music in Kansas City, Missouri. This will be only the second live performance of Listen... after premiering virtually in 2021 at the International Tuba Euphonium Association's virtual conference. Later at 7:30pm CDT, I Remember You will receive its second and third performances ever by consortium ensemble, Musiqa, at the Midtown Arts and Theater Center in Houston, Texas. Musiqa will also perform the work again tomorrow October 15 at 7:30pm CDT. The composer will be in residence for these performances. The Musiqa program will also see the premiere of a new contributing artwork by Jade Davis that is inspired by I Remember You. Check it out below! |
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