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June 13 2010: Sunday, 4pm in San Francisco; June 19: Saturday, 8pm in Palo Alto; June 20: Sunday, 4pm in Oakland San Francisco Choral Artists directed by Magen Solomon will give the world premiere performances of This Dope Farm commissioned by the choir. | |
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May 2010: A concert tour of Denmark, Sweden and Finland by the Anderson University Chorale, from Indiana under the direction of Richard Sowers and with alto saxophone soloist Rebecca Chappell will include High Flight on the programme. This tour will include the European premiere of this work. Details to follow. | |
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March/April 2010: Richard Sowers will lead the Anderson University Chorale in a concert tour of Florida and the states between Florida and Indiana. On the programme will be High Flight with Rebecca Chappell on the alto saxophone. Full details to follow. | |
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March 28: 7.30pm in the Visual Arts Building Auditorium, Michael Garasi will direct the UCF Wind Ensemble in Rondorlando. | |
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March 14: Sunday, 4pm in San Francisco; March 19: Friday, 8pm in Palo Alto; March 20: Saturday, 8pm in Marin; March 21: Sunday, 4pm in Oakland San Francisco Choral Artists directed by Magen Solomon will give the world premiere performances of This Big Moroccan Sea commissioned by the choir. | |
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March 16: Richard Sowers will lead the Anderson University Chorale in a performance of High Flight with Rebecca Chappell on the alto saxophone. For details on attending this performance please contact the church. | |
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March 15: At 4:00pm in Hodgson Hall at the University of Georgia the UGA Concert Choir directed by James Henderson and with George Weremchuk on alto saxophone will perform High Flight as part of the North American Saxophone Alliance 2010 Biennial Conference. | |
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March 1: At 4:00pm at Starlake Recording Studios Alafaya Suite will be recorded in performance by The Knight Winds directed by Nora Lee Garcia. | |
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February 28: (Sunday) at 4:pm, Trinity Lutheran Church, 309 St. Pauls Avenue, Staten Island |
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February 19-21: At Dartmouth College, New Hampsire along with Karel Husa, David Del Tredici and Ron Nelson for a discussion focussed on the theme "In Our Time: Struggle, Courage and Hope", a guest of the Dartmouth Wind Symphony and its director, Matthew Marsit. I will also tutor graduate composition students and assist in rehearsals for the performance on Sunday, February 21 of L'homme armé: Variations 2 pm in Spaulding Auditorium. | |
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February 18: At 12.00 noon, in St. Luke's Episcopal Cathedral in Orlando, The Knight Winds (a flute, saxophone and clarinet ensemble) will perform the Alafaya Suite, a work jointly commissioned by Nora Lee Garcia and George Weremchuk. | |
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February 16: I will be interviewed by BBC Radio, Richard Bannerman, for a programme on the history of the ancient 'L'homme armé' theme. Reference will be made to my wind ensemble piece: L'homme armé: Variations. Watch this space for broadcast times and channels. | |
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January 30: At the Florida Flute Association's Florida Flute Fair, at 10:30 in the Capri Room of the Orlando Airport Marriot Hotel the Knight Winds, directed by Nora Lee Garcia will give the world premiere of the entire Alafaya Suite, a work jointly commissioned by Nora Lee Garcia and George Weremchuk. | |
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January 10: At 7.30pm in Benoit Glazer's "White House" in Orlando, the Knight Winds ensemble directed by Nora Lee Garcia performed three movements of the Alafaya Suite to a very warm reception. | |
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January 7: At 9:30 in the Tampa Convention Center, second floor stage area, the Knight Winds ensemble performed three movements of the Alafaya Suite, as part of the Florida Music Educators Annual State 2010 Conference. "The original composition by Mr. Marshall was a most pleasant combination of contrasts." Wiliam Reinecke. Top | |
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December 5: Saturday, 8pm in Palo Alto, December 12: Saturday, 8pm in San Francisco, December 13: Sunday, 4pm in Oakland, San Francisco Choral Artists directed by Magen Solomon gave the world premiere performances of Golden Carol specially commissioned by the choir. "It went really well this weekend! We got lots of compliments on it", Magen Solomon. | |
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December: Aue!, performed by the University North Texas Wind Orchestra under the direction of Eugene Corporon will be released on the GIA label as part of the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. The piece was included in Volume 7 of the series and will be released at the Mid-West Conference in Chicago this year. | |
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November 29: Sunday, 1pm in St. Paul's Cathedral, Wellington New Zealand, the Cathedral choir under the leadership of Michael Fulcher gave a 'wonderful, moving' Wellington premiere of The Desert Shall Blossom, a work commissioned in 1992 by St. Peter's Cathedral in Hamilton. | |
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November 15: At 3:00 pm at the Fisher Auditorium on the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus in Indiana, PA, the IUP Wind Ensemble directed by Jack Stamp will perform An Emily Dickinson Suite. This work was commissioned by Amherst Regional High School and Brian Messier. | |
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November 12: At 12.00 noon, in St. Luke's Episcopal Cathedral in Orlando, UCF Flute choir and UCF Saxophone Quartet will together perform two movements of the Alafaya Suite, a work jointly commissioned by Nora Lee Garcia and George Weremchuk. | |
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October 31 & November 1: Saturday and Sunday at 5.30pm both days, in the Centennial Theatre, Auckland Grammar School, Epsom, in Auckland New Zealand, GALS, the Gay and Lesbian Singers of Auckland will perform Faleula E! from Songs of Samoa. | |
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October 30: At 6.30pm the choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, New Zealand directed by David Burchell will perform Earth Song at the official opening of the Orokonui Wildlife Sanctuary.. | |
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October 26: 6:00pm, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL October 27: 11:00am, Georgia State University: Kopleff Recital Hall Atlanta, GA October 28: 7:30pm, Tennessee Technological University: Wattenbarger Auditorium Cookeville, TN October 29: 7:30pm, University of North Carolina at Greensboro: School of Music Recital Hall, Greensboro, NC October 30: 10:00am, University of North Carolina at Pembroke: Moore Hall Auditorium, Pembroke, NC November 1: 2:00pm, Lakota Hills Baptist Church, West Chester, OH December 1: 7:30pm, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD On these dates, at these venues, SYMBIOSISDUO, (Gail Robertson and Stacy Baker) will perform Orlando Lakes. |
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October 24: 7:00pm in the Rehearsal Hall of the University of Central Florida, bass Lesly Dumé with Kelsey Hickson on clarinet and Brandon Clinton on piano will present the American Premiere of Destination. | |
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October: Release of CD, SYMBIOSISDUO containing Orlando Lakes, a work jointly commissioned by Gail Robertson and Stacy Baker. You may buy this delightful CD and soon, copies of my score at the SYMBIOSISDUO website. | |
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October 18: At 3:00 pm in the Aotea Chapel, Auckland Methodist Mission, Auckland New Zealand, the Auckland Wind Orchestra directed by Ryan Youens performs Aue!. | |
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September 20: At the RSCM Festival service at 8.00pm, and also at evensong the following Sunday the choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, New Zealand directed by David Burchell performed Consider The Lilies, bolstered on the first occasion by members of the RSCM Southern division choir. | |
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August: Appointed Adjunct Professor in Composition at the University of Central Florida in addition to retaining the position of Composer-in-Residence with the university. | |
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August: Appointed Composer-Not-In-Residence for 2009-10 with San Francisco Choral Artists. | |
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July 25, 2009: On Saturday at 3pm in the Adrian Boult Hall of the Birmingham Conservatoire, as part of the International Double Reed Society Conference, members of the Birmingham Conservatoire Wind Ensemble directed by Guy Woolfenden gave the warmly received European premiere of Raptures a work commissioned by UCF as a tribute to Prof. Woolfenden. | |
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June 6, 2009: Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the packed Terrace Theatre of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, the Washington Men's Camerata directed by Frank Albinder gave Alas, For Those Who Never Sing a very successful world premiere. This work was commissioned by the Camerata and is dedicated to Frank Albinder. | |
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June 1: On Monday at 7:30pm, in Amherst College's Buckley Recital Hall (Amherst MA), the Amherst Regional High School Wind Ensemble under director Brian Messier gave An Emily Dickinson Suite a very fine world premiere. The long standing-ovation was among the warmest reactions to my music I have ever experienced. This work was commissioned by Amherst Regional High School and Brian Messier. c | |
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May 30: In Wesley United Methodist Church in Hadley MA at a concert celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Hampshire Young People's Chorus, conductor KC Conlan led the choir in a heart-warming and accomplished performance of 'Pusi Nofo' from Two Samoan Folksongs. | |
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May 20: At Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO, Eric Hawk on viola played Elegy as part of his Master's degree recital to a very positive response from jury and audience. | |
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May 14: Thursday, at 12:30 Center City Chorale, directed by David Schelat, sang Sau La'u Teine Samoa, and Minoi, Minoi from Songs of Samoa. | |
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May 8: At 4pm in the Grand Concert Hall of Hénán Provincial Center of Art in Zhengzhou, Luke Chih directed the Hénán Symphony Orchestra in the China premiere of 'Hikurangi Sunrise', one of two performances of this work in this city. | |
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May 7: AMIS Middle School Honors Choir, directed by Keith Montgomery, will perform the world premiere of To Hear An Oriole Sing, (a work commissioned by AMIS) in the American International School in Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
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April 27: At 8:00 pm at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus in Indiana, PA, the IUP Wind Ensemble directed by Jack Stamp with Sarah Hager as piano soloist performed the second movement of Renascence - described as the highlight of the concert. The IUP WE was one of 36 groups that commissioned this work. Top | |
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April 26: Sunday, 5.00pm in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber, John Rosser directed Viva Voce choir with Yvette Audain on alto saxophone in the overwhelmingly successful New Zealand premiere of High Flight. This work was commissioned by The Orlando Chorale in honour of John Perkins. | |
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April 25: At 8:00pm in Bailey Hall, Cornell University Tim Reynish directed the university's wind ensemble in a well received performance of L'homme armé: Variations. This work was commissioned by Timothy and Hilary Reynish in memory of their son William. | |
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April 18: At 3:30 p.m. in Old Cabell Hall Auditorium the Virginia Glee Club along with alumni gave a very successful world premiere of Four Virginia Student Songs. These arrangements, commissioned by the Virginia Glee Club will be released on CD in the fall. | |
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March 27: At 8pm in St. Paul's Cathedral on Symond St., Auckland, New Zealand, the choir of Aorere College directed by Douglas Nyce performed Pusi Nofo from Songs of Samoa at the AUT Chancellor's Dinner. | |
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March 22: at 4pm in Kawaiaha'o Church, Honolulu |
Stephen Sano led the Stanford Chamber Chorale on its Hawai'i tour in performances of Moemoe Pepe and Sau La'u Teine Samoa from Songs of Samoa. |
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March 20: Friday, at 8:00 PM in St. John’s United Church of Christ, Lansdale, PA March 21: Saturday, at 8:00 PM in First Presbyterian Church March 22: Sunday, 10:00 AM at Main Road Southold, NY and at 1:30 PM, Shelter Island Presbyterian Church, Shelter Island, NY March 28: Saturday, at 7:30 PM in Rosenberger Auditorium, Huntingdon, PA |
The Juniata College Concert Choir (from Huntingdon PA) directed by Russell Shelley performed La'u Lupe from Songs of Samoa. |
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March 24: At 8.00pm in the UCF Music Rehearsal Hall Keith Koons, clarinet, Ayako Yonetani, violin and Yun-Ling Hsu on piano, gave a sensitive and successful Orlando premiere of Three Aspects of Spring. Top | |
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March 14: 7:30pm at First United Methodist Church of Orlando, The Orlando Chorale directed by Gregory Ruffer with distinguished saxophonist George Weremchuk on alto saxophone gave High Flight a skilled and emotionally charged world premiere. This work is commissioned by the The Orlando Chorale. | |
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March 7-14: Between these dates, at various venues around Lille in France, the Juniata College Concert Choir directed by Russell Shelley performed La'u Lupe from Songs of Samoa. The first of these performances was a French premiere for this song. |
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March 6: Friday, 8:00pm in Stanford Memorial Church, Stephen Sano led the Stanford Chamber Chorale in warmly received performances of Moemoe Pepe and Sau La'u Teine Samoa from Songs of Samoa. |
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February 27: In the Visual Arts auditorium of the University of Central Florida, as part of the College Music Society 2009 conference, UCF professor Gail Robertson on euphonium with Stacy Baker from Morehead University on tuba gave a fine Florida premiere to Eola Stroll, a work they commissioned in 2008. | |
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February 16: At 7.30pm in Benoit Glazer's "White House" in Orlando, Richard Greenwood directed the Orlando Chamber Players in the well received world premiere of two movements from Raptures commissioned by UCF as a tribute to Guy Woolfenden. Also the world premiere of the first of the Dickinson Miniatures Charles Édouard Glazer on violin, Camille Glazer on viola, and Jean-Marie Glazer on cello. This work was written for them. Top | |