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COMPOSER RESIDENCY
with the LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BANDS
Two works were selected through the LSU Inclusive Repertoire Initiative >>
PERFORMANCE: Smoulder for Wind Ensemble (2019)
Monday, April 25, 2022
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC WINDS:
Dr. Simon Holoweiko, Associate Director of Bands >>
PERFORMANCE: Dos Danzas for Concert Band (2010)
Thursday, April 28, 2022
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC BAND:
Dr. Kelvin Jones, Assistant Director of Bands >>
PERFORMANCE: Wings to Air for Flute (2013)
April 2022
Details forthcoming
Chosen for performance through a call for scores ::
PROGRAM:
Andrea REINKEMEYER Wings to Air
Jimmy KACHULIS Circle Round
Anna-Louise WALTON Marble
Anruo CHENG Three Miniature Paintings
Nick DEMOS Tonoi VI
Nnirmali FENN Scratches of the Wind
NEW YORK CITY CONTEMPORARY MUSIC SYMPOSIUM (NYCCMS)
Jonah Murphy, flute
PREMIERE PERFORMANCE: Smoulder for Orchestra (2021)
Sunday, March 6, 2022 - 7:30 p.m.
Spring Concert - In Characters of Fire
Newmark Theatre (Portland, Oregon)
METROPOLITAN YOUTH SYMPHONY >>
Dr. Raúl Gómez Rojas, conductor
World premiere of Rhythms in Motion a work by The Authentic Voice composer Rohan Srinivasan, a 2021 graduate of Sunset High school who now attends the Juilliard School of Music in New York City.
Smoulder, by Andrea Reinkemeyer (b. 1976). This American composer’s work has been described as “clever, funky, jazzy and virtuosic” (Detroit News, Daily Gazette). Dr. Reinkemeyer serves as Associate Professor of Music Composition & Theory at Linfield University, and her piece Smoulder evokes the devastation of forest fires and other ominous signs of climate change.
Symphony No.1, Afro-American, by William Grant Still (1895 – 1978). Written in 1930, this was the first symphony by a Black composer to be performed by a major orchestra — the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in 1931. The symphony boldly combines the conventions of jazz, blues and spirituals with the classic tradition.
A performance by MYS’ Concerto Competition winner.
Tickets are also available on the Portland’5 website.