latest news 02.12.12
For my first update of 2012, I’ve got to give thanks to 2011 for a terrific year! I had a terrific time working with the great Carrie Mae Weems to create A Story Within A Story, which was commissioned by The Society for New Music with generous support from The National Endowment for the Arts and The New York State Council on the Arts. I am looking forward to the Society’s future performances of this multimedia piece next season, and the recording sessions that will follow!
In 2011, Capitol Quartet also completed their Aaron Copland Grant Funded recording project Flex with engineer Scott Burgess for White Pine Music. Flex features my 2009 commission Run in addition to works by Perry Goldstein, John Fitz Rogers, Whitney Ashe, and Mark Weiser. Look for its release in March 2012.
Saxophone and electric guitar virtuosi The Christopher Creviston and Oren Fader Duo announced that their new cd Thrash is in the can! Also engineered by Scott Burgess for White Pine, this disc features my 2008 commission Three Episodes and Eric Schawrtz's blistering title track Thrash. We anticipate a Fall 2012 release.
Christopher Creviston and Hannah Gruber are touring this spring with my short fantasy Tarantasia from my in-progress collection of Twisted Dances for alto saxophone and piano. Their tour begins on February 24 at the WMP Concert Hall in New York City (31 East 28th Street, between Park and Lexington) and quickly moves through the Midwest to the Pacific Northwest.
Paul and Leah Forsyth, the Three Reeds Duo, will present the World Premiere of my brand new piece Double Cadenza at the North American Saxophone Allience Conference at Arizona State University on March 17. After a short tour, they'll also be playing the piece at the World Saxophone Congress XVI in Scotland in July. Both festivals have other works of mine on the program. Stay tuned for details.
As always, there are several more projects in the hopper. I’ll keep you posted when the time comes, even after it runs out.
New Disc!
Dedication may be PRISM Quartet’s most fascinating Innova Records release. Along with my speed metal organum blues, Dedication features 23 short works composed in 2004 in celebration of the Quartet’s 20th anniversary. Music by Tim Berne, William Bolcom, Zack Browning, Robert Capanna, Donnacha Dennehy, Dennis DeSantis, Nick Didkovsky, Jason Eckardt, Roshanne Etezady, Reneé Favand-See, Perry Goldstein, Jennifer Higdon, Libby Larsen, Matthew Levy, Keith Moore, Greg Osby, Frank J. Oteri, James Primosch, Tim Ries, Adam Silverman, Ken Ueno, Gregory Wanamaker, and Chen Yi.
Check out the discography page for more information.
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