Gregory Wanamaker
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Oncoming Traffic features Robert Spring’s definitive recording of my Duo Sonata with Timothy McAllister.
“An impressive and rewarding unaccompanied work” – – Philip Sinder referring to TubaSuite in the Guide to the Tuba Repertoire: The New Tuba Source Book ©2006 Indiana University Press.
events 2010-2011
September 14, 2010
Performance of Duo Sonata by Malena McLaren, clarinet, and Paul Forsyth, saxophone Magale Recital Hall, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA. 7:30 p.m.
October 17, 2010
Performance of Duo Sonata by SSgt Joseph LeBlanc, clarinet, and GySgt Steven Temme, saxophone at the John Philip Sousa Band Hall, Marine Barracks Annex, 7th and L Streets, S.E., Washington, DC. 2:00 pm. For mor details about this concert, click here.
October 23, 2010
Performance of my very short speed metal organum bluesby the PRISM Quartet at the Arizona State University Herberger Institute School of Music. This is a free recital of works written especially for them, the culmination of a week-long residency made possible by generous support from the National Endowment of the Arts.
October 29, 2010
Performance of Sonata deus sax machina by Jordan Grelle, saxophone, and Seteven Chambers, piano in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Auditorium at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, TX. 7:30 p.m.
November 13, 2010
Performance of Duo Sonata by Ryan Carle, clarinet, and Scotty Phillips, saxophone, at Ashurst Hall, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 8:00 p.m.
November 14, 2010
World premiere of Joyful Noises commissioned by the Adirondack Youth Orchestra Association in celebration of their 25th Anniversary. Plattsburgh High School Auditorium, Plattsburgh, NY. 1:00 p.m.
December 4, 2010
Performance of Duo Sonata by Berginald Rash, clarinet, and Jeremiah Baker, saxophone, at Peabody Institute in Cohen-Davison Hall, Baltimore, MD. 8:00 p.m. Part of Vivre Musicale’s 2010-2011 Season: “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue: A Marriage of Mediums.”
January 2, 2011
Duo Sonata from Timothy McAllister’s Innova release Glint will be featured featured on the Society for New Music's Fresh Ink, WCNY FM at 2:00 p.m. This Society-produced hour of new music programming can be heard every Sunday afternoon beginning at 2:00 PM following the Syracuse Symphony broadcasts on Classic FM, WCNY-FM 91.3 Syracuse, WUNY-FM 89.5 Utica and WJNY 90.9 Watertown, or on the web.
February 8, 2011
Performance of speed metal organum blues by the Lawrence University Saxophone Quartet. Lawrence University, Appleton, WI.
February 8, 2011
Performance of Duo Sonata by the neoPhonia New Music Ensemble. Kopleff Recital Hall, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. 7:30 p.m.
February 23, 2011
World premiere of Dreamscape for wind ensemble performed by the Crane Wind Ensemble, Brian Doyle, conductor. Helen Hosmer Hall, The Crane School of Music, Potsdam, NY. 7:30 p.m.
April 2, 2011
Performance of Sonata deus sax machina by Mallory Kokus, saxophone and Gay Chun, piano at the Hartt School of Music. Hartford CT. 2:00 p.m.
April 3, 2011
Performance of Run by The Capitol Quartet. Sara M. Snell Music Theater, The Crane School of Music, Potsdam, NY. 8:00 p.m.
April 8, 2011
Performance of Duo Sonata by Berginald Rash, clarinet, and Jeremiah Baker, saxophone, at Truman State University, Kirksville, MO. 8:00 p.m. Part of Vivre Musicale’s 2010-2011 Season: “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue: A Marriage of Mediums.”
April 24, 2011
Performance of Duo Sonata by Mark Gallagher, clarinet, and Timothy Powell, saxophone, at Frostburg State University, MD. 8:00 p.m.
May 3, 2011
Performance of Triaria by The Contemporary Music Ensemble. Hosmer Hall, The Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY. 7:30 p.m.
May 3, 2011
PRISM Quartet’s new Innova records release Dedication. Featuring speed metal organum blues is released on iTunes and Amazon.com
May 6, 2011
Performance of speed metal organum blues by the Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet. Stamps Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI. 8:00 p.m.
May 13, 2011
Performance of speed metal organum blues by the Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet. Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
May 14, 2011
Performance of speed metal organum blues by the Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet. Shanghai Conservatory, Shanghai, China.
May 20, 2011
Performance of speed metal organum blues by the Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet. Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China.
May 22, 2011
Performance of speed metal organum blues by the Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet. National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China. 10:30 a.m.
May 24, 2011
Performance of speed metal organum blues by the Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet. Renmin University, Beijing, China.
May 28, 2011
Performance of speed metal organum blues by the Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet. Youth Orchestras of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
May 28, 2011
CD Release Concert for PRISM Quartet’s Dedication. Featuring speed metal organum blues and 22 other short works composed for PRISM in 2004. World Cafe Live (upstairs), Philadelphia, PA. 7:30 p.m.
May 29, 2011
Performance of speed metal organum blues by the Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet. Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles , CA.
May 31, 2011
CD Release Concert for PRISM Quartet’s Dedication. Featuring speed metal organum blues and 22 other short works composed for PRISM in 2004. The Stone, NYC. 10:00 p.m.
Summer 2011
Anticipated release of the Capitol Quartet's yet-to-be-titled cd on the White Pine Music label featuring the world premiere recording of Run. The Capitol Quartet and Scott Burgess, of White Pine Music, were selected as recipients of an Aaron Copland Grant to record new works by American composers. I am honored to be included in this project!
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