Gregory Wanamaker
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Oncoming Traffic features Robert Spring’s definitive recording of my Duo Sonata with Timothy McAllister.
“Gregory Wanamaker’s Sonata deus sax machina combines traditional jazz flavors with contemporary tonality and extended effects - multiphonics, smack-tonguing, note bending - in a technical tour de force.” Ronald E. Grames, Fanfare Magazine, 34:2 Nov/Dec 2010
events 2011-2012
July 28, 2011 - September 25, 2011
Carrie Mae Weems’ Slow Fade to Black shows at the Legacy Gallery. This show features Carrie’s new video work The Maddening Crowd with sound design by Gregory Wanamaker. 28 Holden St., North Adams, MA 01247
October 1, 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!
October 23, 2011
World premiere of A Story Within a Story by The Society for New Music. This is a new collaboration with Carrie Mae Weems. Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse Universty, Syracuse, NY. 4:00 p.m.
October 24, 2011
Performance of Run by The Capitol Quartet at the University of Northern Colorado School of Music.
October 25, 2011
Performance of Run by The Capitol Quartet at the Colorado State University School of Music.
October 26, 2011
Performance of Run by The Capitol Quartet at the University of Wyoming School of Music.
October 27, 2011
Performance of Run by The Capitol Quartet at the University of Colorado School of Music.
November 21, 2011
Premiere performance of Elegy by The Crane Wind Ensemble in Helen Hosmer Hall, The Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam. 7:30 p.m.
December 17, 2011
Performance of Duo Sonata by Adrian Sandi, clarinet, and Doug O'Connor, saxophone, at Cable Recital Hall in the Cultural Center for the Arts, Canton, OH.
January 13, 2012
Performance of Duo Sonata by Adrian Sandi, clarinet, and Robert Young, saxophone, at the 1st Oklahoma State University Single Reed Summit, Seretean Center Concert Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. 8:00 p.m.
January 18, 2012
Performance of Duo Sonata by Candice Broersma, clarinet, and Kelsey Broersma, saxophone, at the University of Redlands School of Music. 2:30 p.m.
January 18, 2012
Performance of Three Episodes by The Creviston-Fader Duo at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI. 8:00 p.m.
January 21, 2012
Performance of speed metal organum blues by Congaree Quartet at the U.S. Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium. Grand Tier, Center for the Arts, George Mason University. 6:00 p.m.
January 21, 2012
Performance of Sonata deus sax machina by MSG Robert Beeson at the U.S. Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium. Harris Theatre, George Mason University. 11:30 a.m.
January 21, 2012
Performance of speed metal organum blues by Quartet 35 at the U.S. Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium. Harris Theatre, George Mason University. 1:30 p.m.
January 22, 2012
Performance of Capriccio by Robyn Dixon Costa, oboe; Anthony Costa, clarinet; and Ann Deighton, piano at the Winterfest Music Series, UUFCC, State College, PA. 3:00 p.m.
January 27, 2012
Performance of A Story Within a Story by The Society for New Music, Cynthia Johnston-Turner, conductor. Onondaga Community College Arts Across Campus, Syracuse, NY.
February 21, 2012
Performance of Duo Sonata by Anne Dervish, clarinet, and Paul Nolen, saxophone, at Kemp Recital Hall, Illinois State University, Normal, IL. 8:00 p.m.
February 21, 2012
Performance of Duo Sonata by John Masserini, clarinet, and Jonathan Bergeron, saxophone, at Dumke Recital Hall, Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT. 7:30 p.m.
February 25, 2012
Premiere performance of Tarantasia by Christopher Creviston, saxophone and Hannah Gruber, piano. WMP Concert Hall, 31 East 28th Street, between Park and Lexington New York City.
February 28, 2012
Performance of Tarantasia by Christopher Creviston, saxophone and Hannah Gruber, piano. Sara M. Snell Music Theater, The Crane School of Music, Potsdam, NY. 7:30 p.m.
March 5, 2012
Performance of Tarantasia by Christopher Creviston, saxophone and Hannah Gruber, piano. Sara M. Snell Music Theater, The Crane School of Music, Potsdam, NY. 7:30 p.m.
March 7, 2012
Performance of Tarantasia by Christopher Creviston, saxophone and Hannah Gruber, piano. Southern Methodist University School of Music, Dallas, TX. 8:00 p.m.
March 8, 2012
Performance of Tarantasia by Christopher Creviston, saxophone and Hannah Gruber, piano. Oklahoma State University School of Music. 7:30 p.m.
March 10, 2012
Performance of Tarantasia by Christopher Creviston, saxophone and Hannah Gruber, piano. Wichita State University, Wichita, KS. 7:30 p.m.
March 12, 2012
Performance of Tarantasia by Christopher Creviston, saxophone and Hannah Gruber, piano. Portland State University, Portland, OR. 7:30 p.m.
March 13, 2012
Performance of Tarantasia by Christopher Creviston, saxophone and Hannah Gruber, piano. University of Oregon. 7:30 p.m.
March 15, 2012
Performance of the saxophone and clarinet version of Capriccio with Paul Nolen, Anna Dervin, and Jun Okada at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference. Recital Hall, Herschberger School of Music, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 1:40 p.m.
March 17, 2012
World premiere of Double Cadenza for the Three Reeds Duo (Paul and Leah Forsyth) at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference. Organ Hall, Herschberger School of Music, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 9:00 a.m.
April 9, 2012
Performance of Double Cadenza by the Three Reeds Duo at Dudley Recital Hall, University of Houston, Moores School of Music, Houston, TX. 7:30 p.m.
July 10 - 15, 2012
World Saxophone Congress XVI in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK. Features several performances of my saxophone works. Details TBA.
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