Gregory Wanamaker

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Dedication features PRISM Quartet’s recording of my very short speed metal organum blues alongside short works by 22 other composers. Read more about it in my discography. »

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latest news 09.01.11

New month, new season! This enjoyable summer was spent on some new territory for me - in collaboration with Carrie Mae Weems on a project for the Syracuse, NY based Society for New Music. The new work, A Story Within a Story, brings Carr’s stunning visual imagery and my sounds together in a new work that explores social and political identity over the past 40 years and beyond. I also had the pleasure of working on some sound design for her The Maddening Crowd, part of her Slow Fade to Black exhibit, showing at Legacy Gallery in North Adams, MA through September 25.

A new season also brings new projects and possibilities. I am pleased to be a part of a few consortium commissions and other projects that will keep me busy for quite a while. More details about those when the time comes... In the meantime, please check the 2012 Calendar for upcoming events!

The Capitol Quartet’s Five Works for Four Saxophones is to be released this fall on the White Pine label. This cd features my work virtuoso work Run, which was commissioned by Capitol in 2009. The Capitol Quartet and Scott Burgess, producer and engineer of this album, were selected as recipients of a grant from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music to record new works by American composers.

Scott Burgess also received another Copland Grant this year to record works composed for Christopher Creviston and Oren Fader. This disc will include my Three Episodes in addition to works by John Anthony Lennon, Dorothy Chang, Eric Schwartz, David Claman, Michael Djupstrom, Brian Coughlin and Whitney Ashe. This will likely be released in 2012. Keep your ears and eyes open!

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