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December 2010
Newsletter
It's now the third Newman Newsletter, and I'm finally starting to get the hang of this. If you've been auto-subscribed since the last one in July, our arrangement is simple: Read and enjoy, forward-to-a-friend, archive, unsubscribe, or otherwise manuever this missive through your digital life as you will, and you will receive my kudos on keeping your inbox neat and uncluttered. OK Feel Good The ultra-amazing American Modern Ensemble, led by the ultra-fabulous Robert and Victoria Paterson, performs my chamber sextet OK Feel Good this Monday the 13th at the ultra-hip Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, on their season-opening program Pieces of Eight: 8 sextets by composers under 40. Most excitingly, AME's performance of OKFG will actually be the NYC Premiere. Written in 1996, the work has been played in at least four countries, but not yet here at home. New Yorkers, see you there! New Performance Recordings and Videos Stereo Action: Click to watch the Texas State University-Commerce Percussion Ensemble, conducted by lead commissioner Brian Zator, perform this homage to the swanky swing of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad and Pops Percussion records of the 1960's. Tree: Listen to the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras’ Encore Chamber Orchestra's superb rendering of Tree from last month, conducted by Allen Tinkham. De Profundis: Listen to The Florida State University Wind Orchestra's brilliant De Profundis performance, conducted by Richard Clary in their gorgeous new Ruby Diamond Auditorium. Symphony No. 1, My Hands Are a City at TMEA and CBDNA This Fall I was in residence at the Texas State University School of Music for rehearsals and a performance of Symphony No. 1, My Hands Are a City, in preparation for their terrific Wind Ensemble's upcoming Spring travels: Caroline Beatty conducts Across the groaning continent at TMEA in San Antonio, and Rodney Schueller conducts the complete Symphony at the CBDNA National Conference in Seattle. New Work for Women's Chorus and Ensemble Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra and the 2011 Japan Wind Ensemble Conductors Conference is looking for a U.S. commissioning partner, for a piece for women's chorus and chamber orchestra, premiering in Kawasaki City, Japan on March 27, 2011. The work will set the text of contemporary New York City poet Marcella Durand. To be a part of it, read on for more specifics... My very best to all for a terrific Holiday Season!    |
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