I transcribed Dusk for symphony orchestra last weekend, and had the good fortune (thanks to the efforts of Donald Grantham) to have the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra read it yesterday. They did a fantastic job, and I'm happy to announce you can hear it on this page, or at MySpace (same recording in both places). The piece will be distributed by Hal Leonard (but still published by me), exactly the same as the band version, and will be available late this summer. I have a few corrections and revisions to make to the score, and then will post a perusal version on the site sometime in the near future.
Yesterday was a busy day: last night, Jonathan Newman invaded San Marcos, Texas last night, where he was the 2008 guest artist with Rod Schueller, Caroline Beatty, and the Texas State University bands. They did three of his pieces, and WildKoba and I headed down that way to catch the show. I'm sure details will be forthcoming on Jonathan's Notebook in the near future.
Labels: Dusk, Jonathan Newman, Symphony Orchestra, Texas State University, WildKoba
Last night I dreamt I heard the new piece I'm writing in its entirety in concert. Except that I was outside the hall. And the piece wasn't finished, so I'd stuck in a transcription of some of Pink Floyd's The Wall in the middle to fill up the unfinished, empty space. Amazingly, no one noticed, though I don't think I can get away with that in real life. Unfortunately, all I can remember from the dream are the Floyd bits. I guess I'll have to keep working on this piece the old-fashioned way. I actually made progress on the first movement tonight. I'm writing for Celesta for the first time, which is a fantastic instrument. In fact, in the piece's current incarnation, it's the only live instrument in the first minute of the piece...
Labels: Celesta, Pink Floyd, WIndtronica