Robert Beaser

Robert Beaser

Born: May 29th, 1954
Country of origin: United States of America

Upcoming:

Manhattan Roll
Conductor: Eugene Corporon
February 16th, 2012 | Murchinson Performing Arts Center - Denton, TX - United States of America

News

10/07/2011

Music of Beaser and Ligeti Featured at University of Arizona School of Music

The curtain rises on the Fourth Annual Music+ Festival at the University of Arizona on October 21, with a focus this year on contemporary music luminaries Robert Beaser, Béla Bartók, and György Ligeti. Jointly produced by The University of Arizona School of Music, The Hanson Institute for Film, ...

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09/19/2011

Robert Beaser’s Manhattan Roll at University of Southern California

Commissioned by a consortium of 25 university wind ensembles across the country, Robert Beaser’s Manhattan Roll continues its tour throughout the US this month with a performance by the University of Southern California Thornton Wind Ensemble in Bovard Auditorium at USC’s Thornton School of Music. ...

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03/04/2011

Robert Beaser’s Ground “O” Premieres to Critical Acclaim at Seattle Symphony

Robert Beaser’s Ground “O”, composed for the Seattle Symphony's Gund/Simonyi Farewell Commissions project for Maestro Gerard Schwarz, received rave reviews after its premiere in Seattle on February 17. Bernard Jacobson writes in The Seattle Times : As its title would presage, Ground ...

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01/18/2011

Robert Beaser’s Manhattan Roll Debuts in New Wind Band Transcription

Robert Beaser’s Manhattan Roll premiered in its new wind ensemble transcription on December 18 at the Midwest Band Clinic in a performance by the University of Missouri-Kansas City Wind Ensemble led by Steven Davis. Already beloved in its original orchestral version which premiered at the New ...

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12/23/2010

schott aktuell - the journal 1/2011 online

CHORSINFONIK  p 3: Editorial · Contents  pp 4-6: World Premières: Krzysztof Penderecki: "Powiało na mnie morze snów..." · Robert Beaser: Ground "O" · Rodion Shchedrin: Double Concerto · Gavin Bryars: New full length ballet · Chaya Czernowin: The Quiet ...

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12/06/2010

Douglas J. Cuomo’s Black Diamond Express Train to Hell Premieres with Maya Beiser and the American Composers Orchestra

The American Composers Orchestra continues the innovative Orchestra Underground series on Friday, December 3 in a program that features the world premiere of Douglas J. Cuomo’s Black Diamond Express Train to Hell . Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Swan, ...

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12/06/2010

Robert Beaser's Manhattan Roll in World Premiere in New Wind Band Transcription at Midwest Band Clinic, Chicago; IRIS Orchestra Performs Robert Beaser’s Folk Songs

On December 18, Steven Davis leads the University of Missouri-Kansas City Wind Ensemble through the world premiere of Robert Beaser's Manhattan Roll in its new version for wind ensemble. Premiered by the New York Philharmonic in 1998, the work is featured as part of the headlining performance ...

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11/04/2010

New and Upcoming Publications from Schott Music

The start of another busy performance season brings with it a rush of new scores into music stores from the offices of Schott New York, London and Mainz. First off, Schott Mainz announces the release of a series of Hebrew choral works , newly discovered and published for the first time, from Viktor ...

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07/16/2010

Robert Beaser Featured as Guest Composer at Thailand International Composition Festival; Evening Prayer Debuts at Tanglewood

The Thailand International Composition Festival welcomes Robert Beaser as one of this year’s Guest Composers from July 12 through July 16. In addition to his resident composer duties that include leading composition master classes and acting as competition judge, Beaser also sees performances of ...

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04/09/2010

Robert Beaser's Folk Songs in Performance by Lexington Philharmonic

Robert Beaser's Folk Songs , premiered by the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra in the summer of 2007, continues to see performances across the US, with the most recent taking place this past winter by the Lexington Philharmonic. Critic Loren Tice remarked of the work after that performance, "So ...

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