02/09/2012

Joseph Schwantner In Residence at DePauw University

Indiana’s DePauw University hosts Joseph Schwantner as Composer-in-Residence at the school’s 10th annual Music of the 21st Century festival. From February 15 through 19, Schwantner leads chamber music coaching sessions, orchestra and band rehearsals and a wide range of master classes. The festival ...

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01/17/2012

Singleton and Schwantner Celebrate Martin Luther King

The music of Alvin Singleton and Joseph Schwantner plays a major role in the Martin Luther King, Jr. concert tributes this month in Atlanta and Alabama. Schwantner’s moving MLK text-setting New Morning for the World headlined the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s concert on January 12, under Robert ...

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12/23/2011

schott aktuell - the journal 1/2012 online

For Schott it is with particular pride that we look forward to the world’s celebrations of Wagner’s bicentenary in 2013. In anticipation of this event, we have been busy adding to our Richard Wagner Complete Edition: new urtext-vocal scores based to the Complete Edition of The Flying Dutchman in ...

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11/07/2011

Work of the Week - Joseph Schwantner: Concerto No. 2

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this month, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention honors Joseph Schwantner by hosting the premiere of Concerto No. 2 , for percussion section, timpani and orchestra , with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Hans Graf on November 10. The ...

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10/24/2011

schott aktuell - the journal 6/2011 online

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA As orchestras continue to focus on innovation in the concert hall, chamber orchestra repertoire is increasingly becoming a fixture in concert programming. Perhaps one reason for this is clear: a smaller, more nimble ensemble opens up endless possibilities for alternative ...

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10/07/2011

Complete Solo Percussion Part to Joseph Schwantner’s Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra Now Available in Edition Schott

The complete solo percussion part to Joseph Schwantner’s landmark virtuoso showpiece Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra is now available in a brand new revised Edition Schott publication, edited by the New York Philharmonic percussionist Christopher Lamb. The new, corrected edition of the solo ...

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07/06/2011

Naxos Releases Joseph Schwantner’s Chasing Light…

Naxos has just released a new disc devoted to the music of Joseph Schwantner, including the composer's Chasing Light…, Morning’s Embrace , and his landmark Percussion Concerto . All three works were performed by the Nashville Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Giancarlo Guerrero, with ...

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03/04/2011

Joseph Schwantner Performed Across America; Choreographed in Canada

Seven orchestras and ensembles perform works by Joseph Schwantner this month, including enduring classics such as his Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra, Sparrows , and New Morning for the World . On March 8, his Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble is featured at California State University ...

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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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11/03/2010

European Premiere of Joseph Schwantner's Rhiannon's Blackbirds by Holst Sinfonietta

November 27 marks the Holst Sinfonietta’s European debut of Joseph Schwantner’s Rhiannon’s Blackbirds in the Flügelsaal des Pianohaus Lepthien in Freiburg. The Holst Sinfonietta has long supported Schwantner’s work, including their commercial recording of his chamber music on the Naxos label released ...

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