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My last post was about the Launch of the Kickstarter Campaign and I am happy to say that it was completely funded! The concert is only a few days away and I wanted to put up some links to Digital Embrace in case anyone is interested:
Important Info:
CONCERT – Sunday, January 29th @ 3 pm
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I have recently launched a project that will be tied to one of my DMA recitals at Peabody entitled Digital Embrace. The main thrust of the project will be a concert featuring live electronics and winds, that will take place on January 29th, 2012 @ 3 pm.
Along with the concert itself, I have started a Kickstarter campaign to help raise the money to rent the pieces on the program. The video below is a promo for the concert and is also used on the kickstarter website. If you are interested in supporting this project, you can click HERE. But, the best way to help out is to spread the word about the kickstarter, so feel free to share the link!
More info about the event itself can be found HERE
Unfortunately the summer is quickly drawing to a close. So, for those interested here are some quick blurbs on what I have been up to!
I have my secondary language exam coming up in the fall at Peabody. The three options for languages are Italian, French and German – not surprisingly. However in my high school naïveté, I assumed I would be in California forever, so learning Spanish would be the best choice. To be fair to Peabody, I could petition to use Spanish on the exam, but in all honesty, I would have to study Spanish just as much as if I was learning a new language… So I decided that instead of just trying learn “for the test”, I might as well actually try and learn the language of my choice – which happens to be French. I have been trying to devote at least some time everyday to learning it, but it is NOT easy!
I don’t think I have the words to describe my experience at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp this summer. It was so invigorating to be around artists of such high caliber and students who were voracious to learn about making art. I had students in the band who were also taking Shakespeare, Improv, Mime, Animation, Figure Drawing, Rock Band and Native American Carving in addition to about 55 other subjects! I was so impressed with not only the beauty of Sitka itself, but the camaraderie of the community to be able to pull a camp of this magnitude off – AND to do it after just inheriting a campus with over “10 years of deferred maintenance”. It has also inspired me to take up pencil-sketching and doing more with my photography. You can see some of the pictures I have taken over on my photography page
In addition to celebrating eight wonderful years of marriage to a very supportive and incredible wife, two other major events happened this summer. Our family flew out to California in June to celebrate the wedding of my brother-in-law. Much fun was had by all, and we welcome our new sister-in-law into the family! Also, I became “Uncle David” just this past week in July when my sister gave birth to a healthy baby boy!
Persichetti – Symphony No. 6 – I will be conducting this piece in early October with the Peabody Wind Ensemble. It will surprisingly be the first Persichetti I have done! Bucket list: CHECK!
Reich – Music for 18 Musicians – ’nuff said. This piece changed my life, so happy to be working on it! This is for the opening concert with the Great Noise Ensemble
Lash – Hush – this will be a world premiere on the same concert as the Reich
Mackey – Redline Tango – I will be conducting this piece in the Spring with the Peabody Wind Ensemble, but it is never too early to start!
The fall concert will explore the many different ways in which composers express spirituality in their music. The title of the program will be Spirtualis Itineris, or “Spiritual Journey”. The pieces that I am considering are:
Hailstork – New Wade n’ Water
Colgrass – Old Churches
Hovhaness – Suite for Band, Op. 15
Bach – something by him, haven’t decided yet!
Clark – Hymn of St. James
Copland – Variations on a Shaker Melody
Newman – Moon by Night
McBeth – Kaddish
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