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Chicago Composers Consortium season opener is coming up on September 23rd. Hope to see you there! Click here for more info.
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Please check out this beautiful video of the North Western saxophone studio performing Infinite Gestures with the Chicago skyline in the background. What a great hall! click here
Kurt Rohde’s Farewell Tour – PART 1
Kurt Rohde, Violist May 2018 Jared Redmond, piano Kurt Rohde, viola Violist and composer Kurt Rohde has commissioned six new pieces, which he will perform in May 2018 in Davis, Sacramento, Berkeley, and San Francisco. This is the first year of a multi-year commissioning project, that is modeled after Cher’s decades long Farewell Tours, Kurt Rohde’s Farewell Tour—Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6—commissions new works by the most gifted composers that Rohde feels are underrepresented and deserve a wider audience, while also broadening the repertoire for viola. The project’s anticipated year of completion is 2028, at which time Mr. Rohde will retirefrom playing in performance and donate his instrument to “some talented whipper-snapper who wants to play viola.” PROGRAM – World Premiere Performances Martha Horst, Hammer for viola and piano Jared Redmond, Tongues of Angels for viola and piano Carl Schimmel, Contemplation on Vanessa in the Boneset for viola and piano Ramteen Sazegari, Counterpane for amplified solo viola Laura Schwendinger, Three Movements for solo viola Mark Winges, The Contemplation of Unknown Islands for viola and piano PERFORMANCES May 17, 12:05–1 pm, Davis (partial program)University of California, Davishttp://arts.ucdavis.edu/event/kurt-rohdes-farewell-tour-part-1Ann E. Pitzer Center, Recital HallAdmission is free. May 18, 7:00 pm, San Francisco (full program) Center for New Music https://centerfornewmusic.com/calendar/kurt-rohdes-farewell-tour-part-1/ Admission: $15 General, $10 Members May 19, 7:00 pm, Sacramento (fullprogram) Sacramento Saturday Club http://sacramentosaturdayclub.org/calendar?month=may&yr=2018 Limited seating; contact Bruce Hubbard <bruce@hubbard-pataki.org> for reservation details. May 20, 3:00 pm, Berkeley (partial program) Left Coast Chamber Ensemble House Concert Extremely limited seating; contact Susan Thieme <susan@leftcoastensemble.org> for reservation details.
http://events.music.northwestern.edu/content/saxophone-ensembles-0
Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 7:30 pm, Taimur Sullivan, director
 My first work for saxophone ensemble (!) will be premiered at the North American Saxophone Biennial Conference in Cincinnati this March in Cincinnati. The family might have to make a road trip to get some Grady's ice cream!
 The wonderful Tuyen Tonnu and Xiaorui Chu will be playing my work Gemini for two pianos in mainland China in 2018. Also will be performing it at the RedNote New Music Festival in March, 2018. The work is comprised solely of intertwining 5th cycles. They are working hard to make this piece of music come alive!
 Very excited that our fabulous new wind ensemble director Tony Marinello will premiere Who Has Seen the Wind? for large wind ensemble at Illinois State University's RedNote New Music Festival on March 26th. I wrote this work while in Helsinki and have been dreaming of hearing it ever since. Details to follow!
My work for Straussian Landscapes for wind ensemble, which was premiered by Symphony Number One after winning their Call for Scores competition, was released by their SNO label on November 3, 2017. For more information, visit: https://symphonynumber.one/approaching  After a great premiere of my new work Tidal Rhythms in Illinois and a subsequent performance at the University of Louisville, I am thrilled to announce that Tidal Rhythms will be played in Paraguay and Brazil in June/July 2018. The work may be found via the link under the listen tab.  Thank you to the Chicago Composers Orchestra for a great premiere of my work Cloud Gate on April 22, 2017. I have posted the audio on my Sound cloud account and here on this website. Enjoy!  |
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