Dancing "Tamar"!

"Hopewell" World Permiere

World Premiere of "Chatter" Announced!

When the Dahlia Flute Duo agreed to premiere my piece "Chatter" this year, I really didn't expect to hear from them for a few months. To my surprise they found an opportunity to premiere the work on a huge stage. They will premiere the work at the International Alliance for Women in Music 2011 Congress at the University of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Arizona in September. Dates and times are not yet solid, but I will keep you informed as they happened.

This week has been out of this world, and there is still more news ahead that is incredibly exciting. I can't wait to finally be able to tell people :) 

Hopewell for Middle School Band

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Program Notes:
"Hopewell" was commissioned by Hopewell Middle School's Concert Band directed by Audrey Murphy located in Milton, Georgia. The connotations of the school's namesake gave an opportunity to convey a realization that a generation of young people is growing up in an age of uncertainty and that hope is often a seed that is rarely planted. Like most developing minds of today’s era, a situation where the possible positive ending to a seemingly dramatic and life changing problem is all but possible to them. Most do not see that hope is a ray of brilliant light that often breaks the most foreboding thundering clouds of life even at the last moments of a crossroads. The movements of rhythm and volume weaved within this piece reflect that the very mindset of those who only see the darkness of a situation can often find the glimmer of hope to hold onto at the very end for to have the hope of peace, the hope of cures, and the hope of a better life is something that all children deserve the right to have.

Score (11x17) and parts (8.5 x 11) will be delivered by email in PDF format.

Instrumentation:
Flutes
Oboe
Bassoon
2 Bb Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Alto Sax
Tenor Sax
Bari Sax
2 Horns
Bb Trumpets
Trombones
Euphonium Tuba
1 Timpani
3 Percussion (snare, marimba, cymbals, suspended cymbals, chimes, and glockenspiel)

Venue Change for Tuesday

There is a correction for the venue for Tuesday night's premiere of my work
"Hopewell". The band will be performing at Alpharetta United Methodist Church on
Main St (Highway 9) in Alpharetta, GA on Tuesday.

If anyone should need me I'll practicing my tail off on the Rachmaninov and
Shostakovich. I got the music yesterday for next weekend's concert, and I am
feeling the burn!

Premieres, Performing, & Flute Duets

Again, next week (not to mention the rest of the month and April) is looking like a jammed packed month and I welcome it!

On March 8 at 7pm at Hopewell Middle School in Milton, Georgia, the Hopewell Middle School Symphonic Band under the direction of Audrey Murphy (http://www.hopewellbands.com) will premiere a work they commissioned from me called "Hopewell". This concert is a preview concert of what they will perform at the National Music for All Band Festival in Indianapolis, IN from March 17-19. I've been to a couple rehearsal and they sound great!

On March 12 at 8pm and March 13 at 3pm at Kennesaw State University's Bailey Performing Arts Center I will be performing with the Cobb Symphony Orchestra. We will be performing Shoshtakovich's Symphony No. 1 and Rachmoninoff's Symphony No.2 You can buy your tickets here:http://www.cobbsymphony.org/cso_10-11_season.htm

In other new the Dahlia Flute Duo (http://www.dahliafluteduo.com) has agreed to premiere my flute duet "Chatter" this season. They are champions of contemporary music and are also featured recitalists at this years National Flute Convention. I will let you know more as we nail down dates!

FLUTISTS! Lent starts next week and Easter is around the corner. I arranged some duets appropriate for those services here: http://www.nikkinotes.com/EasterLentDuets.html

Hope everyone has a good week. There are more exciting news by the end of the month! *fingers crossed*