On August 6, 2017, the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival featured the music of Daron Hagen and Gwyneth Walker in “Coffee and Kids,” an interactive concert of family-friendly works for woodwind quintet. Daron Hagen, Lilly Sketches The concert included the world premiere of Hagen‘s Lilly Sketches, based on the beloved mouse who stars in Kevin Henkes‘ popular children book, Lilly’sContinue reading “Wintergreen Music Festival features music of Daron Hagen & Gwyneth Walker in family concert”
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Daron Hagen – Wintergreen Festival Orchestra performs work for orchestra
The Wintergreen Festival Orchestra, under the direction of Mark Russell Smith, recently performed Daron Hagen‘s Postcards from America (1996). The performance took place as part of the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival on August 5, 2017. This work received its premiere in 1996 and was co-commissioned by the Oakland East Bay and Waukesha Symphony Orchestra. Postcards from America isContinue reading “Daron Hagen – Wintergreen Festival Orchestra performs work for orchestra”
Michael John Trotta Scene4 Interview: Music Born of Necessity
Scene4, an international magazine of arts and culture, featured Michael John Trotta in the July 2017 edition of the magazine. The article begins with Rainer Maria Rilke’s quote, “The work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity.” Trotta notes this quote defines the current season of his career. “Everything is aContinue reading “Michael John Trotta Scene4 Interview: Music Born of Necessity”
Grant Park debut of Roustom work earns positive reviews
On July 12, 2017, conductor Fawzi Haimor led the Grant Park Orchestra in a tour-de-force program, which included the Midwest premiere of Syrian-born composer Kareem Roustom‘s Ramal. The performance was met with widespread enthusiasm from critics, both for the Grant Park Orchestra’s performance under Haimor’s leadership and for Roustom’s music. John von Rhein of the Chicago TribuneContinue reading “Grant Park debut of Roustom work earns positive reviews”
Snow Lay on the Ground receives rave reviews
Julian Wachner and the Grammy-nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street, The Trinity Youth Chorus, and the NOVUS NY orchestra collaborated to create The Snow Lay on the Ground (CD 180). A stunning recording of nine brilliant carol settings and three organ improvisations performed by Wachner, the album continues to garner widespread enthusiasm from critics. “JulianContinue reading “Snow Lay on the Ground receives rave reviews”
Fanfare Magazine reviews Revelations, music of Su Lian Tan
All reviews were reprinted by permission of Fanfare Magazine. Let’s be clear from the off: Wants List material. Malaysian-born in 1966, Su Lian Tan has a uniquely expressive voice. My colleague Barnaby Rayfield, interviewing Tan in Fanfare 34:4, waxed lyrical about Tan’s achievements (FTCL, or Fellow of Trinity College, London, by age 17; postgraduate degreesContinue reading “Fanfare Magazine reviews Revelations, music of Su Lian Tan”
Trinity Wall Street & Julian Wachner embark on European Tour
This month, the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Julian Wachner begin an impressive tour with a three-concert stop in Norway, followed by two performances in the Netherlands. Norway The Grammy-nominated choir presents a series of early works while in attendance at the Stavanger Kammermusikkfestival with the music of Bach, Byrd, and Palestrina. Since 1991,Continue reading “Trinity Wall Street & Julian Wachner embark on European Tour”
A Dog’s Life — Daron Hagen’s film score commission
The Wintergreen Music Festival commissioned Daron Hagen to compose a new sixty-minute orchestral score for the silent Charlie Chaplin classic film, A Dog’s Life. The world premiere, scheduled for July 28, 2017, will be conducted by Festival Artistic Director Erin Freeman. A Dog’s Life (1918) is an American short silent film, starring writer and producer Charlie Chaplin. TheContinue reading “A Dog’s Life — Daron Hagen’s film score commission”
World Premiere at Wintergreen Music Festival — Daron Hagen
Wintergreen Summer Music Academy faculty members violoncellist Sarah Kapps and pianist Peter Marshall will give the world premiere Daron Hagen‘s Sonata for Cello and Piano as part of the 2017 Wintergreen Music Festival. The performance is scheduled for July 27, 2017. To learn more about the concert, click here. Cellist Sarah Kapps has an active and diverseContinue reading “World Premiere at Wintergreen Music Festival — Daron Hagen”
Apple Hill String Quartet performs Kareem Roustom
The Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music celebrates their 47th year with a Gala Fundraiser concert on July 25, 2017, featuring a performance of Traces by Kareem Roustom. The work, originally co-commissioned in 2013 by the Apple Hill Center, will be performed by the Apple Hill String Quartet, Kinan Azmeh (clarinet), and Sally Pinkas (piano). TheContinue reading “Apple Hill String Quartet performs Kareem Roustom”
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