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1) Biography 2) Compositions 3) Recordings		Michael Colgrass NEW AND RECENT COMPOSITIONS AND RECORDINGS
4) Comment and Concert Reviews 5) Conversation		WORLD PREMIERES CBC FEATURES ESPRIT ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE OF "SIDE BY SIDE" Press this link for CBC's musical presentation page The Esprit Orchestra Concert featuring the premiere of Michael Colgrass' Side by Side, for altered piano, harpsichord and orchestra, will be the featured concert on the CBC website for this next year. Click on the link above or press on the Michael Colgrass music link on the CBC Music Playlist Page. SIDE BY SIDE for harpsichord, altered piano and orchestra for soloist Joanne Kong, co-commissioned by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), The Richmond Symphony Orchestra and the Esprit Orchestra. First premiere: 13 May 2007 by Alex Pauk conducting Joanne Kong with the Esprit Orchestra at St. Lawrence Centre in Toronto. Second premiere: 2 November 2007 with Gil Rose conducting the BMOP orchestra at Jordan Hall in Boston. RAAG MALA for wind ensemble commissioned by the Southern Utah University Symphonic Band, premiered 19 April 2006. OLD CHURCHES (choral version), 10 Nov 2006, Commissioned by the University of Louisville Collegiate Chorale. University of Louisville Collegiate Chorale. Kent Hatteberg, Director. RECENT RECORDINGS WINDS OF NAGUAL for large Wind Ensemble Ohio State University Wind symphony Russel C. Mikkleson, conductor Naxos 8.570244 URBAN REQUIEM for four saxophones and wind orchestra The University of Michigan Symphony Band, Michael Haithcock, conductor. Collaborations, U of M Symphony Band, Equilibrium Records, EQ 66 Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble Stephen Gage, conductor CD4 YSUSWE BALI for wind ensemble North Texas State Wind Symphony Eugene Corporon conducting GIA Windworks Series SPECIAL PERFORMANCES Michael Colgrass was a featured composer at the University of Louisville New Music Festival 8-11 November 2006. Works performed include: AS QUIET AS for orchestra URBAN REQUIEM for four saxophones wind ensemble OLD CHURCHES (choral version) WILD RIOT OF THE SHAMAN’S DREAMS for flute CHAMELEON for solo saxophone THREE BROTHERS for nine percussion PERCUSSION MUSIC for percussion quartet BALI for wind ensemble OTHER PERFORMANCES ARCTIC DREAMS for symphonic wind ensemble. Northwestern University -- 27 January 2006 State University of New York – February 25, 2006 Texas Christian University Wind Ensemble -- 26 March 2007 at Texas Christian University -- 29 March 2007 at CBDNA conference in Ann Arbor University of Washington -- 20 May 2006 BALI for wind ensemble Hanover Wind symphony,10 February 2007 Michigan State University Wind Ensemble, March 20 2007 The University of North Texas Wind Symphony, 21 July 2006 THE BEETHOVEN MACHINE for wind ensemble The Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Wind Ensemble, Marietta Georgia, December 10, 2006. DÉJÀ VU for four percussionists and orchestra New World Symphony, Miami, 6 April 2007 DÉJÀ VU for four percussionists and Wind Ensemble U. S. Marine Band Washington, DC. February 12, 2006 DREAM DANCER for alto saxophone and wind ensemble Toronto Wind Orchestra, Toronto, November 27, 2006 (also recorded – 1/4-6/07) HAMMER AND BOW for violin and marimba “Quorum” New Music Ensemble, Walter Hall, University of Toronto, 26 January 2006 LETTER FROM MOZART, for orchestra Fargo-Moorhead Orchestra, Moorhead, MN. January 21 & 22, 2006 Calgary Symphony orchestra, 3 March 2006 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Dayton, OH, April 20 & 22, 2006 Canton Symphony orchestra, Canton OH, 15 October 2006 Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, St. John’s, 17 November 2006 URBAN REQUIEM for four saxophones and wind orchestra Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music -- March 8, 2006 National Concert Band of Canada, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, 19 May 2006 Eastman Wind Ensemble with the VIM sax quartet, 8 November 2006 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 10 November 2006 VARIATIONS FOR FOUR DRUMS AND VIOLA Merkin Hall, New York city, 21 March 2007 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, 29 January 2007 Music in the Great hall Series by members of the Baltimore Symphony orchestra, 16 and 18 March 2007 WILD RIOT OF THE SHAMAN’S DREAMS, for solo flute International Flute conference in Pittsburgh, 10 August 2006 Wolfville, Nova Scotia, March 11 2007 CBC Halifax broadcast concert, 24 March 24 2007 WINDS OF NAGUAL, for symphonic wind ensemble Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February 14, 2006 Baylor University, Waco, TX, March 30, 2006 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, April 21, 2006 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, April 30, 2006 University of New Mexico Wind Ensemble, 1 November 2006 RECENT PUBLICATIONS MYSTIC WITH A CREDIT CARD for solo trombone Colgrass Music/Carl Fischer LLC (published 2004) Sale, CF APACHE LULLABY (2003) 4'45" Level 1-2 (Middle school band) For sale (CF) (June 2004) GOTTA MAKE NOISE (2003) 3'30" Level 2 (Middle school band) For sale (CF) (June 2004) THE BEETHOVEN MACHINE (2003) 6' Level 2-3 (Middle to High School Band) For sale (CF) (June 2004) OLD CHURCHES (2000) 5'30" Level 2 (Middle school band) For sale (Hal Leonard)   J.W. Pepper Music named this piece from the American Composers Forum Band quest commissioning series one of their "Editors' Choice" selections for 2003. "If you're looking for something that stands apart from the average band fare, take a look at 'Old Churches.' Intriguing thematic material and Colgrass' fine compositional style combine to make this a powerful, unique musical statement. Using easy graphic notation, students have a fun and creative way to explore sound production along with the compositional process. It' s quite an amazing work for this level, and one worth exploring."       The Editors, J.W. Pepper Music BALI (2005) 8’, Wind Ensemble, For sale (CF) TE TUMA TE PAPA (2001) 12’, Solo percussionist, For sale (CF) HAMMER AND BOW (2000) 12’, Violin and marimba, For sale (CF)
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