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Friday, September 29, 2006
Season Preview
My newspaper's annual Fall Arts Preview section came out a couple weeks ago—a tradition which consistently stirs up mixed feelings: interest, disgust, surprise, intrigue, excitement ... and agita, Since then I've been meaning to do my own self-congratulatory all-Newman version, seeing as I'm hearing about some terrific performances shaping up for this season. So not counting any projected Spring performances of the chamber winds concertino, which are all, as far as I know, mostly unscheduled (as well they should be at this point seeing as the thing doesn't exist yet), here are some of this season's upcoming Newman Highlights:
This month
Chunk at Southern Methodist University, The Meadows Wind Ensemble, Jack Delaney, conductor. Happening in a couple of hours, actually!*
October
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November
starting with the chamber group version in Springfield MO with Ensemble 21
then the wind orchestra version at University of Kansas's "neXt Festival", John Lynch conductor, less than 24 hours later.
(You can probably guess that logistically, this trip was, um, complicated to plan.)
followed quickly by...
the wind orchestra flavor again with Georgia State University's Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Bob Ambrose, conductor.
(I need to reiterate ... that's 2 OK wind symphony performances in one month, and 3 OKs within 2 weeks. Rains...pours...)
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December
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January
As the scent of spring rain..., with the Levine School of Music's Metropolitan Wind Symphony, John Kilkenny, conductor. A chance to hang out in Alexandria ... my in-laws will be thrilled!
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February
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March (my new favorite month)
As the scent of spring rain... at the 2007 CBDNA National Conference final concert in Ann Arbor, Florida State University Wind Ensemble, Richard Clary, conductor
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For more details on any of these, see the nifty database (nifty database courtesy of SB's mad PHP skillz). I add performances to that database as soon as they are confirmed (or really quite close to being confirmed), so it's not close to a full picture of the year just yet. If you know of a performance, be proactive and add one yourself. Go ahead. It's pretty sweet. The technology behind this is awfully cool.4 Comments:
&friendidThanks for the PHP props, but due credit must go to JM in making the thing actually work again...
Glad to see all the Newman going on. Looking forward to hearing a few portions in person!
I believe the '06-'07 Concert Season shall be known as "The Year of Newman."
I'm particularly excited about this chamber winds concerto. That piece is gonna get played like a flutist on prom night. (I've no idea what that even means.)
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John Mackey, at
12:59 PM
Ironically, the moment I posted the above, my database connection decided to break. It will be fixed in a couple of days, I hope. Until then, enjoy the fun mysql error message on the performances page.
It's still going to be the "Year of Newman", though. That doesn't change. ;-)
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