Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Sympatico


Sympatico, an ensemble that I (co)-formed late last year consisting of trumpet, piano and percussion, started rehearsals today. We're intending on performing a recital of new works by composers Daniel Hamburger, Dafnis Prieto and Tom Green. The concert, scheduled to take place on Saturday 28 August at the Queensland Conservatorium, is part of the New Music Network's 2010 Concert Series, which can be viewed online here: www.newmusicnetwork.com.au/series10.html

It's a wonderful group, which features two friends of mine - Dave Kemp on percussion, and Kellee Green on piano. It's always a great pleasure to play with those two musicians.

Dave and I are performing Dafnis Prieto's Trail of Memories (for C trumpet and percussion), which was commissioned by the New Trumpet Consortium in 2005. Also on the program is Dutch composer Daniel Hamburger's Reminiscences of Laura, scored for trumpet, piano quatre mains, percussion and electronics (which I run using MaxMSP on my MacBook Pro). Daniel Hamburger is a young, versatile composer who creates music for the stage and for multidisciplinary projects. Being a graduate in music technology, he organically integrates electronics in his compositions. Reminiscences of Laura, composed in 2003, received the public's prize in the final of the Henriette Bosmansprijs, a competition for young composers. We'll also be premiering a new four-movement work by Tom Green, which also features electronics as well. A draft (midi) version can be listen to at his website: http://tomposition.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/serious-or-not/




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