The Walden School Creative Musicians Retreat

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As the school year at Regis draws to a close, I’m increasingly thinking about The Walden School Creative Musicians Retreat, where I’ll be teaching in June. Sam Pluta, Caroline Mallonee, Marshall Bessieres, Shawn Crouch, Jim Mobberley, and Wet Ink will all be in residence. There will be improvisation, composition, musicianship, choral singing, master classes, hiking a mountain, composers forums…all the usual Walden goodness! It’s a one-week residency at Smith College in Northampton, MA–great little New England town.

The second (and last) application deadline is coming up soon. Check out the Walden website to download applications for admission and financial aid.

Duo Montagnard to play Two About Two

Posted by lorettanotareschi in Latest News, Upcoming concerts

I just found out from Matt Slotkin, the guitarist of the guitar/sax duo Duo Montagnard (saxophonist is Joseph Murphy), that they’re going to play my new guitar/soprano sax version of Two About Two in several places in the coming months. He tells me the piece will be on most of the concerts listed here, with the exception of the Scotland and Portugal engagements. Matt sent me a rehearsal recording, and I’m really happy with this new version. I only wish I could travel to hear some of the performances!

The piece was originally a commission from the Mountain Music Duo, a guitar/oboe duo comprised of James Cline, guitar, and Tenly Williams, oboe. The recording for this version of the piece can be heard here.

Liquid Sings to be performed at the International Summer Arts Institute

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A few days ago I was contacted by Italian clarinetist Arianna Tieghi. She plans to perform my clarinet piece Liquid Sings this July at the 2012 International Summer Arts Institute in Citta di Castello, Italy (see their website). This is part of an interesting project where she and her teacher Guido Arbonelli plan to collect a piece for clarinet from a composer in each of the 50 United States. I’m excited about this project and hope I can attend the performance!

Regis University Collegium 10th Anniversary

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I’ve been commissioned to write a piece for the Regis University Collegium’s 10th anniversary concert, which will be this spring (April, I think). It’s going to be for SATB singers, recorders, dulcien (a precursor to the bassoon), and hand bells and will most likely be an arrangement and reinterpretation of “Sumer Is Icumen In,” the anonymous medieval round/partsong. It’s a fun challenge to think about how I want to make a piece for student and community volunteers that is both accessible and interesting. I really enjoy arranging earlier music, and this tune is particularly charming. Check out the original version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOpcyFz4cw4