- SEPTEMBER 2007 -- Carl Holmquist, composer of
From the Banks to the Blue Ridge from Music from the Hill 2005,
has had a second work contracted for publication by
C. Alan Publications. Carl's
concert band work Kirby: to my hero, which was commissioned by a 9th
grade band from Shakopee, Minnesota, pays tribute to the late, legendary
Minnesota Twins center fielder Kirby Puckett. Congratulations to Carl on this
achievement!
- MAY 2007 -- Congratulations to Matthew Peterson, whose
chamber opera The Binding of Isaac has been named a winner of the
prestigious
BMI Student Composer Awards. The BMI Student Composer Awards, held
annually since since 1951, are among the world's top young composer
competitions, and 11 former winners have gone on to win the Pulitzer Prize in
Music. Matthew's string orchestra work
Veturnaetur
was featured on Music from the Hill 2005.
- MAY 2007 -- Carl Holmquist, whose band composition
From the Banks to the Blue Ridge was
featured on Music from the Hill 2005, will have his
band work Play published by
C. Alan Publications. Play
will be his first commercially published work.
- APRIL 2007 -- Carl Schroeder, whose band composition
Agora
was included on Music from the Hill 2005, will have
his holiday-themed choral work Two December Carols published by
Boosey & Hawkes. Two December Carols
will be his first commercially published work.
- FEBRUARY 2007 -- On February 8, 2007, the St. Olaf Band premiered
the masquerade ballet, a work for piano and concert band by Jake
Fitzpatrick, whose piano solo
tokata
was featured on Music from the Hill 2005. He will be
the featured piano soloist for the masquerade ballet. Read more at the
St. Olaf website.
- FEBRUARY 2007 -- Matthew Peterson, whose
string orchestra work
Veturnaetur
was featured on Music from the Hill 2005, has had
his first work published. His SATB choral work The Bedtime Prayer is
now available from
Hinshaw Music. Visit Matthew's website
for more information.
- OCTOBER 2006 -- Congratulations to Matthew Peterson, whose
string orchestra work
Veturnaetur
was featured on Music from the Hill 2005, on the
news that his chamber opera The Binding of Isaac has been named one of
three finalists for the biannual National Opera Association Chamber Opera
Competition. He has also recently launched a new website at
www.matthew-peterson.com.
- OCTOBER 2006 -- Carl Holmquist, whose band composition
From the Banks to the Blue Ridge was
featured on Music from the Hill 2005, has won the
2006 Claude T. Smith Memorial Band Composition Contest for his band work
Play.
- AUGUST 2006 -- Jeremy Anderson, whose composition
Production R was featured on
Music from the Hill 2005, has released Voices,
a new CD of original music for layered voices. Check it out on
CDBaby or visit Jeremy's
website for more info.
- JUNE 2006 -- Carl Schroeder, whose band composition
Agora
was included on Music from the Hill 2005, has
released a new CD of original piano music titled
88 Keys. Visit his website
for more information.
-
MAY 2006 --
Congratulations to
Music from the Hill
2005 composers Matthew Peterson and
Chris Renk on successful premieres of their
one-act operas The Binding of Isaac and The Nirvana Sutra. Read more at the
St. Olaf website.
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