HYWEL DAVIES
Hywel Davies is a composer and sonic artist. He is currently at work on a permanent sound installation for the remodelled Sevenoaks Library and Arts Gallery and a piece for the Arts Council England telephone system. Concert works in progress include new works for piano solo for Marc Ryser (Switzerland) and Luciane Cardassi (Brazil); for Mexican harpist Mercedes Gomez; and for Canadian ensemble Méduse.
ROB DEEMER
Rob Deemer is extremely active today as a composer, conductor, educator and advocate for thearts. Such groups as the U.S Army Orchestra (Pershing's Own), Millar Brass Ensemble, Austin Civic Orchestra, the University of Texas Symphony, wind bands at the University of North Texas, Roosevelt University, Texas State University and Northern Illinois University and the new music ensembles at the University of Texas and University of Oklahoma have performed Deemer's works. His music has been received recognitions by BMI, Down Beat Magazine, Voices of Change, the Austin Civic Orchestra, the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra and Manhattan Beach Music. In 2007, Rob was received a nomination from the Austin Critics Table for Best Composition for ARE's performance of his work, La Maja Dolorosa.
In addition to his work in concert music, Rob has extensive experience as a composer for film, theatre and dance. With over 30 films and documentaries to his credit, his film scores have been heard in the Cannes Film festival, Directors Guilds of America in both Los Angeles and New York, the Festival CineLatino in San Francisco and the Festivale Pan African du Cinema in Ouagadougou, Africa. His work as theatrical composer and sound designer has been produced at the Mark Taper New Works Festival, the California Institute of the Arts and the Skylight and Crown Theatres in Los Angeles. As an author, he is currently co-authoring Music in Sound Film, An Introduction with noted film scholars David Neumeyer and James Buhler.
In 2006, Deemer created "The Composer Next Door", a new radio show that focuses on living composers and their music that broadcasts out of KCSC-FM on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma. Taking an "American Tour" approach with each show exploring the composers who live in a specific city, state or region in the United States, the program has been awarded a grant through the Kirkpatrick Foundation.
Deemer holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition from the University of Texas, a Master of Music in Composition as well as a Performers Certificate in Conducting from Northern Illinois University and an Advanced Certificate in Scoring for Film and Television from the University of Southern California. He has held teaching positions at The University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City University and The University of Texas. Currently, he holds a position as composition department chair in the School of Music at SUNY-Fredonia.
DAVE DOUGLAS
Dave Douglas is widely recognized as one of the most important and original American musicians to emerge from the jazz and improvised music scene of the last decades. His collaborations as a trumpeter read like a who's who of important contemporary artists: John Zorn, Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell, Don Byron, Steve Lacy, Fred Hersch, Anthony Braxton, Myra Melford, Andy Bey, Nick Didkovsky, Trisha Brown, Terry Winters, Jennifer Tipton, Louis Sclavis, Henry Grimes, Tim Berne, Tom Waits, Rabih Abou-Khalil, DJ Olive, Ikue Mori, Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg, Chris Potter, Uri Caine, Mark Turner, Roswell Rudd, Andrew Cyrille, Marc Ribot, Karsh Kale, Mark Dresser, Mark Feldman, Marty Ehrlich, and many others.
From 1996 - 2001 led the Dave Douglas Quartet, featuring Chris Potter, James Genus, and Ben Perowsky, to record two albums of new material. In 1996 & 1997 Dave composed for, recorded and toured with a double quartet entitled Sanctuary in homage to Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz, and John Coltrane's Ascension. From 1999 to 2001 composed the score for "EL Trilogy", an evening length dance choreographed by Trisha Brown and staged by Terry Winters. Multi-day overviews of his music have been presented at the San Sebastian Jazz Festivalk, Groningen Jazz Marathon, Cologne Music Trienale, Vancouver Jazz festival, and the New York Jazz Festival.
For the past half decade Dave Douglas has repeatedly been named trumpeter, composer, and jazz artist of the year by such organizations as the New York Jazz Awards, Down Beat, Jazz Times, Jazziz, and the Italian Jazz Critics' Society. In addition to his work as a trumpeter, composer and bandleader leading a wave of innovative, ground breaking and socially and politically aware artists, Douglas is also a sought after educator. Douglas is currently Artistic Director at the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music.
Douglas' own ensembles have toured widely since 1994, performing at major jazz and new music festivals in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, France, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Finland, Estonia, Australia and New Zealand.
photo of Dave Douglas by Jimmy Katz
Johannes Brahms
Bohuslav Martinu
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Igor Stravinsky
Pyotr Iiyich Tchaikovsky
Ralph Vaughn Williams
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