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Last updated: Mon, Feb 1, 2010, 12:26 PM
recent news
2/01/2010
Tomorrow I start a short composer residency at the Arizona State University School of Music where conductor Stuart Sims and the ASU Wind Symphony perform Symphony No. 1, My Hands Are a City as a lecture-recital entitled "The 21st Century Symphony".
1/13/2010
De Profundis premiered brilliantly at the 2010 Central Oklahoma Band Directors Honor Band Festival last weekend at the University of Oklahoma, under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Gershman (audio now online). And The Vinyl Six is now available on CD or internet download, on The Avian Orchestra's new release, Fantastic Music for a Fabulous Time!
1/06/2010
Tonight at The Cell on W. 23rd St., The Avian Orchestra performs The Vinyl Six on the final concert of their Fantastic Music for a Fabulous Time tour.
12/11/2009
Paperback study scores of Symphony No. 1, My Hands Are a City, available for print-on-demand.
12/08/2009
Today we launched the Jonathan Newman e-newsletter; a probably-quarterly update on news, performances, and recordings. Join the mailing list, or view the current issue here.
12/03/2009
New work: De Profundis, for massed winds. Premiering with the 2010 Central Oklahoma Directors Association Symphonic Band in early January.
11/23/2009
The Kurashiki Sakuyo Wind Philharmony is currently on tour with the Japanese premiere of Symphony No. 1, under the direction of James Ripley.
11/19/2009
Tomorrow I leave for a short residency at The Sarofim School of Fine Arts at Southwestern University, where I will work with the composition students of my school chum Jason Hoogerhyde, and Lois Ferrari's SU Wind Ensemble for their performance of Moon by Night.
10/26/2009
A beautiful new live recording of Symphony No. 1, My Hands Are a City is now online. My thanks to the amazing Florida State University Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Richard Clary.
10/19/2009
Tonight: Richard Clary conducts The Florida State University Wind Orchestra premiere of Symphony No. 1, My Hands Are a City in Tallahassee...and Scott Stewart conducts the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony's 2nd performance of As the scent of spring rain...
10/07/2009
Excerpts from Carnival of Souls, an opera in two acts, are now online. The page includes perusal score and synopsis, as well as the project's history and development.
8/27/2009
New CD and download package from New York City's Gotham Wind Symphony, directed by Mike Christianson, featuring the world premiere recording of Avenue X.
7/22/2009
Tonight at Le Poisson Rouge, Alarm Will Sound performs two 5th Anniversary Acoustica shows, including my arrangement of Aphex Twin's Fingerbib.
7/04/2009
Tonight I leave for Cincinnati, for the James Logan Wind Symphony premiere of Symphony No. 1, My Hands Are a City at the 2009 WASBE Conference at the College-Conservatory of Music. The amazing JLWS is conducted by Ramiro Barrera. I'll also be taking part in WASBE's inaugural mentoring program, as Resident Mentor Composer.
6/30/2009
NEW: a live recording of the world premiere of Tree for string orchestra, by the Toledo Youth Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Kenneth Thompson.
6/23/2009
Here's a link to a Naxos podcast interviewing conductor John Lynch about his new CD, including My Hands Are a City and works by Gorb, Kuster, Mackey, and Putz.
5/30/2009
Steven Bryant and the Ambroses's (Robert and Sarah) are in town for The Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Wind Ensemble concert at Carnegie Hall tomorrow night, featuring MAYWE's performance of Avenue X, and Steve's gorgeous work, Dusk.
5/14/2009
Pleased to announce a beautiful new recording of As the scent of spring rain..., performed by the University of New Mexico Wind Symphony, led by Eric Rombach-Kendall, on Summit Records.
5/11/2009
Information pages are now online for Symphony No. 1, My Hands Are a City, and its new first two movements, Across the groaning continent and The Americans, including score and audio.
4/21/2009
My residency at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is in full swing, with rehearsals for the World Premiere of SYMPHONY NO. 1, My Hands Are a City, the North American Premiere of Climbing Parnassus, and Avenue X. Conductors Stephen W. Pratt, Jeffrey Gershman, and Paul Popiel lead their ensembles in the concert Thursday night.
4/14/2009
Tomorrow I begin an exciting residency at Millersville University in Pennsylvania (my home state), where after lectures and lessons and rehearsals I will lead the wind ensemble and concert band in Uncle Sid, Moon by Night, Avenue X, and As the scent of spring rain... in a Newman-thon concert on Friday.
3/15/2009
Early this year I was offered a fellowship at The MacDowell Colony, so tomorrow I leave for my two-week residency, where I will work full-time on my opera project, a collaboration with playwright Gary Winter.
2/17/2009
Last weekend, a fun guest conductor residency at Carthage College in Kenosha WI, culminating in a big concert where I performed an all-BCM program with the Lakeside Band Festival and the Carthage College Wind Orchestra.
1/04/2009
Today at Clinton Studios on 10th Avenue, recording sessions for the world premiere recording of Avenue X, for the Gotham Wind Symphony's upcoming CD. Tomorrow night, under the direction of Mike Christianson, Gotham performs their complete program at Symphony Space.
11/20/2008
Today in three spots across the country, three performances of wind ensemble pieces: As the scent of spring rain... in Boston with the Boston University Wind Ensemble, The Rivers of Bowery with the Drury Wind Ensemble in Springfield MO, and a guest residency performance of The Rivers of Bowery and Avenue X in Bellingham WA with the Western Washington University Wind Symphony.
