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| For Immediate Release | April 2009 | |||||||||||||
New Carter Pann Study Scores from Theodore Presser Company |
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King of Prussia PA — Theodore Presser Company is proud to release three new study scores for wind ensemble by respected composer Carter Pann. Pann wrote Four Factories (415-41134 - $55.00) for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Wind Symphony, under the direction of conductors John R. Locke and Kevin M. Geraldi. Meant to evoke the sounds of machinery in large factories, and partially inspired by Ayn Rand’s book The Fountainhead, Pann refers to this piece as “explorations in motorized color-palettes,” with each of its four movements serving as individual “color-concepts.” Concerto Logic (415-41135 - $50.00) a piano concerto, was commissioned by a consortium of 21 leading college bands throughout the country, in conjunction with the College Band Directors’ National Association. Drawing its inspiration from games of chance, logic, and strategy, this work contains four movements and totals about 20 minutes. Finally, The Wrangler: Cowboy Dances for Wind Symphony (415-41136 - $30.00) was written for the James Logan High School wind ensemble in 2006, and is reminiscent of film scores of old Westerns. While sharing syntax with Aaron Copland’s ballets Billy the Kid and Rodeo, it manages to remain completely original in melody. This work was premiered in Carnegie Hall, New York City, in May of 2006. Performance materials will be available on rental from Theodore Presser Company for each of these pieces. All three new works can be heard on www.carterpann.com. Carter Pann is a versatile composer whose music has been performed around the world by ensembles and soloists including the London Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Seattle Symph., Budapest Symphony, Irish National Symphony, New York and Chicago Youth Symphonies; the Radio Symphonies of Berlin, Stockholm, and Finland; and the National Repertory Orchestra, among others. Honors include the K. Serocki Competition for his Piano Concerto, a Charles Ives Scholarship from the Academy of Arts and Letters, and five ASCAP awards. In 2000 his Piano Concerto was nominated for a Grammy Award. Carter is currently on faculty at the University of Colorado in Boulder Theodore Presser Company is a full-range music publisher and distributes the music of over 30 publishers from around the globe, with a combined sales catalog that features over 60,000 available works. For more information about new publications from Theodore Presser Company or to locate a dealer near you, log on to www.presser.com or e-mail us at sales@presser.com. For a review copy of the publication listed in this release, please contact Heidi Vanderlee at (212) 777-0900, ext. 230 or send an e-mail to hvanderlee@presser.com.. |
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