Featuring Matthew Russell, trombone and Lauren DeRoller, violin
Category Archives: Performance
A Mighty Fortress
I was just working on putting in the notes to my first opera, The Final Bid, into Finale and got tired so I ego surfed and discovered this fantastic rendition of my arrangement of A Mighty Fortress (is Our God).
According to the description, this appears to be by the faculty trombones of the Stetson University, FL. Performers are: Kerry Couch, Joey Powell, Rodney Maingrette, Robyn McClure, Emily Nichols, CJ Shafer and Chris Haines (Bass).
Requiem for Wounded Knee Performance
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Performed by Dr. Jim Shearer (Tuba), Steve Haddad (Tuba) and Dena K. Jones (Piano). A portion of the Haunted America Suite – Encore performance at New Mexico State University, October 29, 2015.
Gorgeous Performance
I blundered onto this absolutely gorgeous recording of my Fantasy for Trombone with a British brass band arrangement by Dorothy Gates, tuba performed by Steve Sykes and Nick Hudson playing the solo on trombone. I’ve never heard it this way. My gosh, they do a great job!
New Performance
Northern Lights, a dance performance is being performed at the Tynset Culture House in Tynset, Norway on May 2, 2015 and will include some of my music.
New Recording
My Fantasy for Trombone was just recorded for the CD, “Reflections” by Gordon Wolfe, principal trombone with the Toronto Symphony, and Vanessa May-Lok Lee on piano.
New recording from Achiles Liarmakopoulos
New album Discoveries from Canadian Brass member Achilles Liarmakopoulos, trombone accompanied by Amy J. Yang, piano, including my Fantasy for Trombone(1985).
The album is available on itunes, amazon, amoebamusic, etc Physical copies are available exclusively at the Canadian Brass store.
Neal Bennett
Neal just updated his web page and my Olmutz Concerto is front and centre! He’s a spectacular player and has also started a kickstarter program that specializes in classical music. Have a listen to his version of the Olmutz…
A Princely performance
This is a picture of the woodwind quintet from the Regina Symphony Orchestra playing for a dinner at which Prince Charles and Camilla were present (as well as the Governor General and Prime Minister). As the Prince is the patron of the Regina Symphony but was unable to come to Regina on his November, 2009 Canadian visit, the RSO sent us as representatives.
I was asked to write a piece for the quintet to play especially for the Prince and I responded with a short work that celebrated the Royal visit and paid homage to several of the things about England that we hold dear. The piece is called Big Ben.
I also wrote a fanfare for the entrance of the principal guests.
Barnaby Kerekes premieres the bass trombone concerto
Barnaby Kerekes premiered my bass trombone concerto March 28, 2009 with the Brampton Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Robert Raines. More on Barnaby can be found on his website www.music-lessons.ca.