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Sometime during that year at Eastman, Williams read a magazine article that praised the work of Paul Price, a percussion teacher at the Manhattan School of Music who was performing new music for percussion ensemble. In the Fall of 1959, Williams moved to New York City to study with Price at the Manhattan School of Music.
He studied composition with Jack Beeson and Henry Cowell, orchestration with Henry Brant, percussion with Morris Goldenberg, timpani from Saul Goodman, and conducting with Rudolph Thomas and Fritz Zweig. While in New York City, Kraft worked as a freelance musician and was an extra percussionist at the Metropolitan Opera.
Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" or piccolo flute, the modern piccolo has the same type of fingerings as the standard transverse flute, [3] but the sound it produces is an octave higher. This has given rise to the name ottavino [ b ] ( Italian pronunciation: [ottaˈviːno] ), by which the instrument is called in Italian [ 4 ] and thus ...
The work is scored for solo horn and an orchestra consisting of three flutes (3rd doubling piccolo 1 and alto flute; 2nd doubling piccolo 2), two oboes, Cor anglais, two clarinets (2nd doubling E-flat clarinet), two bassoons, two additional horns, two trumpets, two trombones, bass trombone, timpani (doubling bass drum), three percussionists, harp, celesta, and strings.
Sonetos Eróticos, for soprano and ensemble(1989) Ediciones de Música Mexicana No. 88. Published in 1995. Chacdzidzib (1992), for piccolo. Biblio Música magazine no.6 (1993).
Kathinka Pasveer was born in Zaandam, The Netherlands, daughter of the conductor Jan Pasveer, who also taught at the Amsterdam Conservatory. [1] She studied with Frans Vester at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, where she received her performer's diploma, with the distinction of the Nicolai Prize in 1983.
Fritscher was born June 20, 1939, in Jacksonville and raised in Peoria, Illinois. [4] His family was Catholic. [4] Born during the Great Depression and growing up during World War II in rental housing, Fritscher was part of the gay generation who in their teens, during the 1950s, rebelled against conformity through the birth of pop culture and the Beats.
Rod Morgenstein (born April 19, 1953) is an American drummer with rock bands Winger and Dixie Dregs. [1] He also played with Fiona, Platypus, the Steve Morse Band, and Jelly Jam. He has also done session work with Jordan Rudess including his ventures with the Rudess/Morgenstein Project. [2] He also toured with Jazz Is Dead.