Congratulations Don! I agree with Christopher that it is always
great to hear about the accomplishments of friends and collegues!
Enjoy the weekend...the work is over, now time to enjoy the fruit of
your labor!
Keep us posted!
Best,
Karen
On Apr 6, 2006, at 10:23 AM, Don Hart wrote:
Hi Folks,
I want take the opportunity to let the Finale Mail List community
know about
the premiere of the new ballet "The Velveteen Rabbit" for which I
composed
the score. I guess it's taken up a little too much of my life not to
mention it to you, so I'll ask your indulgence and try to be brief.
For nearly a year and a half I've been working on this project,
collaborating with Nashville Ballet artistic director Paul
Vasterling. A
good overview of the ballet can be heard if you go to: http://
wpln.org/ and
in "Recently on WPLN" in the right hand column, click on "Nashville
Ballet's
The Velveteen Rabbit". Incidentally, the music heard in that
feature is
from Finmac'05-generated mp3s, using Finale's internal sounds. The
Nashville Symphony will be performing. I wrote for a chamber sized
configuration: WW pairs, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 2
percussion,
harp, piano/celesta and strings (6-5-4-4-2)
The music encompasses a range of idioms stretching from late
romantic and
early twentieth century passages that are somewhat traditional in
nature, to
period jazz moments, such as a Charleston and a dixieland piece. The
chromaticism varies but the work stays tonal.
This piece culminates an 18 month period in which I've seen my work
(arranging) performed in Carnegie Hall, been nominated for a Grammy
award,
and composed over an hour and a half of music. Nearly an hour of
that total
is found in my score for the ballet, the largest work I've ever
composed.
The performances are this weekend, April 7, 8, and 9 at Tennessee
Performing
Arts Center's Jackson Hall; Fri. and Sat. at 7:30 and a matinee on
Sun. at
2:00. Everyone is welcome, of course, but my expectations are
built on
realism. If any one *can* make a performance please let me know so
I can
say hello.
Thanks for readiing,
Don Hart
http://hartmusic.com/
P.S. My website "bio" page is basically last year's info and needs
to be
updated.
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