A belated thanks to remarkable pianist and high-tech disklavier wizard Anatoly Larkin for producing the world premiere of Pyle Driver at the Pianos Without Organs festival at Greywalls Hall in Raleigh, NC.

The Bechtler Ensemble presents it’s fourth year with the Charlotte Composers Forum, consisting of composers from Queens University (Zach Zubow), Winthrop University (Ron Parks and Mark Lewis), UNCC (John Allemeier) and Central Piedmont Community College (Craig Bove). In celebration of the Bechtler’s latest exhibition, Celebrating Jean Tinguely and Santana, five composers have written original music to complement the piece. Three of the pieces include original choreography by UNCC’s Associate Dance Professor, Kim Jones, with former dancers from the Martha Graham and Jose Limon Dance company as well as local dancers. Performance on May 21 at 6pm.

Concerts are performed at 6 p.m. in the fourth-floor gallery. General seating will be available at 5:30 p.m. with a cash bar being available at the same time.

TICKETS

Tickets are $12 per person for the public and just $8 per person for museum members. Buy Tickets online, by phone at 704.353.9200 or at the admission desk.

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Many thanks to everyone involved with the Charlotte Composers’ Forum for producing two concerts of new works on January 23rd and 31st including my piece “What Remains” for violin, viola, cello, harp, vibraphone, and marimba.

Find out what five composers from UNCC (John Allemeier), Queens University (Zach Zubow) , Central Piedmont Community College (Craig Bove)  and Winthrop University (Ron Parks, Mark Lewis) are writing about – exciting  and hot off the press , music for string trio, harp, marimba and percussion.

Thanks to Big Band Jazz director Bill Hanna for premiering “Swing It” for 20 piece big band orchestra on November 19, 2016.

A belated thank you to the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra for premiering my orchestra piece “Twenty Years Gone” on October 28th 2015 at Halton Theater.   Many thanks for a fine performance conducted by Norman Huyhn.

4/15/15 – Halton Theater 730pm – The Gene Bryant Memorial Concert – A CPCC Sensoria Event – Through Time, movement four, a chamber concerto for guitar and string quartet.