july 2017 additional news

The Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music celebrates their 47th year with a Gala Fundraiser concert on July 25, 2017, featuring a performance of Traces by Kareem Roustom. The work, originally co-commissioned in 2013 by the Apple Hill Center, will be performed by the Apple Hill String Quartet, Kinan Azmeh (clarinet), and Sally Pinkas (piano).

The Apple Hill String Quartet commits their performance to that of new works. Since its founding in 20007, the ensemble has earned worldwide praise for its concerts of both traditional repertoire and newly commissioned music. The

Dr. James Eakin has joined the faculty of the Centenary College of Louisiana Hurley School of Music as professor of theory and composition.

Hurley School of Music

Eakin has been a composer-in-residence with the Turtle Creek Chorale, Resounding Harmony, and The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus.  His compositions have been performed at Carnegie Hall, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, and the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas. He has recently scored such films as Cut to the Chase, Sugar, and Visible Scars.  His composition #twitterlieder, performed by the Virginia Chorale, is currently in production for a

The Red Lodge Music Festival featured John David Earnest's Chimera Waltzes written for flute/bass flute, clarinet, and piano in a concert June 3, 2017. The performance highlighted the musicianship of the Scott/Garrison Duo (Shannon Scott, clarinet, Leonard Garrison, flute) along with Melissa Loehnig Simons on piano.

The Red Lodge Music Festival marked its 54th season. Located just one hour from Yellowstone Park, students experience high quality education with directors, musicians, and professors from across the nation.

The Scott/Garrison Duo recently included Chimera Waltzes on a CD recording from Albany Records. More information here.

The performers

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Leonard Garrison is Professor