who wait.
Last week, MSU’s Musique 21 premiered my piece titled Nonet, which was written nearly a year ago for a string quartet and wind quintet.
In the summer 2010, I was one of six composers invited to the Chamber Music Institute at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I collaborated with the Quintessential Winds of Long Beach, CA (see this post) and met the Tetra String Quartet of Phoenix, AZ. This institute was great; I established a long-term working relationship with the wind quintet and the musicians learned the business of becoming professional chamber groups.
While there, the Quintessential Winds and Tetra String Quartet had the idea of touring together and wanted a piece with a string quartet+wind quintet instrumentation. This is where I came in.
I wrote the piece.
It won the 2011 MSU chamber music Honors Competition.
It was granted a performance by Musique 21.
It is waiting for the official premiere.
The funny thing about working with up-and-coming chamber groups is that they start getting awesome gigs, and have to push back premieres of your music. The new date for the official premiere is in March of 2012.
Good things come!
Listen to Nonet:
