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 NEW VISIONS/NEW VISTAS Oakland East Bay Symphony Announces Scott Amendola, Benedikt Brydern, Rebeca Mauleón and Narada Michael Walden Winners of New Visions/New Vistas Commissioning Project. Original Works to Premiere in 2009-10 and 2010-11 Seasons OAKLAND, Calif., February 17, 2009 - Michael Morgan, Music Director of the Oakland East Bay Symphony (OEBS) announced today the winners of the New Visions/New Vistas commissioning project, made possible by a grant from The James Irvine Foundation. Scott Amendola, Benedikt Brydern, Rebeca Mauleón and Narada Michael Walden, all innovative composers with backgrounds in non-classical genres including jazz, Afro-Cuban, soul, R&B and electronic music, were selected by Morgan out of a total of 130 submissions. "The quality of the submissions and the imagination in many of the proposals made it difficult to choose only four composers," said Morgan. "There were at least ten composers I would commission if I could. I hope in the future to work with some of those not chosen today. The process was very enlightening." Amendola, Brydern, Mauleón and Walden will individually be paired with composer mentors for an intensive, one-on-one creative process focused on the practical aspects of writing for symphony orchestra, including advice on score and parts preparation and orchestration. The distinguished mentors are Elinor Armer, David Conte, Laurie San Martin and Laurence Rosenthal. The four finished pieces will be performed and recorded by the Symphony in subscription concerts at Oakland's Paramount Theatre in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons. |
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Lolly Lewis Project Coordinator Harry Duncan Creative Consultant ADVISORY PANEL Larry Batiste Pat Berry Paul Dresher Bob Duskis Jacqueline Hairston Walter Hawkins Lee Hildebrand Terri Hinte Zakir Hussain Jon Jang Henry Kaiser Orrin Keepnews Larry Kelp Marshall Lamm David Lefkowitz Laurie Lewis George Massenburg Luis Medina Derk Richardson David Rubien Merl Saunders, Jr. Khalil Shaheed Linda Tillery Lee Townsend Chuy Varela Peter Williams |
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