NEW VISIONS/NEW VISTAS - Oakland East Bay Symphony

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" WIDTH="663" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse" BGCOLOR="#FFFFDD"> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="14" HEIGHT="42"><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE="+6" FACE="Arial"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" SIZE="5"><FONT COLOR="#000000"></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1" COLOR="#000000"><BR><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF">.</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="343" HEIGHT="42"><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="+1"><B><BR>NEW VISIONS</B>/<B>NEW VISTAS</B></FONT></FONT> <MAP NAME="map1"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="4,5,114,32" HREF="http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=16" ALT="Join Our Email List" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP><BR><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"> <B><FONT SIZE="-1">Oakland East Bay Symphony Announces Scott Amendola, Benedikt Brydern, Rebeca Mauleón and Narada Michael Walden Winners of New Visions/New Vistas Commissioning Project.</FONT></B></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><B></B></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><B><FONT SIZE="-1">Original Works to Premiere in 2009-10 and 2010-11 Seasons</FONT></B><BR><BR><FONT SIZE="-1">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. <B>Scott Amendola</B>, <B>Benedikt Brydern</B>, <B>Rebeca Mauleón</B> and <B>Narada Michael Walden</B>, 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.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT SIZE="-1">"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."</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT SIZE="-1">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 <B>Elinor Armer</B>, <B>David Conte</B>, <B>Laurie San Martin</B> and <B>Laurence Rosenthal</B>. 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.</FONT> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"></FONT><FONT SIZE="+6" FACE="Arial"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" SIZE="5"><FONT SIZE="-1" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"></FONT></TD> <TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="174" HEIGHT="42"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B></B></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR></B><IMG SRC="image/200809/scott_9_12_07_1.jpg" ALT="Scott Amendola" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="15" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Amendola<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="145" BORDER="0" SRC="image/200809/Brydern.jpg"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Brydern<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="image/200809/Rebeca-piano.jpg" WIDTH="151" HEIGHT="150" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="6" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Mauleón<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="image/200809/NaradaBackofCar.jpg" WIDTH="152" HEIGHT="150" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="14" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Walden</FONT></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="151" HEIGHT="42"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">Lolly Lewis<B> <BR></B><I>Project Coordinator</I> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>Harry Duncan<B> </B><BR><I>Creative Consultant</I></FONT><B><BR></B></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B><BR>ADVISORY PANEL </B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>Larry Batiste <BR>Pat Berry<BR>Paul Dresher <BR>Bob Duskis <BR>Jacqueline Hairston<BR>Walter Hawkins <BR>Lee Hildebrand <BR>Terri Hinte <BR>Zakir Hussain <BR>Jon Jang <BR>Henry Kaiser <BR>Orrin Keepnews <BR>Larry Kelp <BR>Marshall Lamm <BR>David Lefkowitz <BR>Laurie Lewis <BR>George Massenburg <BR>Luis Medina <BR>Derk Richardson <BR>David Rubien <BR>Merl Saunders, Jr. <BR>Khalil Shaheed <BR>Linda Tillery <BR>Lee Townsend <BR>Chuy Varela <BR>Peter Williams <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"></FONT><BR></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>