Comments on: Adrienne Albert, composer http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/04/25/adrienne-albert-composer/ Roger Bourland writes about music and life Fri, 16 May 2008 17:05:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 by: Brad Wood http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/04/25/adrienne-albert-composer/#comment-24625 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:21:44 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/04/25/adrienne-albert-composer/#comment-24625 Adrienne, congratulations again on your premiere, which as I told you already I thoroughly enjoyed. I as well had those Stravinsky works on LP with The Owl and the Pussycat (it's hiding now or lost, but I replaced at least that cut by getting a CD compilation just recently). I'm looking forward to the concert May 24th in Schoenberg with your new piece for saxophone, flute, and piano. Adrienne, congratulations again on your premiere, which as I told you already I thoroughly enjoyed.

I as well had those Stravinsky works on LP with The Owl and the Pussycat (it’s hiding now or lost, but I replaced at least that cut by getting a CD compilation just recently).

I’m looking forward to the concert May 24th in Schoenberg with your new piece for saxophone, flute, and piano.

]]> by: Adrienne http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/04/25/adrienne-albert-composer/#comment-24208 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:46:38 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/04/25/adrienne-albert-composer/#comment-24208 Thank you, Roger, for your thoughtful comments about me and my music. As you well know, it is such a thrill to hear our work come to life through the great musicians that Mark Carlson always brings together for his wonderful concert series, Pacific Serenades. And although PS is NOT MEC or the Green Umbrellas, it IS a series to be studied and copied by other chamber music organizations across the country. How many organizations commission a new work for EVERY concert grouping, bringing new works in along side the repertoire of those dead guys. And how many offer three concerts in a row in three different venues so that the musicians who have rehearsed (sometimes toiled over) the works have a real opportunity to grow with the music. Bravo Mark and Bravo Pacific Serenades. Aren't we lucky to live in Los Angeles at this time with all the opportunities to hear all kinds of music in all kinds of places. I am writing this while looking out at glaciers across the Katchemak Bay in the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage, Alaska. A bit different from sunny SoCal, but a wonderful kind of different. And speaking of new venues, This little town of Homer, AK can pride itself on stretching its musical muscles! The Kenai Peninsula Orchestra and choirs are performing two concerts this weekend that includes a premiere of my "Alaskan Symphony" (commissioned through the NEA and ACF) for choir and orchestra, the Schubert Mass, AND the Beethoven Triple Concerto! How about that for adventurous programming! And this is the town that houses Tom Bodett! Cheers! Adrienne Thank you, Roger, for your thoughtful comments about me and my music. As you well know, it is such a thrill to hear our work come to life through the great musicians that Mark Carlson always brings together for his wonderful concert series, Pacific Serenades. And although PS is NOT MEC or the Green Umbrellas, it IS a series to be studied and copied by other chamber music organizations across the country. How many organizations commission a new work for EVERY concert grouping, bringing new works in along side the repertoire of those dead guys. And how many offer three concerts in a row in three different venues so that the musicians who have rehearsed (sometimes toiled over) the works have a real opportunity to grow with the music. Bravo Mark and Bravo Pacific Serenades.

Aren’t we lucky to live in Los Angeles at this time with all the opportunities to hear all kinds of music in all kinds of places.

I am writing this while looking out at glaciers across the Katchemak Bay in the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage, Alaska. A bit different from sunny SoCal, but a wonderful kind of different. And speaking of new venues, This little town of Homer, AK can pride itself on stretching its musical muscles! The Kenai Peninsula Orchestra and choirs are performing two concerts this weekend that includes a premiere of my “Alaskan Symphony” (commissioned through the NEA and ACF) for choir and orchestra, the Schubert Mass, AND the Beethoven Triple Concerto! How about that for adventurous programming! And this is the town that houses Tom Bodett!

Cheers!
Adrienne

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