If any list members are in the Richmond Virginia area on Tuesday May 30, you can hear a performance of my Concerto for Horn and Concert Band at a concert by the Richmond Symphonic Winds. Amanda Burton, the group's Principal Horn, will be soloist. Ira Schwartz will conduct. The concert will be at 7:30 p.m. at Powhatan High School (Powhatan is a small community a few miles west of Richmond). The concerto was written about a year and a half ago. It was commissioned by the Richmond Public Schools to honor my long-time friend and colleague in the Petersburg Symphony (and member of this List), Nelson Lawson, on the occasion of his retirement after many years as Supervisor of Music in the Richmond schools. Nelson gave the first performance in March of 2005 with the Richmond All-City High School Band. Another item of interest on the program will be Dr. Richard Schwartz's transcription for concert band of the Final Movement of Anton Bruckner's Eighth Symphony. Those of you on the list who are aficionados of historic brass instruments will recognize Dr. Schwartz's name as author of the "Cornet Compendium," the definitive history of the development of the Cornet in the 19th Century. Emory Waters _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
