ECCS Music in Vienna
On Sunday, January 20th, 2008, a concert of new music by Lower Austrian and Canadian composers was presented in the Concert Hall of the House of Composition at 11 Ungargasse in Vienna. This is a stately old building with the charming ambience of Old Vienna: high-ceilinged rooms with beautiful chandeliers. Such is the Concert Hall [...]
Enthusiastic Response to Reinhard von Berg’s Recitals in Germany!
The idea for this tour was born in the summer of 2005, when it was suggested to Reinhard to come to Kassel, Germany and play a concert during the 2007 documenta visual arts festival. It took more concrete form in November, 2006, when he was asked to present two concerts as part of the [...]
Suite and Serious: Orchestral Music of Michael S. Horwood
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Edmonton Composers’ Concert Society member composer Michael Horwood has an impressive Curriculum Vitae. A native of Buffalo, New York, USA, he studied musical composition and theory at the State University of New York at Buffalo with István Anhalt, Lukas Foss, Ramon Fuller and [...]
Five of a (New) Kind – New Direction for the ECCS
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 was a very special day in the twenty-two year history of the Edmonton Composers’ Concert Society. While many of the organization’s members have had orchestral works of one form or another performed by a variety of local, national and international ensembles, this was only the third time that the society [...]
Monte Keene Pishny-Floyd Performed in US
Suite for Small Orchestra (1970), Soundscapes from My Youth, by ECCS member Dr. Monte Keene Pishny-Floyd, was performed by the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra, John Ricarte, conductor, in Stafford, Texas on 13 May 2007. Fort Bend county and Stafford are part of the Houston metropolitan area. The Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra is an outstanding [...]
