Hubert Bird

Premieres

Among new works heard in 2003 were Memoria Pepetua for concert band and Now From the World (The Light of God Is Gone) for SATB, piano, and clarinet, both commissioned by the University of Scranton (PA) in memoriam: Vaclav Nelhybel. Dawn, for men's chorus, was commissioned and premiered by Beta Delta Chapter, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Pittsburg (KS) State University, with support from the National Sinfonia Foundation.

Performances

Recent performances include Triple Concerto for Flute, Guitar, and Percussion by the National Symphony of Ecuador, Andrei Vasilevsky, conductor, at the Festival Internacional de Flautistas en la Mitad del Mundo, Quito, Ecuador; Echoes for Concert Band, Pittsburg (KS) State University Wind Ensemble, Dr. Craig Fuchs, conductor; and the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Harold Easley and Joann Geller, Rome, NY. Heard at the University of Toledo (OH) were Duo Concertante for two trumpets and piano with Lauraine Carpenter and Brian Bushong, trumpets, and Kenneth Cooper, piano; and the song cycle A Flourish of Roses, Barbara Rondelli-Perry, soprano; Robert Ballinger, piano.

Publications

Suite for Organ; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Six Songs of Solomon; Lux Nova Press. Now From the World (The Light of God is Gone); Alliance Music Publications. Dawn; Schaffner Publishing Company.

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