October 8-9, 2012
Oktuba 8-9, Dr. James Grant, Composer-in-Residence with SYMBIOSISDUO (Gail Robertson, euphonium and Dr. Stacy Baker, tuba).
- Monday, Oktuba 8, Dr. James Grant will give a presentation on his choral symphony, Such Was the War, based on WaltWhitman’s poetry written during the American Civil War when Whitman served as a volunteer nurse, Baird Music Hall, room 338, 11:30 a.m.
- Monday, Oktuba 8, the Horizon Brass Quintet (MSU’s Faculty brass quintet) will read Gail Robertson’s original composition, Tower Guard Tribute, Duncan Recital Hall, 10:20 a.m.
- Monday, Oktuba 8, Gail Robertson will be in rehearsal with the MSU Tuba/Euphonium Ensembledirecting her original composition, A Eupher’s Dream for 8 euphoniums and providing her insights into composition vs. arranging, Baird Music Hall, room 117, 1:50 p.m.
- Tuesday, Oktuba 9, Dr. James Grant will discuss Composition and Business, Baird Music Hall, room 117, 3:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, Oktuba 9, SYMBIOSISDUO willperform Dr. James Grant’s Double Concerto for Euphonium and Tuba with the MSU Symphony Band under the direction of Dr. Richard Miles, Duncan Recital Hall, Pre-Concert talk with American Composer, Dr. James Grant 7:30 p.m., concert 8:00 p.m.
All events are free and open to the public.
The residency is made possible by support of the Buckner and Sally S. Hinkle Endowment for Humanities, MSU’s Caudill College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Department of English, MSU ITEA (International Tuba Euphonium Association student organization), Theta Pi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (MSU student organization), Getzen Co., Christian Homeschool Fellowship of Morehead, Morehead State Public Radio and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and SYMBIOSISDUO.
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October 26, 2012
SymbiosisDuo will be featured artists with the Meridian Community Band under the direction of Carolyn Sherrill
Gail and Stacy will be performing SymbiosisDuo favorites with new Wind Band accompaniments!
7:30pm
East Lansing, Michigan
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October 28, 2012
Gail Robertson’s Doctorate of Music Arts Euphonium Recital #3
Gail Robertson (euphonium) and Hyekyung Lee (piano)
with special Guest, Stacy Baker (tuba) premiering the first piano performance of “Double Concerto for Euphonium, Tuba, and Piano” by James Grant
Michigan State University
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