I am happy to share that with the generous support of the Long & McQuade Community Support Fund, in collaboration with colleagues at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, we have a project that allows student composers to write for professional musicians. With the Department Head of the School of Technology and Creativity, Dan Brandes as well as Marco Neri teaching the class we have been able to bring together performers from the Winds Faculty.
Judith Pazder, a flautist, has been with the VCM faculty for over 10 years and also teaches several flute ensembles. Alexander Richards is performing on tenor and alto saxophones, and he has a special interest in performing works for solo saxophone. Melissa is playing clarinet in each of these pieces. All three of the faculty performing have a passion for promoting new music and new composers.
There are three student composers involved with this project and I can say that each of the pieces demonstrates each of their voices wonderfully. We are in the process of working towards a performance very soon so please keep checking back for details. Thank you once again for the support from Long & McQuade, without them this project would not be possible.
