"Ansel Adams: America" Premieres

[johnastovall]

"Ansel Adams: America," a piece for symphony orchestra written by 88-year-old jazz pianist Dave Brubeck and orchestrated by his son Chris Brubek, received its world premiere last night in Stockton, California, played by the Stockton Symphony conducted by Peter Jaffe. The piece took the Brubecks more than a year to write and was originally conceived by Northern California arts patron Susan Carson to be played as Adams images were projected in the concert hall..."

Full story here....

[Shelby Lane]

Interesting. I am a fan of Brubeck's older work so I'd be interested in hearing what he's come up with.

[johnastovall]

It maybe preformed in Abilene, Texas.

Famous equally as performers and composers and for their ability to cross over between the jazz and classical worlds, father and son Dave and Chris Brubeck teamed up to pay tribute to legendary photographer Ansel Adams. This spectacular combination of symphonic music with projected images was commissioned by a consortium of seven orchestras—the Stockton Symphony, Sacramento Philharmonic, Fresno Philharmonic, Monterey Symphony, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Temple University Symphony Orchestra, and Abilene Philharmonic—supported by Meet the Composer and the James Irvine Foundation.

I've emailed the Abilene Philharmonic about it.

[johnastovall]

It will be preformed as the final concert on May 1, 2010.