Musical Conversations with Anne Guzzo and Amelia Dicks

 Dear Friends,

I hope this finds you well.

I wanted to take a moment to introduce next week's program:

Anne Guzzo's Fanfare for Mountains and Peace, Vivaldi's Piccolo Concerto featuring Amelia Dicks, and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "from the New World"

Dvorak's most popular work does not need much introduction, but I have been wanting to pair Anne's work with it for a while. Dvorak wrote this symphony after his visit to the "New World," and Anne's work was written as a celebration of distance and connection of North and South America. Take a look at the conversation I had with Anne:

I also had a conversation with our Principal Piccolo Amelia Dicks who will be featured on this concert: 

Looking forward to seeing you at Memorial!

Best,

Kayoko

Musical Conversations: Composer Kyle Kindred

 Dear Friends,

I'd love to introduce my new colleague at Sam Houston State University, Kyle Kindred. SHSU Symphony Orchestra is performing (Texas premiere!) his wonderful work A Longmont Overture on October 8 at 7:30pm central (8:30pm eastern). Here is my conversation with Kyle:

Please join us for the concert via live stream on Friday Oct 8 at 8:30pm eastern time:

<SHSU SO Live Stream>

Best,

Kayoko