American composer Tom Myron was born November 15, 1959 in Troy, NY. His compositions have been commissioned and performed by the Kennedy Center, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Portland Symphony Orchestra, the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, the Atlantic Classical Orchestra, the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, the Topeka Symphony, the Yale Symphony Orchestra, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Bangor Symphony and the Lamont Symphony at Denver University.
He works regularly as an arranger for the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, writing for singers Rosanne Cash, Kelli O'Hara, Maxi Priest & Phil Stacey, the Young People's Chorus of New York City, the band Le Vent du Nord & others. His film scores include Wilderness & Spirit; A Mountain Called Katahdin and the upcoming Henry David Thoreau; Surveyor of the Soul, both from Films by Huey.
Individual soloists and chamber ensembles that regularly perform Myron's work include violinists Peter Sheppard-Skaerved, Elisabeth Adkins & Kara Eubanks, violist Tsuna Sakamoto, cellist David Darling, the Portland String Quartet, the DaPonte String Quartet and the Potomac String Quartet.
Tom Myron's Violin Concerto No. 2 has been featured twice on Performance Today. Tom Myron lives in Northampton, MA. His works are published by MMB Music Inc.
FREE DOWNLOADS of music by TOM MYRON
Symphony No. 2
Violin Concerto No. 2
Viola Concerto
The Soldier's Return (String Quartet No. 2)
Katahdin (Greatest Mountain)
Contact featuring David Darling
Mille Cherubini in Coro featuring Lee Velta
This Day featuring Andy Voelker
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
Sunday Afternoon
I remember exactly what was happening when this picture was taken. It's 1976. We're in the rehearsal room behind the concert hall at 855 Comm. Ave. It's a GBYSO wind ensemble rehearsal. It's sunday afternoon. We're rehearsing H. Owen Reed's La Fiesta Mexicana. Hal Janks is conducting. I'm using a pair of Vic Firth "ultra staccato" mallets (the original ones with the felt dyed pool table green.) They are the coolest sticks ever. They are perfect for the timpani solo in the first movement of the Reed. Everyone is concentrating. We're into this piece big time. Nobody wants to screw up. My dad has a new camera. He's shooting super fast Kodak TRI-X. He's standing right next to me.
posted by Tom Myron
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