Andrew Cyr writes:
Hi Jerry,
I just wanted to give you a heads up about a couple of things:
Avner Dorman, the composer we just cut an album with (in editing mode now), had some incredible news in Germany, which I think is potentially worthy of a post. His new percussion concerto was just premiered in Hamburg a few weeks ago, and was just added in a rare surprise programming shift, with Munich Symphony — when was the last time you heard an American symphony do something like that! Check out the press release, which I received from his publisher, Schirmer. You can have a look at his website, too, http://avnerdorman.com , for additional info too…
In Metropolis news, another very talented composer we’re
collaborating with, Ryan Francis (b.1981), has won a prestigious
commission from the American Composers Forum, for a piano concerto which we will premiere in April…. There’s pretty much complete info for you on that on our homepage, under NEWS (we’ve a blog post about it) http://metropolisensemble.org/ — might be worthy of a post with you at some point, if you announce these kind of things. I think Ryan is an incredibly talented composer to be watched…
Hope all is going well in the new year, and thanks for all your
support!!!
All the best,
Andrew