The University of Texas at Arlington Wind Symphony and the Southern Methodist University Meadows Wind Ensemble will host world-renowned composer, conductor and performer Gunther Schuller as a guest artist-in-residence Nov. 11-16.
Gunther Schuller, famed composer, conductor and performer visits UTA and SMU Nov. 11-16 as guest artist-in-residence.
Highlights of Schuller's visit include open rehearsals with both ensembles as well as a public lecture by Schuller on Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Irons Recital Hall, 700 Greek Row Drive on the UTA campus and two capstone'Tribute to Gunther Schuller' concerts, the first at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15 in Caruth Auditorium, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus in Dallas; the second at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16 in Irons Hall at UT Arlington.
Tickets for the UTA concert are $8 for adults, $5 for students and seniors and are available at the door. Visitwww.uta.edu/music/band or call Douglas Stotter, UTA Director of Bands, at 817-272-2442 for more information.
Tickets for the SMU concert are $13 for adults, $10 for seniors and $7 for SMU students, faculty and staff and are available from the Meadows Ticket Office at 214-768-2787.
Schuller has developed a musical career that ranges from composing and conducting to his extensive work as an educator, jazz historian, administrator, music publisher, record producer and author. He was principal French horn at the age of 17 with the Cincinnati Symphony and rose to that position seven years later with the Metropolitan Opera. In 1959, he gave up performing to devote himself primarily to composition, and has since been rewarded with the Pulitzer Prize (1994), a MacArthur Genius Grant, two Guggenheim fellowships, the Darius Milhaud Award, the Rodgers & Hammerstein Award, the William Schuman Award from Columbia University, numerous lifetime achievement awards and is an original member of the American Classical Music Hall of Fame.
Contact Douglas Stotter at [email protected] or 817-272-2442 for more information about the performances.
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