Past Project
Flute and Piano Commission from Carter Pann
Premiere Weekend: March 2-4, 2018
Carter Pann Residency at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Preliminary Schedule
Friday, March 2
Terri Wacker Recital and premiere of Carter Pann's new work for flute and piano
Saturday, March 3
FNMC Flute Artist Competition Finals
IUP Bands concert featuring works by Carter Pann
More events and details to come!
About the Composer
Composer/pianist Carter Pann has written for and worked with musicians around the world, garnering performances by ensembles such as the London Symphony and City of Birmingham Symphony, the Tchaikovsky Symphony in Moscow, many radio symphonies around Europe, the Seattle Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra, the youth orchestras of New York and Chicago, and countless wind ensembles. He has written for Richard Stoltzman, the Antares Ensemble, the Capitol Saxophone Quartet, the West Coast Wind Quintet, the River Oaks Chamber Ensemble and many concert pianists. His String Quartet No. 2 “Operas” was commissioned by the Takács Quartet to premiere in the 2015-16 season. Pann has been awarded a Charles Ives Fellowship, a Masterprize seat in London and five Morton Gould ASCAP awards (including a Leo Kaplan award) over the years. His numerous albums encompass solo, vocal, chamber, orchestral and wind music and have received two Grammy® nominations to date. He currently teaches at the University of Colorado in Boulder. For additional information, please visit www.carterpann.com.
CARTER PANN RESIDENCY AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | March 2-3, 2018
Carter Pann's residency at Indiana University of Pennsylvania is generously sponsored by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Department of Music.
Friday, March 2, 2018
12:20-1:10 Meet the Composer: Carter Pann Talk and Q&A (Cogswell Hall, Room 121)
1:25-2:15 Open Rehearsal with IUP Wind Ensemble (Fisher Auditorium)
Saturday, March 3, 2018
10:00-12:00 FNMC Flute Artist Competition Finals (Cogswell Hall: Music Theatre Room)
4:00-6:00 Recital: Therese Wacker (Gorell Recital Hall)
7:30-9:30 IUP Bands in Concert (Fisher Auditorium)
*All events except the IUP Bands concert are free and open to the public. Tickets for the band concert can be purchased at the Fisher Hall box office prior to the performance. Regular: $11; Senior (60+): $9; I-Card* holders, students, and children: $7
Friday, March 2, 2018
12:20-1:10 Meet the Composer: Carter Pann Talk and Q&A (Cogswell Hall, Room 121)
- This forum is going to discuss questions with Carter Pann (Pulitzer Prize Finalist) such as what does it means to be a composer in today's society. How has composing changed his life? Who were and are your compositional influences? What brought him to composing, how to encourage others to compose, and where he sees this journey taking him? Time permitting, opening the floor to further discussions.
1:25-2:15 Open Rehearsal with IUP Wind Ensemble (Fisher Auditorium)
- Carter Pann will coach the IUP Wind Ensemble on his piece, Richard and Renee for wind ensemble and piano.
Saturday, March 3, 2018
10:00-12:00 FNMC Flute Artist Competition Finals (Cogswell Hall: Music Theatre Room)
- Finalists Erika Andres, Alyssa Andriotis, Hannah Porter Occeña, and Sarah Steranka will perform the newly composed work Skinscape for flute and fixed media by Canadian composer Bekah Simms as well as a work for flute and piano of their choice. Ms. Simms will be in attendance and serve as a member of the judging panel.
4:00-6:00 Recital: Therese Wacker (Gorell Recital Hall)
- Therese Wacker, Professor of Flute at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and other members of the IUP music faculty will present a recital of music by Carter Pann including Quintet for a Day: Six Snapshots of Day-to-day Life for Wind Quintet., "An Irish Tune" and "She Steals Me" from The Piano's 12 Sides for piano, and Dr. Wacker will present a premiere performance of Carter Pann's new work for flute and piano, Giantess, with Sun Min Kim, piano.
7:30-9:30 IUP Bands in Concert (Fisher Auditorium)
- The IUP Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band will present a concert of works for wind band. The wind ensemble will be previewing the repertoire they will perform at this year's CBDNA convention at Yale. Repertoire includes Carter Pann's Richard and Renee for wind ensemble and piano as well as works by Martin Ellerby, Charles Ives, Robert Litton, and Vincent Persichetti.
*All events except the IUP Bands concert are free and open to the public. Tickets for the band concert can be purchased at the Fisher Hall box office prior to the performance. Regular: $11; Senior (60+): $9; I-Card* holders, students, and children: $7
CARTER PANN COMMISSION AND FLUTE ARTIST COMPETITION SPONSORS
Giantess was commissioned by the Flute New Music Consortium. All commission members are eligible to premiere Giantess during the simultaneous premiere weekend (March 2-4, 2018). Visit the Pann Commission Premiere and Performances page for details of other commissioner performances.
The commissioning members are:
Brannen Brothers Flutemakers, Flute Center of New York, Jennie Oh Brown, Krista Jobson, Karen Large, Amy Likar, Shelley Martinson, Ellen Johnson Mosley, Hannah Porter Occeña, Marissa Olin, George Pope, Nicole Riner, Elizabeth Robinson, John Ross, Ashley Shank, Jan Vinci, Therese Wacker, Tammy Evans Yonce, Sarah Jane Young
The Flute Artist Competition prize is generously sponsored by the Flute Center of New York
The commissioning members are:
Brannen Brothers Flutemakers, Flute Center of New York, Jennie Oh Brown, Krista Jobson, Karen Large, Amy Likar, Shelley Martinson, Ellen Johnson Mosley, Hannah Porter Occeña, Marissa Olin, George Pope, Nicole Riner, Elizabeth Robinson, John Ross, Ashley Shank, Jan Vinci, Therese Wacker, Tammy Evans Yonce, Sarah Jane Young
The Flute Artist Competition prize is generously sponsored by the Flute Center of New York
PANN RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AND PUBLICITY
| Pann Press Release |
CARTER PANN IUP RESIDENCY POSTERS
| Pann Residency Schedule |
| Pann Residency Poster |
CARTER PANN IUP RESIDENCY PROGRAM BOOK
| Pann Residency Program |
