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During the week of May 8, 2006, composer Gary Belshaw’s ninth commission, Victory Day [День Победы] Overture for Symphonic Wind Ensemble, received three performances in Russia. The composer toured with the Wayland Baptist University Pioneer Band during Victory Day celebrations by invitation of the International Fine Arts Institute and the Russian Ministry of Culture. The Russian premiere of the work was presented in the Grand Hall of the Moscow (State) Conservatory, where Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Khachaturian, and Shostakovich taught composition, and on the same stage where Van Cliburn won the first Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in 1958. The Moscow and St. Petersburg premieres of Victory Day marked the second time the composer’s music has been performed in Russia. Don Lucas took Belshaw’s Weekend Stories on a tour of Russia and England. Belshaw’s compositions have also been heard in Spain and in concert and recital venues from Maryland to Nevada, including Texas Music Educators Association and Texas Bandmasters Association. He has twice served as Composer in Residence for the Big Twelve Area Universities Trombone Conference. |
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U. S. Naval Academy Band and the U. S. Naval Academy Band Trombone Quartet Don Lucas, Associate Professor of Music, Trombone, Boston University Trombones de Costa Rica The Texas Tech Trombone Choir Gary Lewis, Director of Orchestral Studies, Texas Tech University School of Music Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, Albert George Schramm, Conductor Texas Tech University Symphony Orchestra, Eric Fried, Conductor Texas Tech University Wind Ensemble, John Cody Birdwell, Director Houston Symphonic Band, Robert McElroy, Director Plainview Symphony Orchestra Wayland Singers, Wayland Baptist University Dr. Sandra M. Mosteller, Clarinet |
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"Oldest and Finest" Concert March |
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Four excerpts: 1. First Strain 2. Trio: First Strain 3. Saxophone Feature (Trio: First Strain reprise) 4. Break Strain and Codetta Performed by the United States Naval Academy Band, Ensign Robert J. Wrenn, conducting From the album "150th Anniversary, The United States Naval Academy Band, 1853-2003" © Copyright and Phonocopyright 2006 by Richardson Records All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission | |||
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Music for Solo Piano |
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Six excerpts from four compositions for solo piano 1. Camp Springs 2.Gratitude 3. Nocturne 4. Nocturne 5. Passacaglia 6. Passacaglia Performed by the composer. ©Copyright 2006 by Gary D. Belshaw Music. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission | |||
©2005 by GaryD. Belshaw
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