Neil McKay
Neil McKay's Symphony No.2 (A Shakespeare Triptych)
won the Loudoun Symphony's 2002 competition for American composers.
Premieres
In Honolulu's
Blaisdell Concert Hall, E
Kui Lima!
("Join Hands"), for two violins, French horn, and orchestra,
received its first performance from Asa
Nagakura of Japan, Ryan Dote of Honolulu,
Erica Chenoweth of Alaska, and the Hawaii Youth Symphony, Henry
Miyamura, conductor, April 14, 2002.
Performances
Symphony No.2 (A Shakespeare Triptych) was
performed by the Loudoun Symphony, Mark Allen McCoy, music director
and conductor, in Leesburg, VA,
March 23-24, 2002.
As part of the 36th National Conference of the Society of
Composers, April 20, 2002, at the University
of Akron, Eric Benjamin
led the Akron (OH) Youth Symphony in . . . Such sweet sorrow. Works heard in Honolulu in 2002 included There
Once Was . . ., An Introduction and Five Limericks, with soprano
Megan Mount and pianist Beebe Freitas,
at Orvis Auditorium, May 2; La'ie'ikawai,
Princess of the Rainbow, an opera for youth, with the Hawaii
Youth Opera Chorus, Nola Nahulu, director,
at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, May 11; and Fantasy on Sea Themes
with the Honolulu Symphonic Wind Ensemble, under Miyamura,
at Pearl City Cultural Center, July 24.
A performance of Voice of the Phoenix, a concerto
for koto and orchestra, took place with
Masayo Ishigure and the New Haven Symphony,
Jung-Ho Pak, conductor, at Quinnipac University,
in Camden, CT,
June 22, 2002.
Publications
Five by Five, Five Miniatures for Woodwind Quintet;
in Marcia Schweitzer Music for Winds.
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