Michael Kurek

An excerpt of Michael Kurek’s Fairy Dreams (Concertino for Celesta and Orchestra) was broadcast on NPR’s “Morning Edition” in a story about the celesta. Michael Kurek served in 2004 on a national committee of NARAS in Los Angeles, which administers the Grammy Awards. Check out the newly designed Michael Kurek Web site: www.vanderbilt.edu/~kurek

Premieres

Solemn and Heroic Processional was first heard October 21, 2004, at the “Octubafest” national tuba conference held in Nashville, TN; it will also be heard at the U.S. Army Band Tuba Conference in January 2005, as performed by the Vanderbilt University Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble. Pas de deux was introduced November 5-6, 2004, by the Nashville (TN) Ballet.

Performances

That Which Remains Unspoken was performed in March 2004 by the Jackson (TN) Symphony Orchestra. The Blair Woodwind Quintet presented Matisse Impressions on November 1.

Further Information

• 2002-2003 American Composers Update
• 2001-2002 American Composers Update
• 2000-2001 American Composers Update
• Michael Kurek's website: www.vanderbilt.edu/~kurek
• SAI's Composers Bureau Online