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The Lone Star Wind Orchestra (LSWO) is actively engaged in the support of living composers through residencies and commissions. Each season, the LSWO features composers though its Distinguished Visiting Composer Series as well as its Commissioning Project. The LSWO also supports composers through premiering new works for wind band.

 

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Distinguished Visiting Composer Series

• 2011-12 – Carter Pann
• 2010-11 – Cindy McTee
• 2009-10 – Frank Ticheli
• 2008-09 – John Mackey
• 2007-08 – Donald Grantham


LSWO Commissioning Project

• 2011-12 – Christopher Tucker, TBD
• 2010-11 – Cindy McTee, Double Play
• 2009-10 – none
• 2008-09 – none
• 2007-08 – Donald Grantham, Lone Star Twister
• 2006-07 – Christopher Tucker, Fanfare Español


Premieres

• November 21, 2010 – Cindy McTee’s Double Play
World Premiere

• November 21, 2010 – [Youth Winds] Donald Grantham’s Spangled Heavens (complete)
World Premiere

• September 26, 2010 – Michael Sweeney's trans. of Bernstein's Symphonic Suite from "On the Waterfront"
Southwestern Premiere

• July 26, 2010 – Frank Ticheli’s San Antonio Dances
World Premiere

• July 28, 2008 – Christopher Tucker’s Gabrieli’s Trumpet
World Premiere

• May 20, 2008 – Donald Grantham’s Lone Star Twister
World Premiere

• October 9, 2007 – Frank Ticheli’s Wild Nights!
North Texas Premiere

• October 9, 2007 – Joseph Willcox Jenkins’ Concerto Breve “The Wondrous Valley”
Southwestern Premiere

• March 6, 2007 – Steven Bryant’s Radiant Joy
Southwestern Premiere

• December 19, 2006 – Joseph Spaniola’s Is there a Santa Claus?
World Premiere

• September 27, 2006 – Christopher Tucker’s Fanfare Español
World Premiere


Composer-in-Residence

The composer-in-residence of the Lone Star Wind Orchestra is charged with coordinating seminars and masterclasses with visiting composers as well as maintaining relationships with contemporary composers - establishing new opportunities for future collaborations. The composer-in-residence fulfills at least one commission for the Lone Star Wind Orchestra in addition to performances of his or her compositions.

  • 2006-present – Christopher Tucker


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