One wintery night in DeKalb IL, flutist Peg Cornils premiered my concerto "Fluting Around" with the NIU Philharmonic. Audience attendance on an icy cold evening was good despite the challenging weather. However, for those who wished to experience the new work but couldn't (or those perhaps wanting to see it again), there's now a link with the full video. You can also download a pdf copy of the printed program of that evening, plus download a few sample pages of the conductor score. My thanks go to NIU Music School and Rich Holly, conductor Lucia Matos, the NIU Philharmonic, and of course flutist extraordinaire Peg Cornils. Check out the new link to hear the new work, or experience the magic again!

Fluting Around — Concerto for Flute & Orchestra:
http://www.brentmichaeldavids.com/flutingaround.html

The Feb 15 issue of Mohican News, the reservation-based newspaper, just featured the new Composer Apprentice National Outreach Endeavor (CANOE) program (see PDF download below). The program will commence once we have the first selection of student composers identified (high school age and adult) from within the Bowler H.S., Gresham H.S. and Stockbridge-Munsee reservation communities. I'm in talks with the Civic Symphony of Green Bay to rehearse and publicly perform your compositions, should you participate in the composer program. As the program is free, and I'm running the program for no compensation, I'm very pleased the Symphony is also willing to generously consider performing our new compositions, once composed. If you are interested, I hope to see you in the coming weeks so we can get this fun program off the ground. I'm starting a list of participants, so if you would, please contact me soon!

Thank you Mohican News! Check out the recent front-page (pdf) Mohican News article about CANOE here (continued on p.6): http://www.mohican-nsn.gov/Departments/Mohican_News/issues/02-15-15.pdf

Read more about the program specifics here!