All posts by saxophonedoug
Felix Reyes performs Song of Trees, by Keiko Abe
New GP Staff: Welcome Brandon Arvay, PR Manager
BRANDON ARVAY
PR Manager
Brandon Arvay manages public relations for Global Premiere, and is an active percussionist, pedagogue, and entrepreneur. Having toured throughout the United States and Asia, he holds degrees from the University of South Carolina (B.M.E.), Colorado State University (M.M.), and the University of Kentucky (D.M.A.). Currently Percussion Instructor at Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras, he is also Section Percussionist with the Lexington Philharmonic, staff Percussion Arranger for 16Parks Music, member of the Arvay/Younglove Duo, PR Manager for Global Premiere, and Founder/CEO of ArvayMedia.
Brandon has numerous appeareances as a guest on the @Percussion Podcast and Pete’s Percussion Podcast. He is a contributing author for the PAS Educators’ Companion, Bluegrass Music News, Dansr, and serves on the PAS Education Committee. As a performer, Brandon has appeared at many festivals and clinics, and was featured on China Central Television in a performance tour of that country. He has enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with some of the world’s most respected performers (Marvin Hamlisch, Itzhak Perlman, Christine Brewer, Glenn Kotche, SO Percussion, Wycliffe Gordon, Matthew Morrision, Frederic Macerez, Miles Osland, Anders Astrand); conductors (George Daugherty, Gary Green, David Holsinger, Donald Portnoy, Wes Kenney, John Nardolillo, Scott Terrell); composers (Lewis Nielson, Adam Schoenberg, Baljinder Sekhon, James David).
He has commissioned works by Baljinder Sekhon, Eric Wubbels, Joe W. Moore, and Stephen Gorbos, and has played on a wide-range of audio recording projects, including the Ignite Series (C. Alan Pub. Co.), the Kollective Percussion Ensemble, Maiden (Classical Heritage Foundation), the UK Percussion Ensemble, and the self-titled album by the rock group Von Voigt. Brandon is an endorser for Innovative Percussion, Grover Pro Percussion and is a Yamaha Performing Artist.
Brian Zator performs world premiere of Keiko Abe’s Song of Trees
Nathan Jorgensen & Sonata of Puzzles
Sonata of Puzzles (first GP commission) goes public!
It’s finally come to full fruition: Global Premiere’s first commission has completed its cycle from creation, to premiere phase, and now is available for all performers in all locations the world over.
Information about the commission will continue to be here at this page online. Performances will continue to be posted, and recordings shared right here. Please continue to share your enthusiasm for new music as this first project disseminates more widely.
The music is available here for purchase in the USA here below, from Glass Tree Press:
…and here below at AvA for European Purchases:
http://www.editions-ava.com/store/work/1926/
Performers in Asia are encouraged to use either link to acquire the music.
