upriver for wind ensemble premiered!
DATE OF EVENT: Sunday, March 6th, 2011
Conductor Timothy Paul led the University of Oregon Wind Ensemble in the world premiere of UPRIVER, a fourteen-minute work inspired by the Lewis and Clarke "Voyage of Discovery". The piece celebrates Voyageurs, native Americans, and hardy soldiers with music actually sung and played on the expedition. Scores and parts now available from Theodore Presser Company.
new promotional video clip on youtube
DATE OF EVENT: Sunday, November 21st, 2010
The Yellow Wallpaper is Dan Welcher's third opera. Completed only three months ago, it is now awaiting a world premiere production---which hasn't yet been scheduled. The Theodore Presser Company posted this video on YouTube. Give it a look!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkgWEi-7BOsthe yellow wallpaper website launched!
DATE OF EVENT: Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
Dan Welcher's dynamic new opera, THE YELLOW WALLPAPER, now has its own website: complete with an excellent demo recording of Scenes IV and V, full score and piano-vocal score for those scenes (and piano-vocal score of Scene I as well), and the complete libretto. Read the back-story, and meet the people behind the project.
www.ywptheopera.commore kudos for symphony #5
DATE OF EVENT: Friday, January 1st, 2010
From the "best of the year" highlights from the Austin Chronicle, in the January 1st edition:
TOP NINE DANCE AND CLASSICAL MUSIC TREASURES OF 2009:
Welcher: SYMPHONY #5", Austin Symphony Orchestra
"A Symphony of the old school - sweeping, lush, robust - scored with notable complexity by local hero Dan Welcher, whose dear friend Peter Bay propelled its premiere to stirring heights through ASO's full-bodied performance. A work I'm eager to hear again."
-Robert Faires
new website launched: wind band select
DATE OF EVENT: Monday, August 3rd, 2009
You may listen to all of Dan Welcher's wind ensemble works on this new website, launched by Theodore Presser Company and Carl Fischer, Inc.
Go to:
www.windbandselect.comnew recording released!
DATE OF EVENT: Saturday, August 1st, 2009
The Cassatt String Quartet's brilliant new recording of all three of Dan Welcher's string quartets was released August 1st by Naxos American Classics (catalogue 8.559384).
symphony #5 wins two awards!
DATE OF EVENT: Monday, June 1st, 2009
Dan Welcher's SYMPHONY #5, which premiered on May 1 and 2 of this year, was awarded OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COMPOSITION at the annual Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony on June 1st. Additionally, it garnered an award for OUTSTANDING SYMPHONIC PERFORMANCE for the Austin Symphony, which premiered it under the direction of its Music Director, Peter Bay.
symphony #5 premiere: first review!
DATE OF EVENT: Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
"There was no doubt that at least some in the audience Friday night found such a premiere thrilling with Welcher receiving heartfelt cheers and a very considered standing ovation. Such a reception was deserved. Welcher's Fifth is a 21st-century symphony for Austin: urbane, expressive, filled with touches of whimsy and expansively American in its artistic references."
-Jeanne Claire van Ryzin Austin American-Statesman (more: see "reviews")