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Out of Bounds Ensemble premieres Parks piano trio...
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Revenig Premieres Imprefections Aside...
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Instances premiered and recorded by the Winthrop Wind Symphony with Deguchi as piano soloist...
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Wavelength premiered by the Charlotte Civic Orchestra...
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Off on a Tangent... premiered by the Red Clay Sax. Quartet...
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Anacoustic Zones...
for two-channel digital
audio premiered at the
16th annual FEMF, selected for EMM...
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Torque recorded by the Kiev Philharmonic...
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Fractures included on the 2007 ICMC CD...
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Out of Bounds Ensemble Premieres "Things Get Out of Hand", A New Piano Trio by Composer Ronald Keith Parks |
The Charlotte NC area's premiere new music ensemble, the Out of Bounds Ensemble, recently premiered a new piano trio by composer Ronald Keith Parks as part of the 2008-09 concert season. The trio is titled "Things Get Out of Hand" and was written for three of the core members of the ensemble; Judy Meister - violin, Nick Lampo - cello, and Tomoko Deguchi - piano. Parks describes Things Get Out of Hand as a five-movement work for piano trio that continues his exploration of a style he refers to as 'contemporary fusion'. Drawing on influences and music from his diverse past, Parks says that Things Get Out of Hand exhibit evidence of his love of jazz-fusion and post-minimalism. The work is approximately twenty minutes in length. Parks is a native of North Carolina and is currently an Associate Professor of Music Composition at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. The new work was presented on two concerts by the Out of Bounds Ensemble, the first at Barnes Recital Hall at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC at 7:30 p.m. on April 18, 2009 and the second at Tate Recital Hall at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC on April 25, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.. Things Get Out of Hand will be published by American Composers Editions in New York City later this year.
The Out of Bounds Ensemble was formed by Winthrop University pianist and music theorist Tomoko Deguchi. The founding members (Tomoko Deguchi, Craig Bove, Ronald Keith Parks, Leonard Mark Lewis, and Geoff Whitehead) say that they formed the ensemble in order to bring both established and new contemporary music to a wider audience in the Charlotte area. The ensemble holds residencies in both Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC and Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC. They have been joined by Charlotte area musicians Amy Orsinger-Whitehead - flute, Reese Mancaux - clarinet, and Lorraine Gorrell - voice in recent concerts and for the 2008-09 concert season. For further information on the Out of Bounds Ensemble and for ticket information please contact Tomoko Deguchi at deguchit@winthrop.edu or 803 323-2602, or visit the Out of Bounds Ensemble web site at http://www.birdnest.org/parksr/OBE/index.html |
| Flutist Jesse Revenig Premieres Parks' Imperfections Aside... for Piccolo and Piano |
Flutist and piccolo specialist Jesse Revenig presented a recital of new music for flute and piccolo at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC on Friday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Barnes Recital Hall. The recital featured a new work, written for Revenig by Winthrop University composer and Assistant Professor Ronald Keith Parks. Parks was approached by Revenig, a graduate student in music performance at Winthrop, early in 2008 about writing a piccolo work to be premiered on his Masters degree recital in spring 2009. Parks says "I was delighted to write for Jesse. He is an excellent player who is open to trying out new music. He is a very promising musician and scholar and we are very proud to have him represent our program. Revenig will graduate from Winthrop in 2009 and plans to attend Northwestern in Chicago as a musicology student beginning in the fall semester of 2009.
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Instances, for piano and chamber wind ensemble, premiered and recorded by the Winthrop Wind Symphony, Deguchi - soloist |
Ronald Keith Parks' composition Instances, a 20 min. single-movement work for piano and chamber wind ensemble, was premiered and recorded for a forthcoming Eagle Edition CD by pianist Tomoko Deguchi and the Winthrop University Wind Symphony with Lorrie Crochet conducting. The premiere took place on April 24, 2008 in Byrnes Auditorium on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC.
Instances, completed in December 2007, was written by Parks for Deguchi and the Winthrop Wind Symphony. It was one of several works that Parks began while in residence at the Aaron Copland House as a Copland Award winner in August 2005. Instances will be published by American Composers Edition in New York City. |
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Wavelength premiered by the Charlotte Civic Orchestra |
Ronald Keith Parks' latest orchestral work, Wavelength, was premiered by the Charlotte Civic Orchestra on May 4, 2008 with Geoff Whitehead conducting. Wavelength, a 10 minute work for standard orchestra, was written for Whitehead and the Charlotte Civic Orchestra on the occasion of their 2007-08 concert season.
Wavelength is the second work that Parks has written for the Charlotte Civic Orchestra. Torque was premiered by the CCO in 2006 with Alan Yamamoto conducting. Torque was subsequently recorded by the Kiev Philharmonic for ERM media and received honorable mention in the Minnesota Composers Forum and the MACRO composers competition. |
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Off on a Tangent... premiered by the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet |
The Red Clay Saxophone Quartet, the Carolinas premiere professional saxophone quartet, premiered a new work by composer Ronald Keith Parks during their spring 2008 residency at Winthrop University. The new work, titled Off on a Tangent... was premiered by and written for the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet. Parks completed the work in spring 2008.
Off on a Tangent... was Parks' first work for saxophone quartet, a genre he says he plans to pursue further in the future. The Red Clay is based in Greensboro North Carolina and features Susan Fancher - soprano sax., Robert Faub - alto sax., Steven Stusek, tenor sax., and Mark Engebretson - baritone sax. |
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Anacoustic Zones Premiered at FEMF, Selected for EMM |
Composer Ronald Keith Parks' latest work for studio-rendered digital media, Anacoustic Zones, was premiered at the 17th annual Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival (FEMF) held April 10-12, 2008 in Gainesville, FL. Anacoustic Zones was composed specifically for FEMF. Parks has had a composition presented at all 17 FEMF events. In Anacoustic Zones, Parks states that he utilizes a collection of digital signal processing techniques and tools he developed using the MaxMSP programming environment. The source sounds for Anacoustic Zones is a combination of bowed percussion instruments and cello samples.
Anacoustic Zones was also selected for inclusion on the Electronic Music Midwest (EMM) Festival held at Lewis University in Romeoville, IL on October 16-18, 2008. Parks has presented both compositions and papers at EMM in previous years. |
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Composer Ronald Keith Parks Orchestra Work Torque Recorded by the Kiev Philharmonic for ERM |
Composer Ronald Keith Parks' orchestral work Torque was recorded in late 2007 by the Kiev Philharmonic, Robert Winstin conducting, for an upcoming release by ERM Media. Torque will be included on Volume 17 of ERM's Masterworks of the New Era CD series. Inclusion on the Masterworks series is competitive and ERM specalizes in bringing new works to a larger audience through the Masterwork series. More information on ERM can be found at http://www.ermmedia.org/
Torque was written by Parks in 2007 on a commission from the Charlotte Civic Orchestra and was premiered in May 2007 with Alan Yamamoto conducting. More information on the Charlotte Civic Orchestra is available at http://www.charlottecivicorchestra.org/ |
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Composer Ronald Keith Parks Electroacoustic Work Fractures Included on the ICMC Conference and CD |
Composer Ronald Keith Parks' electroacoustic work Fractures was included on the International Computer Music Conference in Copenhagen Denmark in 2007. Fractres was also featured on the ICMC compilation CD designed to represent the best of the works selected for the conference. For more information on ICMC see the International Computer Music Conference 2007 web site at http://www.icmc2007.net/
Fractures was written for the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival held annually in Gainesville Florida, directed by Dr. James Paul Sain. |
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