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The first annual Celebrating Women Composers concert at Texas State University delighted the audience with seldom-heard chamber pieces, and the premiere of new works by a trio of up-and-coming Texas women composers. The brainchild of Stephanie Britten Phillips, and supported by the Composition Division of the School of Music, the program honored Diversity Month and Women’s History Month with a bouquet of chamber works in unusual configurations.
New works included Call up a Storm, with composer Jenn McLachlan on flute and John Dye augmenting on a laptop computer. McLachlan used contemporary flute techniques such as bending tones, flutter-tongueing, over-blowing to …read more

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What better way to honor Diversity Month and Women’s History Month than to present a concert of music by women composers? The free March 29 performance, sponsored by the Texas State University Music Composition Department, features Houston’s White Oak Trio, San Antonio based percussion ensemble Percutio Maximo, and music faculty from Del Mar College, Texas A & M University at Kingsville, and Texas State University, ably supported by music alumni and graduate students. The free evening performance takes place this Saturday at 8:00 p.m. in the Texas State Music Recital Hall.
Works by three Texas State composers will premiere as part …read more

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