http://www.gregorywbrown.com/news news, events, links, etc. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:12:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My latest work was premiered last night in Denver by New York Polyphony at Grace Episcopal Cathedral. The work, a somewhat idiosyncratically (for me, at least) romantic/Straussian affair, is a setting of Abscheid vom Leser by the German poet Friedrich Schiller. The piece shares some sensibilities with (and was written ... http://www.gregorywbrown.com/news/?p=37 I knew I would never make it as a blogger! Since my last post, I have spent a year teaching and conducting at The College of Wooster in Ohio and will soon start my new job at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. I hope to post all of my upcoming ... http://www.gregorywbrown.com/news/?p=36 We are finally somewhat settled here in Vermont. I took a job teaching at the Putney School for the year, which has worked out really well for me. We are enjoying being back in New England and looking forward to the snow after four years of Georgia “winter.” http://www.gregorywbrown.com/news/?p=35 A trombone quartet that I wrote last year has been published by Gold Branch Music. You can order your copy through their website. [Who doesn’t need at least three copies…?] http://www.gregorywbrown.com/news/?p=33 I was chosen to part in a poster presentation at the national ACDA convention in Miami this March. The poster session will take place on Wednesday, March 7 from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM in Rooms 116/117 of the Miami Beach Convention Center. Please stop by if you get ... http://www.gregorywbrown.com/news/?p=31 A short article that I wrote this fall [English version] has appeared (in a translation by Teresa Cascudo) on the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Music page. [The Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian is roughly equivalent to the Smithsonian in the US.] [Archived images: front page and article page.] http://www.gregorywbrown.com/news/?p=29 My calendar for the Spring includes the following events: Feb. 15 — Simone Fontanelli Residency Concert: Preparing the Berio Folksongs for Mr. Fontanelli, who will conduct in concert. Feb. 16 — Guitar Trio: The Athens Guitar Trio will perform my 9 Bagatelles for Guitar Trio as part of the Simone Fontanelli Residency. Mar. ... http://www.gregorywbrown.com/news/?p=32 A selection from the album that I am producing for the Athens Guitar Trio is being featured on the website of noted guitar maker Kenny Hill. [All three of the guitarists in the Athens Guitar Trio play on guitars by Kenny Hill.] http://www.gregorywbrown.com/news/?p=30 I fought for a while with LaTeX * to get a double sharp, since there isn’t one in their standard fonts. Maybe this might save someone else the same trouble: [for the header] \usepackage{pifont} [for the double sharp itself] \raisebox{.01em}{\kern-.19em\scalebox{.6}{\rotatebox[origin=c]{45}{\ding{67}}}}\kern-.017em It’s not perfect, but it’s better than \divideontimes. If someone has a better way, by ... http://www.gregorywbrown.com/news/?p=27 With help from super-neighbor Katy Carter of okradesign.com, my CV now looks a good deal more like a professional document, and a lot less like something that got into a bad fight with Microsoft Word. See the shiny new (InDesign) version here. [The old version lives here (…though it’s not ... http://www.gregorywbrown.com/news/?p=26