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The Hartt School at the University of Hartford |
Saturday, March 31, 4:00pm
Glen Adsit, conductor
- Schwantner: RECOIL (13') (Joseph Schwantner)
- Turrin: LULLABY FOR NOAH (3'30") (Joe Turrin)
Premiere
- Gryc: TROMBONE CONCERTO (18') (Steve Gryc)
Scott Hartman, trombone
Premiere
- Bassett: LULLABY FOR KIRSTEN (3'30") (rental: CF Peters)
Bob Reynolds, conductor
- Zivkovic: TALES FROM THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (17'30") (Nebjosa Zivkovic)
Ben Toth, soloist |
Glen Adsit
Glen Adsit is the director of bands at The Hartt School where he conducts the Wind Ensemble, Symphony Band, Contemporary Players Ensemble, teaches undergraduate conducting and guides all aspects of the graduate wind conducting degrees. Under his direction, the Hartt Wind Ensemble has performed twice at both the College Band Director’s National Association regional conference and the Connecticut Music Educator’s All-State Conference. In addition they have been invited to perform at the 2007 College Band Director’s National Association Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Guest soloists have included Joseph Alessi, Robert Black, Carrie Koffman and Marc Goldberg. Composers Joan Tower, Michael Daugherty and Joseph Schwantner have been composers in residence with the Wind Ensemble.
An advocate of new music, he is the founder of the National Wind Ensemble Consortium Group, which has over 50 member schools with a mission to commission the world’s finest composers to write for wind ensemble. The group consists of Board members, Leonard Slatkin, Phillip Smith, Fran Richards, Joseph Schwantner, H. Robert Reynolds, Jerry Junkin, Mike Haithcock, and Eric Rombach-Kendall.
His professional conducting includes three productions of The Nutcracker, two pops concerts, many educational concerts with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and a series of educational concerts with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in Rochester, New York. In addition to his professional orchestral experience, he also conducted the University of Michigan All-State Intermediate Orchestra for seven years at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan.
Prior to his appointment at The Hartt School, he was the Associate Director of Bands at the University of New Mexico. While in New Mexico, he conducted the University of New Mexico Wind Symphony at the College Band Directors regional and national conventions and was an Associate Producer for the compact disc Fandango featuring Phil Smith, Joe Alessi and the University of New Mexico Wind Symphony. His additional duties included directing the Spirit Marching Band, Soundpack Pep Band and to taught courses in music education.
Previous to his university appointments, he taught for seven years in the Michigan public schools at both the junior high and high school levels. Under his direction, the Plymouth Centennial Marching Band was a two-time Bands of America Grand National Champion. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education and trombone performance and a master’s degree in wind conducting, both from the University of Michigan.
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