During the recital at the University of Miami, in addition of the 2 world premieres,I performed
"Upstate Rag" written by Carter Pann.
Carter Pann is one of the most versatile talents among composers of his generation. His music has been performed around the world by ensembles and soloists including the London Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Seattle Symph., Budapest Symph., Irish National Symph., New York and Chicago Youth Symphonies; the Radio Symphonies of Berlin, Stockholm, and Finland; the National Repertory Orchestra; Richard Stoltzman, the Ying Quartet, pianists Barry Snyder and Winston Choi, and the Antares Ensemble.
Honors include the K. Serocki Competition for his Piano Concerto (premiered by the Polish Radio Symphony in Lutoslawski Hall, Warsaw 1998), a Charles Ives Scholarship from the Academy of Arts and Letters, and five ASCAP awards including the Leo Kaplan award. In 2000 his Piano Concerto was nominated for a Grammy Award.
In the last decade, SLALOM has been performed extensively by American and European orchestras.
Carter Pann is currently on faculty at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
"THE UPSTATE RAG(2005) was written for pianist Rob Auler at SUNY Oswego.
Rob performed an entire concert of my music at that time and had organized a new commission for a small
piano piece to be added into the program. I had traveled to the small town of Lake Ontario in upstate New York
to attend the performance and rehearsals of my music. It was such a nice chance meeting with my old friend from the
University of Michigan. I have known Rob a long time as a wonderful pianist interested in performing works “off the
beaten path”. This particular rag was originally inspired by the fist apartment I had rented in Ann Arbor(1994-1996),
while working towards my Master's Degree in Composition under William Bolcom and William Albright"
Topic: Carter Pann "Upstate Rag"