Thursday, March 28, 2013

'Incantation and Dance' of William Grant Still Performed at Western Illinois University School of Music Oboe Studio Recital 2 PM Sunday, April 7, 2013

Works By William Grant Still
Videmus; 
New World Records NWR 80399
(Works include Incantation and Dance, for oboe)

William Grant Still (1895-1978) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com Recordings, sheet music and books of William Grant Still are available at www.WilliamGrantStill.com, which is operated by the composer's daughter Judith Anne Still.  William Grant Still was an oboist, but Incantation and Dance is his only composition for oboe.


Western Illinois University
News Release
Oboe Studio Recital at WIU April 7
MACOMB, IL - - Western Illinois University's School of Music oboe studio will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 7 in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall. 

Accountancy major and music minor Alexandra O'Donnell (Macomb, IL) will perform "Incantation and Dance," by William Grant Still. "Sonata in A Minor," by Georg Philip Telemann will be performed by junior Kayleigh Marcotte (Springfield, IL). "Sonate," by Paul Hindemith will be performed by freshman music major Matthew Goulding (Lansing, IL). Graduate student Kimberly Keim (Indianapolis) will perform "Sarabande et Allegro," by Gabriel Grovlez, and senior Emily Hart (Quincy, IL) will perform "Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49," by Benjamin Britten. 

All oboists study under WIU Music Professor Michael Ericson

All performers, except Hart, will be accompanied by either Minjung Soo or Narae Joo. 

For more information, contact COFAC Recital at (309) 298-1843.

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