Lauren Keiser Music Pub.: George Walker 'commissioned by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to write a new concert opener.'

[George Walker]

Lauren Keiser Music Publishing announces:

“George Walker has been commissioned by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to write a new concert opener. The much-anticipated NJSO Premiere is scheduled for 2012 will be the latest by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer following the debut of his acclaimed Concerto for Violin and Orchestra with the Philadelphia Orchestra during the 2009-10 season. Dr. Walker has received over 30 works commissions in his career from esteemed institutions including the Eastman School and the Koussevitsky Foundation. He is the only living composer-pianist to have been inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame.” [Composer George Walker (b. 1922) has a website at: http://georgetwalker.com/ and is featured at AfriClassical.com]