Stephen Rush: Composer, Artist, Professor
“Chamber Music of Stephen Rush” out on Albany Records; YouTube Playback here Review: “Stephen Rush is an eclectic composer, just as comfortable with jazz idioms as with experimental music in the realm of Pauline Oliveros. All of the works on this release involve winds, often in unexpected combinations. The most unexpected of these is “Whirlwind,” …
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Sextet (1995, for Allan).mp3 This work, commissioned by Quorum (a chamber ensemble), is a description in sound of the bucolic nature of fishing, and the excitement that grown men (also boys within!) experience catching a large walleye or bass. Dedicated to Allan Syrjala. Written for Cl/A.Sax/Bsn/Vln/Pf/Perc in 1995.
(Published by C. Alan Publications) Keith Hunter – San Jose St. performance (click here)
“Classical” •“Interior Castle” recorded by the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ken Kiesler, released on Centaur Records. (other composers – Chambers, Kuster and Bolcom). •Clarinet Concerto “Concierto Brasiliera” was released on Parma Records (Richard Stolzman and the Warsaw Philharmonic) •On Block M Records, Joe Gramley and David Jackson play “Inner Rebellion” •Tony DiSanza, …
(Published by C. Alan Publications) East Oregon Perc. Ensemble plays \”Mas Fuerte\” (click here)
01 Short Stack Sextet to be released on Albany records in April 2019! I began “Short Stacks” in the Fall of 2008 and finished before Thanksgiving. I felt a bit useless as a composer – “between commissions”, as it were. At various times in my career I’ve felt the urge to write something “just for …
Seventh Heaven Rag! (click below to listen) – for Saxophone Quartet, published by Dorn Publications 06 Seventh Heaven Rag Or this performance at Kennedy Center – by the Moanin Frogs (check 54:15) http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/videos/?id=M5358
BUY MUSIC HERE: http://www.mooncone.com Stephen Rush (piano/toys/retro-electronics) Chris Peck (laptop/guitar) Jon Moniaci (accordion/laptop) We use music we find on the streets and in the forests and play it with our laptops. We play accordions, guitars, balloons, organs and pianos. Children’s toys. We play pretty music and we play noise. We care if you listen. We …
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