November 15, 2010
Student Composer's Concert
Britton Recital Hall
The University of Michigan

Music by Ron Amchin

Dan Graser - Soprano Saxophone
Jani Parsons - Piano

Now Take Your Lady to the World's Fair

Three Pieces for Unaccompanied Clarinet II. Song

Three Pieces for Unaccompanied Clarinet III. Rambunctious

12 for 5, for Woodwind Quintet

Quartet, for Two French horns, Trombone, and Bass Trombone

November 14, 2011
University of Michigan
Britton Recital Hall

Composed by Ron Amchin

Jeannette Fang, Piano

"Bells of The Angelus" was inspired by the painting "The Angelus" by Jean-Francois Millet. The painting depicts peasant farmers in a moment of prayer, their baskets, sacks and wheelbarrow set aside—a brief moment of respite from the arduous labor of toiling in the fields.  In the hazy distance is a church spire; three rings of the church bell marks the moment of prayer. As the resonance of the bells fades away, so does the spirituality of prayer, and the farmers return to their daily task of tilling the fields. Millet, who grew up in rural France, said of this work, "The idea for 'The Angelus' came to me because I remembered that my grandmother, hearing the church bell ringing while we were working in the fields, always made us stop work to say the Angelus prayer for the poor departed."

The music portrays the farmers in the painting, their work in the fields interrupted by the church bells which fade away while the farmers return to their work. The somber moment of prayer still lingers in their minds.

Bells of The Angelus

April 2 2012
University of Michigan
Britton Recital Hall

Composed by Ron Amchin

Jarita Ng - VIola
Jay Dubin - Clarinet
Jani Parsons - Piano

Elegy

October 22 2012
University of Michigan
Britton Recital Hall

Hotfoot

Composed by Ron Amchin

Performed by The Donald Sinta Quartet:
Dan Graser - Soprano
Zach Stern - Alto
Joe Girard - Tenor
Danny Hawthorne-Foss - Baritone
Category:
Music
License:
Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)


Hotfoot

December 1 2012
University of Michigan
McIntosh Theatre

Toons (2012)

Composed by Ron Amchin

Performed by:
Dan Graser - Soprano Saxophone
Jacen Paige - Clarinet

Toons

February 10 2013
Hill Auditorium
University Symphony Orchestra
Elliot Moore - conductor

Bells of the Angelus, for orchestra

April 8 2013
University of Michigan
Britton Recital Hall

Dream Garden (2013)

Composed by Ron Amchin

Performed by:
Christine Harada Li - Violin
Isabel Kwon - Cello
Ye Young Yoon - Marimba & Vibraphones

Dream Garden

I am an American recently graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelors degree in music composition. I started learning piano at age 6 and have been composing ever since. At age 10 I began studying the clarinet. I played clarinet in woodwind ensembles and orchestras, and also played jazz saxophone. My first major influences were Beethoven, and Swing: especially Benny Goodman. I love classical music, including late Beethoven, Chopin, Mahler, Richard Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Berg's Violin Concerto, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Shostakovich, as well as jazz including Benny Goodman, Cannonball Adderley, Dave Brubeck. I also greatly enjoy the music of Chris Thile (bluegrass), Inti Illimani, Bob Marley, and Bela Fleck.
If you are interested in my scores, please contact me at ramchin@umich.edu.
Thanks for checking out my music!


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