Performed by the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Scott Sandmeier

High Spirits - for orchestra

An overture for wind ensemble that depicts the upbeat and laid-back city of Los Angeles. Performed on 2/4/16 at the Pale Blue Wind Ensemble concert.

LA Overture

"Shifting Sands" (2016) for trumpet and electronics, by Saad Haddad

Perusal Score, Program Notes, and Purchase Information: 
http://www.saadnhaddad.com/shiftingsandstrumpet.html

Theo Van Dyck, trumpet
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Shifting Sands (version for trumpet and electronics)

For the two years before I composed this piece I had been living with a growing sense of negativity and unease. This was in part due to the drastic developments in world events that have gone on in recent years, but it felt as though there was an even deeper more permeating cause. This was a feeling I noticed not only in myself but in many others around me regardless of age, gender, race, income, political affiliation, or religion and I began to wonder what specifically could be affecting so many people in this way. About ten years ago, or so, we experienced a dramatic shift in the way our society operates with the advent of social media. My sense is that as we strive to become more and more connected, more ‘social’, we in fact only become more easily distracted and distanced from our own authentic experience. With this constant influx of information, whether it be entertainment, communication, or news, we are continuously prompted with distractions and left with frustration or dissatisfaction in place of real connection or experience. This piece of music reflects that sense of constant intrusion and the anxiety that stems from being so consumed by it.

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Originally from Goffstown, New Hampshire, Will Stackpole (b. 1990) is a young American composer whose works have been played across the country. Stackpole began his musical career as an electric guitarist and recording engineer, primarily performing in rock bands in his home state and later in Hoboken, NJ. While attending Stevens Institute of Technology for his undergraduate studies, Stackpole began writing concert music and quickly developed a unique compositional voice. Will spent the next two years studying composition with Justin Dello Joio while working in New York as a freelance composer and orchestrator for theater, film, and television. Stackpole has since refocused his efforts on creating conceptually innovative concert music. His work is made up of an eclectic blend of styles and influences ranging across a wide spectrum, from opera to rock, from Miles Davis to Igor Stravinsky. Will is currently pursuing his Doctorate in composition at The Juilliard School in the studio of Robert Beaser.

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Will Stackpole

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