http://www.allenschulz.net Welcome to the website of composer B. Allen Schulz Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:22:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been a bit remiss in thanking Jessica Mathaes and Colette Valentine for their wonderful performance of my Ayre and Earth for violin and piano (you may find a recording of the work on my works list page). Jessica and Colette performed the work on two separate nights on a ... http://www.allenschulz.net/2010/02/23/february-1213/ I'm happy to announce that you may now purchase Crazy Cat Lady for solo flute from BRS Music Publishers. The cost is only $15. http://www.allenschulz.net/2009/12/09/crazy-cat-lady-off-the-presses/ Crazy Cat Lady for Solo Flute will soon be published by BRS Music, a publisher in Indianapolis that specializes in woodwind music. I'll post a link to my works list page as soon as the work is available. In the meantime, visit their site and check out their catalog. http://www.allenschulz.net/2009/08/03/crazy-cat-lady-to-be-published-by-brs-music/ [youtube]jCZ4rV9Ru-Y[/youtube] This past weekend, I received two marvelous performances of my work for solo flute entitled Crazy Cat Lady. My friend, colleague, and new music performer extraordinaire, Christine Perea, was the performer. What I love the most about Christine is her dedication and commitment to new music. She’s a fearless advocate ... http://www.allenschulz.net/2009/04/26/christine-perea-performs-crazy-cat-lady/ This past weekend, the Round Rock Symphony, under the baton of Maestro Silas Huff, performed my This Day, This Dusk for orchestra. This young and energetic orchestra gave two very solid performances of my very difficult work in a program that included another world premiere by friend and colleague, Manly ... http://www.allenschulz.net/2009/04/07/thanks-to-the-round-rock-symphony/  I'm very proud to announce that the Manhattan School of Music (MSM) will be performing a showcase version of Gargoyle Garden as part of their opera outreach program to New York City Public Schools. The roles will be sung by MSM opera department students, and directed by the talented Gordon ... http://www.allenschulz.net/2009/03/30/gargoyle-garden-again/ [youtube]OCbuRA_D3KU[/youtube] When I was in high school and college, I spent many summers marching in drum and bugle corps. One year, I spent the summer living in Boston and marched with the corps The 27th Lancers. This corps' standard parade song was O Danny Boy. Whenever we marched in parades, the ... http://www.allenschulz.net/2009/03/17/happy-st-patricks-day/ The New York Times ran a piece in this past Sunday's Arts/Music section about The Metropolitan Opera's recent program of transmitting live performances on the Met stage to cineplex theaters across the nation and around the world. This program has been widely successful in theaters, with hundreds of thousands seeing either ... http://www.allenschulz.net/2009/02/15/metro-plex/ Well, I suppose I should weigh in on the kerfluffle surrounding the performance of John Williams' Air and Simple Gifts at Obama's inauguration. [youtube]OzSmS5JRYdw&eurl[/youtube] The first thing that I noticed when the quartet began playing was how loud it was. Then, I noticed that they had microphones. My next thought was, "It ... http://www.allenschulz.net/2009/01/25/milli-vanilli-or-yo-yo-ma/ The Astoria Music Society Press is now the official publisher of The Gargoyle Garden, the opera for young people that I composed (with libretto by Jeff LaGreca). The Astoria Music Press offers only online sales of the item. Check it out! http://www.allenschulz.net/2009/01/03/pianovocal-score-of-gargoyle-garden-on-sale/