Navona Records is now planning a tentative release date of May 2010 for the new album of chamber music by David Gaines and John Bilotta. The album will be available in enhanced compact disc and digital download formats. Click here to make a contribution of any amount to the final round of production costs and have your name listed in the liner notes.

DG is currently working on a new piece of music for the Seattle progressive/experimental/instrumental rock band Moraine, who will be playing at North America's largest festival of progressive rock music, NEARfest, on June 20th.

Five Miniatures (1983) for flute and euphonium will be performed on piccolo and F tuba (!) at The University of Oklahoma in Norman in the School of Music's Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall on Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:00pm as part of a concert of chamber music for brass instruments.

Robert Kozánek gave virtuoso performances of the new trombone concerto on September 25th & 26th in Kroměříž, Czech Republic in the beautiful Assembly Hall of the archbishop's castle (a UNESCO world heritage site). He was ably assisted by his father, Viktor Kozánek, conducting the P. J. Vejvanovský Conservatory Orchestra. Robert asked me to write the concerto in honor of the conservatory's 60th anniversary when we met in Slovakia last year.

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Recordings of Five Miniatures (1983) for flute & euphonium and Heavy Metal Lullaby (2009) for music boxes, glockenspiels (bells), and celestas are now available for downloading exclusively at InstantEncore:

http://www.instantencore.com/MusicDetails.aspx?PId=5032897

Lullaby is $0.49, as is each track of the Five Miniatures. The complete Five Miniatures is $1.99. You can, of course, stream each track online for free. Purchasing these recordings supports contemporary music, as well as this particular contemporary composer.  :-)

Excerpts from the 2nd and 3rd movements of the baritone saxophone concerto are available for listening at InstantEncore as well (complete recording to be released later this year on the Navona Records label) -- excerpts from the new trombone concerto (to be premiered in September in the Czech Republic) will be posted there shortly.
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Richard Demy and Laurie Bunn premiered the piano reduction of the orchestral euphonium concerto on May 9th at George Mason University's Harris Theater. Complete video of all three movements is available at YouTube.

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Double Play, the world's only full time professional flute & tuba duo, is continuing to perform the first two movements of Duo (1993) for flute and tuba on their 2009 USA concert schedule.

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Twenty-two years after it was submitted as DG's master's degree thesis at American University, the  concerto for euphonium and orchestra is finally getting a public performance (piano reduction version). Euphonium soloist Richard Demy will be performing it as part of his graduate recital at George Mason University's Harris Theatre in Fairfax, Virginia on May 9, 2009 at 3:00 pm. Admission is free. For more information, call the George Mason University Music Department at (703) 993-1380.

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InstantEncore selected David Gaines: Chamber Music as an Editor's Pick on their front page today (3/27/09).

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Dr. Gaines now has a presence on the classical music site Instant Encore. Click on the logo below to visit:

Dear David, The first movement of Duo for flute and tuba from the Music For Winds album was nominated in the Contemporary Classical category in the 2009 Just Plain Folks Awards. You can see the awards ceremony tonight, August 29th, live on the web from Nashville, Tennessee starting at 3:00pm PDT/6:00pm EDT - and see who all the nominees were in the various categories - at www.justplainfolks.org. All the best, DG ----------------------------- David Gaines, composer www.davidgaines.org   Retailers  iTunes       Amazon Mp3       Rhapsody       eMusic       Napster       CD Baby       iTunes (winds)       iTunes (choral)       Napster (winds)       Amazon      UPCOMING SHOWS P. J. Vejvanovsky Conservatory Kroměříž, CZ Fri Sep 25 09 07:00 PM   P. J. Vejvanovsky Conservatory Kroměříž, CZ Sat Sep 26 09 07:00 PM   > See More / Details PRESS CLIPPINGS "Colorful percussion writing....Gaines demonstrates a keen affinity for orchestration. Woodwinds and brass are vividly exploited; percussion applied with as much subtlety as power."  Tim Smith, Baltimore Sun "This is very attractive music....Without ever sounding like a pastiche of styles, Gaines' music succeeds in creating its own approachable style, with impressive lyricism....and a real sense of power and purpose"  Records International "I cannot imagine a more powerful mix of words, images, and music....People who know nothing of Massoud or Afghanistan will be stunned by the sheer power of the composition, and people who are familiar with these topics will be reduced to tears....a tremendous piece of work."  Sebastian Junger, commenting on "The Lion of Panjshir (Symphony No. 2)"  ReverbNation       Twitter       MySpace       Facebook       Last.fm       iLike       Artist Website       YouTube      WIDGETS (Put our stuff on your web pages and blogs!)  TuneWidget     Exclusive Downloads     Retail Links     Grab Box     Video Gallery     Music Player     Music Player (Blog Sized)     Mini Music Player     Micro Music Player     Show Schedule     Shows Map     Show Schedule (Blog Sized)     Press

David will be at the 2009 US Army Tuba-Euphonium Conference at Fort Myer in northern Virginia on Friday & Saturday January 30th & 31st, under the banner of Verda Stelo Music. There will be sheet music on hand for DG compositions that feature trombone, euphonium, or tuba, including both the full score and the piano reduction of the orchestral euphonium concerto, as well as both CD's to date (The Music Of David Gaines and Music For Winds). If you're in the Washington, D.C. region, stop by the conference vendor area to say hello.