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Ensemble Ari with Composer Derrick Spiva and Andre Myers
Program
Sonata for Violin and Piano in D minor, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Hum for Solo Cello, Derrick Spiva Jr.
Partita for Solo Violin, Andre Myers
Composer Andre Myers, DMA
Called “an insightful and skillful new voice” (Times Union), and “ingenious. . . powerful” (icareifyoulisten.com), the music of Andre Myers mixes narrative drama, poetry, and meditations on color to create work that aspires to moments of honesty, poignancy, and depth. A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Andre has three times been commissioned by the Michigan Philharmonic Orchestra, where he served as composer-in-residence for the Philharmonic’s CLASSical music outreach program. Andre’s most recent commissions include Studies in Hope: Frederick Douglass for the Albany Symphony, Partita for Solo Violin for the Street Symphony founder and MacArthur Fellow Vijay Gupta; Cadenza & Aria for international viola soloist Brett Deubner; and Quilting: Poems by Countee Cullen for the acclaimed countertenor Darryl Taylor and Orchestra Santa Monica.
Andre received his B.Mus. in composition from the Eastman School of Music, and his M.Mus. and DMA in composition from the University of Michigan. He is currently the assistant professor at the University of Redlands.
Composer Derrick Spiva
Derrick Spiva is an American who has Ghanaian, Nigerian, British, Irish, and Native American ancestry. His ancestry and identity have led him to claim and develop an “American” aesthetic that incorporates many cultural influences into his work, reflecting the diverse communities he is part of. The Los Angeles Times has described his music as “something to savor” and “enormous fun to listen to.” During his studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and the California Institute of the Arts, music across many cultures became an integral part of his musical vocabulary. Spiva’s works have been premiered by the Berkeley Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Sphinx Virtuoso, Dayton Philharmonic, Albany Symphony, Los Angeles Electric 8, the Salastina Music Society, Lyris Quartet, Super Devoiche (Bulgarian Women’s Choir), and Lian Ensemble (Persian Ensemble) among others.
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