Meet Kyle Soliz our latest Featured Composer!

We’re thrilled to have Kyle Soliz as our most recent Featured Composer. Please be sure to read his interview with us on our Featured Composer page!
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Kyle Soliz

We are so pleased to have Kyle Soliz join our esteemed roster of Featured Composers. Kyle’s work Radiance is the winner of our most recent 8SW Composer Competition. Currently a senior, pursuing a dual degree in Saxophone performance and Composition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Kyle is already being recognized for his mature
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Three to Get Ready is ready!

We are very much looking forward to our upcoming Fall concerts and are particularly excited to be premiering David Bennett Thomas’ Three To Get Ready on November 11 at the Tenri Cultural Institute. For further information please visit our Upcoming Concerts page and our Featured Composer interview with David. For Tickets, please visit here.
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Congratulations to our 2022 8SW Composer Competition winners!

Please join us in congratulating Kyle Soliz, Gabriel Teixeira, and Aaron Reising! Kyle’s work Radiance received first place. Radiance will be premiered on November 11, 2022 at the Tenri Cultural Institute. Be on the look out for a Featured Composer interview with Kyle, which will be posted in the Fall. Gabriel’s work Kite received second
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8SW Composer Competition News

Our judges have completed their review of the works submitted, and so have we! We’ll be announcing our first, second and third place winners for the 2022 competition on Sunday, May 22. Please check back here or go to our Facebook page to learn about these wonderful composers.
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Lovely Reviews

We’re delighted to have gotten two wonderful reviews for …and nothing remains the same… last week. Please check them out at Take Effect and The WholeNote.
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Culture Catch Review

Check out this lovely write up by Dusty Wright about our latest release in Culture Catch.
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New Featured Composer interview!

We are thrilled to have the wonderful David Bennett Thomas as our latest Featured Composer. We know it’s been a while but it’s a wonderful interview, so be sure to read it on our Featured Composer page!
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David Bennett Thomas

Three To Get Ready is ready! We were so honored and excited to be able to post this fun and interesting interview with David Bennett Thomas last January. A LOT has happened these last few months, one of them being the arrival of Three To Get Ready, the trio David composed for 8SW that was
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Interview with PARMA Recordings

We were recently interviewed for The Inside Story, a PARMA Recordings blog series exploring the inner workings and personalities of PARMA’s Artists. Click on the ‘Read More” button and then check it out here!
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