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Meet Kyle Soliz our latest Featured Composer!

Monday, 14 November 2022 by Suzanne Gilchrest
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

Sunday, 13 November 2022 by Suzanne Gilchrest
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!

Monday, 10 October 2022 by Suzanne Gilchrest
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!

Sunday, 22 May 2022 by Suzanne Gilchrest
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

Tuesday, 17 May 2022 by Suzanne Gilchrest
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

Wednesday, 09 March 2022 by Suzanne Gilchrest
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

Tuesday, 15 February 2022 by Suzanne Gilchrest
Check out this lovely write up by Dusty Wright about our latest release in Culture Catch.
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New Featured Composer interview!

Sunday, 23 January 2022 by Suzanne Gilchrest
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

Sunday, 23 January 2022 by Suzanne Gilchrest
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

Saturday, 15 January 2022 by Suzanne Gilchrest
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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february 2023

Croton Free Library Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive

25feb7:00 pmCroton Free Library7:00 pm Croton Free Library, 171 Cleveland Drive

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We're looking forward to presenting a program full of sensuous colors and textures including tracks from our most recent album ...and nothing remains the same...    Featured

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We’re looking forward to presenting a program full of sensuous colors and textures including tracks from our most recent album …and nothing remains the same…    Featured works include mystical Two Journeys, by Scarsdale based composer Pamela Sklar, and Three to Get Ready, by New Jersey composer, David Bennett Thomas.  The program is rounded out with Radiance by Kyle Soliz, a work bursting with color, a deep and lyric trio by Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kosa, and Jorge Amado’s Eidos II, which will have you dancing in your seats.

For more information please visit the Croton Free Library’s website or call (914) 271-6612.

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(Saturday) 7:00 pm

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Croton Free Library

171 Cleveland Drive

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march 2023

Salon 33 House Concerts

12mar7:00 pmSalon 33 House Concerts7:00 pm Salon 33

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We're thrilled to be returning to the wonderful Salon 33 series in Princeton, NJ! Please visit here for details.

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We’re thrilled to be returning to the wonderful Salon 33 series in Princeton, NJ!

Please visit here for details.

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(Sunday) 7:00 pm

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Salon 33

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SEMO Residency

22marAll Day24SEMO Residency(All Day)

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We're very excited to be going to Southeast Missouri State University for a concert and their Fine Arts PATH Residency. PATH = Performing Arts Thrive Here! We'll be spending the

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We’re very excited to be going to Southeast Missouri State University for a concert and their Fine Arts PATH Residency. PATH = Performing Arts Thrive Here! We’ll be spending the first few days giving workshops and working with SEMO students, and end with a concert for the chamber music series on Friday, March 24. More info coming soon!

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march 22 (Wednesday) - 24 (Friday)

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