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Concert
It's About Time
Sunday, June 24
2:00 PM
St. Francis Auditorium
New Mexico Museum of Art
On the Program
Short Ride in a Fast Machine, by John Adams, arr. Lawrence T. Odom
Southwestern Sketches, by Samuel Adler
Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral, by Richard Wagner, trans. Lucien Cailliet
The Leaves are Falling, by Warren Benson
Symphony No. 4 (Westpoint), by Morton Gould
Dr. Paul Shewan comes to Santa Fe in June 2012 for his first appearance as guest conductor with Concordia Santa Fe.
Dr. Shewan is Associate Professor at Roberts Wesleyan College where he conducts the Wind Ensemble and the Orchestra, and teaches trumpet, brass ensembles, brass methods and instrumental conducting. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from Roberts Wesleyan and a Masters degree in Trumpet Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music in 1983 where he was a trumpet student of Charles Geyer. He completed the doctoral degree in conducting from the Eastman School of Music in 2004.
Dr. Shewan has recorded as trumpet soloist, ensemble member, and conductor for several commercial CD’s. For Mode Records he may be heard playing principal trumpet with the Opera Sacra Orchestra in Arthur Honegger’s Christoph Columb. He is featured in many recordings on the Albany label and may be heard in Stephen Shewan’s Suite for Trumpet and Piano (Troy 349-Albany Records) and Leo Sowerby’s Fantasy for Trumpet and Organ (Troy 238-Albany Records). His most recent recording as conductor features Randall Thomson's Frostiana for chorus and orchestra, and Ron Nelson's TeDeum for chorus and band with the RWC Chorale and Wind Ensemble (Troy 783-Albany Records).
