Black Composer Revival Consortium - 2021/22
American School of Bombay Amber Neid
Anoka-Ramsey Community College Samuel Bergstrom and Joel Salvo
Arts Laureate Christian Amonson
Blaine High School Orchestras Michael Herbert
Buffalo High School Scott Rabehl, Michael Knutson, and Kristine Wiese
Calvert High School Derek Dillman
Champlin Park High School Levi Comstock, Steven Lyons, and Stephen Johnson
Chisago Lakes High School Joe DeLisi
Cloquet High School Kevin Huseth
Concordia College Dr. Kevin Sütterlin and Dr. Peter Haberman
Edina High School Orchestra Nick Gaudette
Farmington High School Erin Holmes and Bradley Maristka
Georgia Institute of Technology Chaowen Ting
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies Mark Russell Smith, Artistic Director
Hamlet Middle School Andre A. Thacker Jr.
Hamline University Janet E. Greene
Hinton Community School Braeden Weyhrich
Hopkins High School Nora R. Tycast and Alison Swiggum
Hopkins Westwind Concert Band Michael Anderson
Lexington High School Rachel Jayson
MacPhail Northside Youth Orchestra Chi-Chi Bestmann
Michael and Justine Pearson
Minneapolis Edison High School Lesley Earles
Minneapolis Southwest High School Reid Wixson
Minneapolis Washburn High School Tim Martin
Minnesota Junior Winds Geneva Fitzsimonds and Dr. Charles Weise
Minnehaha Academy Diane Hallberg and Ryan Larson
Mounds Park Academy Hannah Lawson and Renae Wantock
Northern Valley Youth Orchestras Dr. Kevin Sütterlin and Kara Hartten
Otterbein University Dr. Michael Yonchak
Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University Elijah Wirth
Pittsburg High School Cooper Neil
Prior Lake High School Keith Koehlmoos and Justin Schramm
Richfield Middle School Corey Needleman
Rio Americano High School Mitch Evett and Josh Murray
Robbinsdale Armstrong High School Kevin Martin and Anastasia Verdoljak
Roseville Area High School Matt Dehnel and Ian McKnight
Spring Lake Park High School Kyle Pagel and Ross Wolf
St. Olaf Band and St. Olaf Orchestra Dr. Timothy Mahr and Steven Amundson
St. Paul Central High School Matthew Oyen
St. Paul Harding High School Jennifer Greupner
Tacoma Community College John Falskow
The Blake School Brian Lukkasson
Thomas Jefferson High School Dan Fretland and Jeff Levine
University of Colorado Boulder Dr. Matthew Dockendorf
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Bands
Dr. Emily Threinen, Jerry Luckhardt, Betsy McCann, and Dr. John Leonard
University of St. Thomas Dr. Matthew George and Dr. Douglas Orzolek
University of Northwestern St. Paul Dr. Cassandra Bechard and David Kozamchak
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Dr. John R. Stewart
University of Wisconsin - Madison Scott Teeple
Visitation School and Saint Thomas Academy Meghan McGuire and Dan Connolly
Wesleyan University (CT) Nadya Potemkina
Winona State University Dr. Melanie Brooks and Dr. Cullan Lucas
With immense gratitude,
Jasmine Pigott, arranger
Brian Lukkasson and Reid Wixson, Consortium Co-Leaders
American School of Bombay Amber Neid
Anoka-Ramsey Community College Samuel Bergstrom and Joel Salvo
Arts Laureate Christian Amonson
Blaine High School Orchestras Michael Herbert
Buffalo High School Scott Rabehl, Michael Knutson, and Kristine Wiese
Calvert High School Derek Dillman
Champlin Park High School Levi Comstock, Steven Lyons, and Stephen Johnson
Chisago Lakes High School Joe DeLisi
Cloquet High School Kevin Huseth
Concordia College Dr. Kevin Sütterlin and Dr. Peter Haberman
Edina High School Orchestra Nick Gaudette
Farmington High School Erin Holmes and Bradley Maristka
Georgia Institute of Technology Chaowen Ting
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies Mark Russell Smith, Artistic Director
Hamlet Middle School Andre A. Thacker Jr.
Hamline University Janet E. Greene
Hinton Community School Braeden Weyhrich
Hopkins High School Nora R. Tycast and Alison Swiggum
Hopkins Westwind Concert Band Michael Anderson
Lexington High School Rachel Jayson
MacPhail Northside Youth Orchestra Chi-Chi Bestmann
Michael and Justine Pearson
Minneapolis Edison High School Lesley Earles
Minneapolis Southwest High School Reid Wixson
Minneapolis Washburn High School Tim Martin
Minnesota Junior Winds Geneva Fitzsimonds and Dr. Charles Weise
Minnehaha Academy Diane Hallberg and Ryan Larson
Mounds Park Academy Hannah Lawson and Renae Wantock
Northern Valley Youth Orchestras Dr. Kevin Sütterlin and Kara Hartten
Otterbein University Dr. Michael Yonchak
Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University Elijah Wirth
Pittsburg High School Cooper Neil
Prior Lake High School Keith Koehlmoos and Justin Schramm
Richfield Middle School Corey Needleman
Rio Americano High School Mitch Evett and Josh Murray
Robbinsdale Armstrong High School Kevin Martin and Anastasia Verdoljak
Roseville Area High School Matt Dehnel and Ian McKnight
Spring Lake Park High School Kyle Pagel and Ross Wolf
St. Olaf Band and St. Olaf Orchestra Dr. Timothy Mahr and Steven Amundson
St. Paul Central High School Matthew Oyen
St. Paul Harding High School Jennifer Greupner
Tacoma Community College John Falskow
The Blake School Brian Lukkasson
Thomas Jefferson High School Dan Fretland and Jeff Levine
University of Colorado Boulder Dr. Matthew Dockendorf
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Bands
Dr. Emily Threinen, Jerry Luckhardt, Betsy McCann, and Dr. John Leonard
University of St. Thomas Dr. Matthew George and Dr. Douglas Orzolek
University of Northwestern St. Paul Dr. Cassandra Bechard and David Kozamchak
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Dr. John R. Stewart
University of Wisconsin - Madison Scott Teeple
Visitation School and Saint Thomas Academy Meghan McGuire and Dan Connolly
Wesleyan University (CT) Nadya Potemkina
Winona State University Dr. Melanie Brooks and Dr. Cullan Lucas
With immense gratitude,
Jasmine Pigott, arranger
Brian Lukkasson and Reid Wixson, Consortium Co-Leaders
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For the year 2022, we have focused on an overlooked piece of music to our students by Nathaniel Dett, a historically important, though often overlooked and marginalized composer who grew up in Canada and in the United States. Dett attended Oberlin Conservatory of Music and was inspired to infuse spirituals into his compositions when he heard music by Antonin Dvorak and Samuel Coleridge Taylor and went on to become the first Black graduate of Oberlin in 1908, where he earned a Bachelors of Music in Composition and Piano Performance.
"In the Bottoms" Suite was originally written for solo piano and contains five movements. For this consortium, Ms. Pigott will create a one-movement work that incorporates elements from the first and fifth movements of the suite.
Consortium Details:
- Separate Band, String Orchestra, and Full Orchestra arrangements will be available
- Each work will be approximately a grade 3.5 difficulty and will not be flex arrangements
- $100 buy-in for each arrangement OR $250 to be a full supporter and obtain all three arrangements
- Arrangements will be created by composer Jasmine Pigott
"In the Bottoms" Suite was originally written for solo piano and contains five movements. For this consortium, Ms. Pigott will create a one-movement work that incorporates elements from the first and fifth movements of the suite.
Consortium Details:
- Separate Band, String Orchestra, and Full Orchestra arrangements will be available
- Each work will be approximately a grade 3.5 difficulty and will not be flex arrangements
- $100 buy-in for each arrangement OR $250 to be a full supporter and obtain all three arrangements
- Arrangements will be created by composer Jasmine Pigott
Nathaniel Dett |
Jasmine PigottLearn more about her at https://jasminepigott.com/
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