Kokopelli's Dance by UPEI Wind Symphony
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released May 1, 2019
Featured on Gillingham's Concertino for Four Percussion are soloists Ryan Drew, Kendall Perry, Branden Kelly, and Michael Gallant.
Featured on Gregson's Concerto is tubist Gregory B. Irvine.
This music was recorded live in performance on November 15, 2018 and March 31, 2019, at the Homburg Theatre in Charlottetown by Perry Williams. Post production by Perry Williams.
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Conductor, clarinetist, educator Karem J Simon has directed the UPEI Wind Symphony for twenty-five years. A member of the UPEI Department of Music Faculty since 1991, he is known as a passionate and sensitive musician, able to inspire musicians of diverse backgrounds. His philosophies and methodologies have been forged through his thirty-nine years of public school and university teaching, and synthesized through his experiences and studies with some of the leading wind band conductors – John Paynter, Eugene Corporon, Dale Lonis, Michael Haithcock, Craig Kirchoff among them. Conducting engagements with The PEI Symphony Orchestra, the National Youth Band of Canada, and a variety of provincial Honour Bands highlight his career. Under his direction, the UPEI Wind Symphony has produced twenty-two albums.
Featured on Gillingham's Concertino for Four Percussion are soloists Ryan Drew, Kendall Perry, Branden Kelly, and Michael Gallant.
Featured on Gregson's Concerto is tubist Gregory B. Irvine.
This music was recorded live in performance on November 15, 2018 and March 31, 2019, at the Homburg Theatre in Charlottetown by Perry Williams. Post production by Perry Williams.
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Conductor, clarinetist, educator Karem J Simon has directed the UPEI Wind Symphony for twenty-five years. A member of the UPEI Department of Music Faculty since 1991, he is known as a passionate and sensitive musician, able to inspire musicians of diverse backgrounds. His philosophies and methodologies have been forged through his thirty-nine years of public school and university teaching, and synthesized through his experiences and studies with some of the leading wind band conductors – John Paynter, Eugene Corporon, Dale Lonis, Michael Haithcock, Craig Kirchoff among them. Conducting engagements with The PEI Symphony Orchestra, the National Youth Band of Canada, and a variety of provincial Honour Bands highlight his career. Under his direction, the UPEI Wind Symphony has produced twenty-two albums.
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The University of Prince Edward Island Wind Symphony consists of music majors, other UPEI students, and community musicians. Commissioning new compositions, featuring outstanding student and professional soloists, and showcasing masterworks of the wind band genre are all hallmarks of this ensemble.