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– Thu 24 Jul: DI ALTRI ASTRI for Sax alto and Piano (Premiere) Sala Colitto,Termoli,Italy
– Sat 26 Jul: Koorconcert, Tiramisu zomerkoor Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
– Sun 27 Jul: Lines and Waves in Blue Deep for 5 accordions (wp) Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA
– Mon 28 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Astronomical Observatory, Loiano, Italy
– Tue 29 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Church in Piazza Giovanni XIII, Tolè di Vergato, Italy

– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008

Birthdays:
– Elliott Goldkind
– Wilfred Josephs
– Robert John Farnon
– Ernest Bloch
– Paolino Vassallo
Dying days:
– Alan Rawsthorne
– Max von Schillings
– Léon Walpot
– Padre Davide da Bergamo Felice Moretti
– Johann Gottfried Eckard
Events:
– (1964) Alberto Ginastera: Premiere of Don Rodrigo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– (1938) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Friedenstag, in Munich, Germany.
– (1828) Nicoló Paganini: Premiere of violin concerto no. 3 in E major, in Vienna, Austria.

– Pierre Even (18 Jul)
– Clara Schumann (17 Jul)
– Barney Childs (17 Jul)
– István Anhalt (17 Jul)
– Lowell Dijkstra (17 Jul)
– Lisa Ragsdale (17 Jul)
– Amy Scurria (16 Jul)
– Diana Rotaru (16 Jul)
– Benedictus Buns (16 Jul)
– Johannes Brahms (15 Jul)

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Born: 10 March 1941 — Spokane — USA

Died:

• The Cowboys was performed in concerts by the North Idaho College Band in May, 2000 and the Ensamble Rosario in Rosario, Argentina in August, 2001.
• Happy Mother’s Day and Peace Be With You SATB choral piece and other serious and gospel choral pieces have been performed by different church choirs.
• The Gypsy Tango for String Trio premiered at a performance at the North Idaho Art on The Green festival on August 4, 2002 and was recorded and performed in St. Petersburg, Russia by the Nevsky String Trio.
• The Coeur d’Alene Suite, a 35 minute piece for string orchestra, was recorded in April 2005 and performed by the Coeur d’Alene High School String Orchestra on May 19, 2005.
• The Spirit of the Vikings March was premiered by the Coeur d’Alene high School Wind Ensemble on May 18th, 2006.
• Gary conducted his most recent work, Prayer for Peace with The Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra premiered 12/2/6 at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene.
• Fanfare and Fantasy to be premiered by the Coeur d’Alene Youth Symphony in the spring of 2007.
• The Fort Sherman Suite; a day in the life of a soldier in 1885 (8:30 minutes), to be premiered in spring 2007 by the Fort Sherman Symphonette.

Gary A. Edwards was born in Spokane, Washington in 1941. He started playing string bass in the Spokane Symphony orchestra at age 18. He graduated from Coeur d’Alene High School in 1959. Gary graduated from Indiana University in June, 1964 with a degree in Music Education. Gary taught public school teacher instrumental music from the 3rd to the 9th grades for two years and played bass in the Louisville Symphony Orchestra. He joined the Peace Corps and went to Santiago, Chile where he started a decades long career in Social Work. Since 1956, Gary has performed in bands of all sizes from single to symphony and all styles from opera to rock and country to classical and choral, with musical comedy orchestral experience. Gary has composed in most styles including classical, rock, country, children’s, jazz, choral, gospel, Christmas Cantata Night of a Miracle and a complete musical comedy, The Bureau-rats. He has written five other books and had thirty-seven articles published in computer magazines, primarily software reviews. His Waltz and Variations in E Minor for the accordion is published by JanPress. He has signed numerous publishing contracts for classical, rock, country and religious music. His music has received airplay in Washington, Idaho and Estonia.

He has released five CDs including The Coeur d’Alene Suite (classical string orchestra), Cast Out The Demons (R&B style contemporary gospel), Gary’s Country, TroubleClef, a rock CD Gary’s Classical and formed Edwards Music publishing.com company which primarily releases his music.

View his website at www. Edwardsmusicpublishing.com to see and hear samples and order his finished musical works and books.

Gary A. Edwards (ASCAP)
Edwards Music Publishing .Com
PO Box 3528
Coeur d’Alene Idaho 83816-2520
(208) 699-0848
gedwardroadrunner.com email
www.edwardsmusicpublishing.com Website

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