EDGE 系综 is Shenandoah’s in-house new music ensemble. 边系综 presents a full season of concerts each year, and provides an opportunity for faculty to perform and coach alongside their students on cutting edge repertoire and world premieres. Directed by 乔纳森•纽曼 and conducted by Timothy J. Robblee, the ensemble is featured in the biennial Pulitzer Prize Composer Festival concert series.
与主管会面
乔纳森•纽曼 composes music rich with rhythmic drive and intricate sophistication, creating broadly colored musical works that incorporate styles of pop, 蓝调, 爵士乐, 民间, 然后进入经典模式. 受过钢琴训练, 长号手, 和歌手, his work is informed by an upbringing performing in orchestras, 在爵士唱诗班唱歌, 在军乐队演奏, 在才艺表演中陪伴自己. From opera to bubblegum pop, Newman delivers a new perspective on American concert music. 最近的工作包括 质量, a large-scale project with texts by poet Victoria Chang which premiered in 2018 with The Choir of Trinity Wall Street as part of their 质量 Reimaginings commissioning program. In 2016 he was appointed Chicago Youth 交响乐团s (CYSO) Composer-in-Residence; CYSO’s 2011 commission 炸了它,重新开始 被世界各地的管弦乐队演出过吗, 包括明尼苏达交响乐团, 多伦多交响乐团, the 2015 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary 音乐, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the 2015 BBC Proms. 最近的其他委托包括 钢铁的祈祷 芝加哥的高德特铜业公司 这些屈折触手 室内乐四重奏. Newman’s ensemble transcriptions include arrangements of Beck, 乔治·哈里森, 普契尼, Sufjan史蒂文斯, 埃里克·惠特克, 齐柏林飞艇乐队, 还有电子乐器 Acoustica: Alarm Will Sound Performs Aphex Twin. 作为麦克道尔研究员, he began work on an opera based on the 1962 cult horror film Carnival of Souls, in collaboration with playwright Gary Winter. He is currently working with Winter on an imaginary ballet suite project for the Florida State University Wind Orchestra. Newman holds degrees from Boston University’s School for the Arts and The Juilliard School, where he studied with composers John Corigliano and David Del Tredici. 他住在弗吉尼亚州, where he serves as director of composition and coordinator of new music at 谢南多厄音乐学院.
听觉信息
谢南多厄音乐学院 is committed to fostering a safe environment for our students and faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are equally committed to providing exceptional opportunities for our students aligned with preparation for 21st century careers in the arts. 这个承诺从你的试镜开始! As the arts industry has responded to our current reality by modifying rehearsal and audition practices, 谢南多厄音乐学院 has also adopted the most recent industry standards, while maintaining a commitment to innovation and collaboration. 参观 系综 & 生产试镜 webpage for the most up-to-date information about auditioning for our music, theatre and dance ensembles and productions.
遇见售票员
蒂莫西·J. Robblee is the director of bands and associate professor of conducting at 谢南多厄音乐学院 where he where he guides all aspects of the wind band program, teaches conducting and conducts the 风合奏 and 边系综. 在他目前的任命之前, he served as the associate director of Bands at Northwestern University where he was also music director and conductor of the Contemporary 音乐 系综. 以前, Robblee has also served as director of bands at 华盛顿 State University in Pullman, 华盛顿, 以及位于塞勒姆的威拉米特大学, 俄勒冈州.
Dr. roblee拥有博士学位.D. in Wind Band Conducting and 音乐 Education from the University of Minnesota, a Master of 音乐 in Conducting from Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Arts in 音乐 Education from Whitworth College in Spokane, 华盛顿. He also spent a year at the Munich Hochschule für Musik pursuing graduate clarinet studies. 在研究生学习之前, he taught for eight years as an instrumental music educator in the Palo Alto, 加州, public schools where his 学生与乐团 were recognized for excellence on a state and national level.
Dr. Robblee maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor in the United States, 加拿大, 亚洲和欧洲. Among his most recent engagements were the AMIS International Band hosted in Luxembourg, the Asia-Pacific Activities Conference Honor Band in Hong Kong, 以及西弗吉尼亚州的地区荣誉乐队, 宾西法尼亚, 马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州. He is published as part of GIA’s Teaching 音乐 Through Performance in Band series. As an advocate of music in the public schools, he has presented at music education conferences throughout North America and adjudicated at numerous music festivals. Robblee maintains active memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, 全国音乐教育工作者会议, 弗吉尼亚音乐教育家协会, and World Association for Symphonic Bands and 系综.
体验雪兰多音乐学院
SHENANDOAH CONSERVATORY INVITES provides instrumental high school students multiple opportunities each year to make music with Shenandoah faculty, 学生与乐团. 演奏弦乐的音乐家, 黄铜, woodwind and percussion instruments will find events enabling intensive study with Shenandoah’s world-class faculty and the opportunity to make music alongside current conservatory students. Each of these events take place on Shenandoah’s beautiful Winchester campus.