Second Wave

David Balakrishnan (b. 1954)

     BIO     |     NOTES

David Balakrishnan is Orchestra Nashville’s Music Alive Composer-In-Residence for 2005-08.

The Residency of David Balakrishnan is made possible through Music Alive, a residency program of the American Symphony Orchestra League and Meet The Composer. This national program is designed to provide orchestras with resources and tools to support their presentation of new music to the public and build support for new music within their institutions. Funding for Music Alive is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Aaron Copland Fund for Music.

WORLD PREMIERE

 

March 17, 2006
The Factory in Franklin
John Jorgenson, guitar
Orchestra Nashville String Quartet

Turtle Island String Quartet

  excerpt 1 [2:07]
  excerpt 2 [1:53]
  excerpt 3 [2:12]
  excerpt 4 [1:30]

INSTRUMENTATION

 

solo steel string guitar, double string quartet

DURATION

 

12:30

COMMISSION

 

Commissioned by Orchestra Nashville
With support from the American Symphony Orchestra League and Meet the Composer.

MUSIC AVAILABILITY   Contact David Balakrishnan

LINKS

 

Turtle Island String Quartet

John Jorgenson

 

 

 

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