![]() Founded in 2021, Calypsus members perform at the highest level of excellence in musical performance and education.Ĭalypsus Brass is committed to prioritizing recording and performing works of historically marginalized composers to uplift the highest quality of music. ![]() Calypsus Brass serves as a recording ensemble for composers whose works have never been recorded. Between them, members hold 5 doctorates, a total of 14 degrees, 3 minors, and 4 advanced certificates in cognates such as pedagogy and jazz improvisation. The five founding members are avid performers and educators touring around the world, giving masterclasses and recitals.Ĭalypsus Brass is a groundbreaking musical group founded by five women who earned a doctoral degree in music, the first of its kind. We talk about their involvement with Rising Tide Music Press and how they tackle the challenges associated with funding the commissioning and recording of new works.įounded in 2021, Calypsus Brass is a professional chamber ensemble performing new works recitals, creating high-level professional recordings for composers, and working with chamber musicians at all levels. They speak with us about the workshops, which range from discussions on military and orchestral work to musician wellness. Jacquelyn Lankford and Stephanie Ycaza of Calypsus Brass join us to chat about the significance of being an all-female-identifying group in the world of brass ensembles. The transcript for this episode can be found here.įor more information about DJ Sparr, please visit his website. Sparr’s music is published by Bill Holab Music. lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with his wife Kimberly, son Harris, Nannette the hound dog, and Bundini the boxer. His works and guitar performances appear on Naxos, Innova Recordings, & Centaur Records.ĭ. Sparr is a faculty member at the famed Walden School’s Creative Musicians Retreat in Dublin, New Hampshire. His music has received awards from BMI, New Music USA, and the League of Composers/ISCM. He has composed for and performed with renowned ensembles such as the Houston Grand Opera, Cabrillo Festival, New World Symphony, Washington National Opera, and Eighth Blackbird. In 2011, Sparr was named one of NPR listener’s favorite 100 composers under the age 40. He was the electric guitar concerto soloist on the 2018 GRAMMY-Award winning, all-Kenneth Fuchs recording with JoAnn Falletta and the London Symphony Orchestra. The Los Angeles Times praises him as “an excellent soloist,” and the Santa Cruz Sentinel says that he “wowed an enthusiastic audience…Sparr’s guitar sang in a near-human voice.” He has caught the attention of critics with his eclectic style, described as “pop-Romantic…iridescent and wondrous” (The Mercury News) and “suits the boundary erasing spirit of today’s new-music world” (The New York Times). Sparr, who Gramophone recently hailed as “exemplary,” is one of America’s preeminent composer-performers. ![]() We also talk about the typical day-to-day schedule of a performer-composer, and working this into family life.Įlectric guitarist and composer D. He shares about his experience performing Kenneth Fuch’s Electric Guitar Concerto with JoAnn Falletta and the London Symphony Orchestra and the difference between performing his vs. Guitarist and composer DJ Sparr joins us to chat about the central role that the relationships built in school play in securing future work.
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