“Reflections” Music for Trombone & Piano Nat Dickey, Trombone Andrew Steinberg, Piano Performers: Nat Dickey is associate professor of music at Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.), principal trombonist of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, trombonist of the Post-Traumatic Funk Syndrome, and leader of the Skipjacks jazz quartet. He has performed with the Iris Orchestra, Minnesota Opera, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Vermont Symphony, and Boston Ballet. He was selected to receive the 2016 McKnight Fellowship by the Lake Region Arts Council of northwest Minnesota. Andrew Steinberg is sanctuary worship director and organist at Trinity Lutheran Church (Moorhead, Minn.) and accompanist for the choral department at Concordia College. Steinberg holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Concordia College and a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance and Certificate in Liturgical Studies from Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colo.). Steinberg is in demand as an organ soloist, as well as a collaborative accompanist. Composers: David Fetter (b. 1938) earned a Bachelor of Music/Education degree with a Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied trombone with Emory Remington and was a member of the Eastman Wind Ensemble under Frederick Fennell. He also holds a Master’s degree in musicology from the American University in Washington, D.C. His compositions have been recorded by leading soloists and are performed at colleges and universities and festivals in the U.S. and Europe. A Conservatory Trombone faculty member at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, Fetter's career as trombonist included two years as Assistant Trombone in the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell and sixteen years, ten of them as Principal, in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Sergiu Comissiona and David Zinman. He has also been a member of the San Antonio Symphony, The National Ballet Orchestra in Washington, D.C., the Radio/Telefis Eireann Symphony Orchestra in Dublin, Ireland, and the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own.” Fetter has been a soloist with the Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the U.S. Army Band. Richard Peaslee (1930-2016) was born in New York City and received his undergraduate degree in Music Composition from Yale University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. After serving two years in the U.S. Army, he received both a diploma and a Master of Science degree from The Juilliard School, in addition to studying privately with Nadia Boulanger in Paris and William Russo in New York and London. Peaslee served on the faculty of the Lincoln Center Institute and New York University’s Music Theatre Program and a board member of The American Composers Orchestra and Jobs For Youth. He served on the board of American Opera Projects and SCAN New York. A retrospective on his career was presented by Lincoln Center’s Composers’ Showcase at Alice Tully Hall. Richard Peaslee’s music is published by Margun Music, a division of G. Schirmer, Inc., Boosey and Hawkes and E.C. Schirmer, Inc. and has been recorded on EMI, Columbia, Elecktra, Musical Heritage Society, and other labels. Peaslee composed extensively for the theater in New York, London and Paris, including scores for Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theaters, in addition to dance, jazz, and film and television scores. His concert works have been performed by orchestras, chamber ensembles and soloists, most notably the Philadelphia, Detroit, Seattle, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and Buffalo Symphony Orchestras. His concerto for trombone, "Arrows of Time," was premiered by the Seattle Symphony. Nat Dickey (b. 1969) has composed several works for trombone and trombone ensemble, including "Trespass" for trombone quartet and voice, "Shenandoah" arranged for trombone quartet (both recorded on his first solo album, "Collaborations" in 2014), and the two works on this album. "For Sandi" is meant to be the second movement of a yet unfinished sonata and is an homage and remembrance of Mrs. Sandi Peaslee, the composer's highly influential high school choral director. "Variations on 'Shenandoah'" was inspired by the work by David Fetter also on this album and takes the form of a life journey, with each variation representing a different stage of life and the emotions encountered in it. Steven Makela (b. 1965) is a member of the music faculty at Concordia College, teaching composition, music theory, and music technology. In addition to the work recorded on this album, "Vignettes" (2016), Makela’s recent compositions include "Three Songs..." (2011) for soprano voice and piano with texts by Catherine Lacey, composed in collaboration with Patty Kramer; "The Gardener" (2011) for horn, cello, and two pianos, composed in collaboration with Katrina Holicky; Piano Sonata (2008), composed in collaboration with Jessica Narum; "Three Apparitions" (2007) for flutes, marimba, and electroacoustics, composed in collaboration with Sarah Antanies; and "Diffractions" (2007) for solo horn, string orchestra, and percussion, composed in collaboration with Jenna Wolf. Makela earned degrees from the University of North Texas, the University of Minnesota, and Bemidji State University. His composition teachers include Martin Mailman, Joseph Klein, Jon Christopher Nelson, Paul Fetler, and Patrick Riley. Eric Ewazen (b. 1954) was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Receiving a B.M. At the Eastman School of Music, and M.M. and D.M.A. degrees from The Juilliard School, his teachers include Milton Babbitt, Samuel Adler, Warren Benson, Joseph Schwantner and Gunther Schuller. He is a recipient of numerous composition awards and prizes. His works have been commissioned and performed by many soloists, chamber ensembles and orchestras in the U.S. and overseas. His works are recorded on Summit Records, d'Note Records, CRS Records, New World, Clique Track, Helicon, Hyperion, Cala, Albany and Emi Classics. He has been lecturer for the New York Philharmonic's Musical Encounters Series, Vice-President of the League of Composers--International Society of Contemporary Music, and Composer-In-Residence with the Orchestra of St. Luke's in New York City. He has been a faculty member at Juilliard since 1980. Publication: Variations on Palestrina’s “Dona Nobis Pacem” by David Fetter. Baltimore, MD: Music for Brass, 1977. Arrows of Time by Richard Peaslee. Newton Center, MA: Margun Music, 1997. “For Sandi” by Nat Dickey, 2017. Vignettes by Steven Makela, 2016. Sonata by Eric Ewazen. San Antonio, TX: Southern Music, 1998. Variations on “Shenandoah” by Nat Dickey, 2016. Tracks: 1. Fetter/Variations on “Dona Nobis Pacem” 5:25 2. Peaslee/Arrows of Time, I. Up 3:48 3. Peaslee/Arrows of Time, II. Slow-Freely 5:43 4. Peaslee/Arrows of Time, III. Fast 2:47 5. Dickey/“For Sandi” 8:21 6. Makela/Vignettes, I. 3:37 7. Makela/Vignettes, II. 2:07 8. Makela/Vignettes, III. 5:03 9. Makela/Vignettes, IV. 1:12 10. Ewazen/Sonata, I. Allegro Maestoso 6:49 11. Ewazen/Sonata, II. Adagio 6:29 12. Ewazen/Sonata, III. Allegro Giocoso 6:23 13. Dickey/Variations on “Shenandoah” 8:55 Production credits: Engineer: Erik Vigesaa, Resound Recording, Fergus Falls, Minnesota Mixing & Mastering: Jamey Lamar, Art Music Recording, Walla Walla, Washington Visual Design: Benjamin Dickey Design Consultant: Linda Boyd Funding for this recording provided by a fellowship from the McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota granted through the Lake Region Arts Council of northwest Minnesota. Recorded at Christiansen Recital Hall, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota between November, 2016 and April 2017.