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Veritas Musica News
March 2010 - Paul Tucker, US Army Ceremonial Band Alto Saxophone, premiered Wayne Lu's Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano at the North American Saxophone Alliance conference at the U. of Georgia. Paul is a dear friend from Iowa City and is married to Megan Gray, one of Wayne's former private horn students.
March 2010 - US Air Force Band Woodwind Quintet led by Stacy Ascione, flute, premiered Wayne Lu's Scenes from the Midwest, III. The Heartland at Fort Washington, MD. Stacy is a dear friend from Iowa City High School where Wayne and Stacy both played under Mr. Paul McNally in the City High Wind Ensemble many years ago.
April 2010 - The South Hardin High School Percussion Ensemble premiered Luke Snyder's Tum Balalaika on a chamber recital at the South Hardin High School Auditorium. The same piece was performed at the State Small Group Contest the following week.
May 2010 - Members of the Minnesota Orchestra brass premiered Wayne Lu's "In Memory of...(to honor the life of Molly Naugle)" as part of the Colonial Church Chamber Music Series, Ellen Dinwiddie Smith, director, at the Colonial Church in Edina, Minnesota. The work was commissioned by Jay and Kathy Snedeker of Baldwinsville, New York.
June 2010 - J. Greg Miller, horn, and Arlene Kies, piano, premiered J. Greg's original composition Cloak and Dagger Games at the 2010 Kendall Betts Horn Camp, Week 3 Staff/Faculty Recital.
June 2010 - Wayne Lu's Fantasy for Horn Choir (written for Jeff Agrell) was performed at the 2010 Kendall Betts Horn Camp, Week 3 Solo/Ensemble Recital by the Staff/Faculty Horn Ensemble.
July 2010 - Wayne Lu, horn, and Tim Meier, organ, performed Wayne Lu's Solace for Horn and Organ at Zion Lutheran Church.
August 2010 - Joining Veritas as a contributing composer is Michael Wall. Michael graduated from the University of Iowa a few years ago and has been a composer for several years. His horn quartet entitled Inscriptions was premiered at the U. of Iowa's Horn Studio recital in 2008.
August 2010 - Joining Veritas as an editor is Michael Ozment. Michael also graduated from the University of Iowa with a Master's in Music in horn under Professor Jeff Agrell. Michael has recently worked as a Stage Manager at the U. of Georgia's performing arts facility and has recently accepted a new position as Stage Manager at Atlanta's Symphony Hall.
August 2010 - Joining Veritas as contributing composer is Scott Young. Scott is a graduate of the Clayton College and State University and Valdosta State University and had his Dodecatet I premiered at the Kendall Betts Horn Camp in 2009. Veritas will proudly be publishing this work and looks forward to more contributions from Scott in the years to come.
September 2010 - Joining Veritas as a contributing composer is Stephanie Rea. Stephanie is Professor of Flute at Morehead State University and also married to Kurt Gorman, Veritas Musica Publishing Vice President. We are excited to have Stephanie on board even if Kurt has been keeping her compositional prowess a secret from Wayne.
September 2010 - Joining Veritas as a contributing composer is Christopher Kies, Professor of Composition/Theory at the University of New Hampshire. Chris has offered nine original works and also an arrangement of a J. S. Bach piece for oboe and bassoon. Chris' compositional library is extensive, and we look forward to working with Chris more in the future.
December 2010 - Joining Veritas as a contributing composer is Steven Landis. Steven is an accomplished composer that resides in Gainesville, Florida. Steven has several commissions to his credit including a work for the Gainesville Symphony. We are excited to represent Steven and his works.
January 2011 - Congratulations to Christopher Kies for winning first place in the Longfellow Choral International Composers Competition for his work entitled "The Musical Sufferings of John Kreisler" noted as a five-minute comic operetta "based on Longfellow's 1838 translation of the E.T.A. Hoffmann story about a put-upon piano teacher and his musically flawed yet lovable students," - (Portland Press Herald). Veritas congratulates Chris on this great achievement and distinction. We look forward to publishing this work in the near future!
February 2011 - Steven Landis' duet for bassoons, Perspicacious Vicissitudes, was performed at The National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors National Conference on February 26, 2011 hosted by the University of Florida School of Music. The work was performed by Arnold Irchai and Tama Kott.
Upcoming Events:
March 2011 - University of Iowa Horn Choir led by Professor Jeff Agrell will be performing Wayne Lu's Elegy for Gretchen, dedicated to the memory of Gretchen Snedeker, dear friend and fellow colleague at the Kendall Betts Horn Camp.
April 2011 - Anticipated performance of Wayne Lu's Cor de Force for horn and piano by J. Greg Miller, horn at U. of Southern California's Thornton School of Music.
April 2011 - Anticipated release of Wayne Lu's debut composition CD.
May 2011 - Performance of Wayne Lu's Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano by Paul Tucker, U.S. Army Ceremonial Band, on a chamber recital in Washington D.C.
June 2011 - Anticipated premiere of Vignette for Horn and Harp by Wayne Lu at the Kendall Betts Horn Camp to be performed by J. Greg Miller, horn, and Vanessa Young, harp.
June 2011 - Anticipated premiere of Summer Song for Horn and Piano by Wayne Lu at the Kendall Betts Horn Camp to be performed by Ellen Smith, horn, and Arlene Kies, piano.
June 2011 - Anticipated premiere of "to breathe..." for Horn and Piano by Wayne Lu at the Kendall Betts Horn Camp to be performed by Wayne Lu, horn, and Arlene Kies, piano.
August 2011 - Anticipated premiere of Wayne Lu's Suite for Horn and Organ in Marshalltown, Iowa. This is a four movement work (I. Exult, II. Illuminate, III. Purify, IV. Rejoice) that will be performed by Tim Meier, organ, and Wayne Lu, horn.
October 2011 - Anticipated premiere of Wayne Lu's Sonata for Trumpet and Piano by Kurt Gorman, Professor of Trumpet at the University of Tennessee - Martin as part of their faculty recital series. Wayne Lu will also perform his Sonata for Horn and Piano on this recital.
