Each month VPR Classical features the work of a young composer, in a feature called the Student Composer Showcase. This October we'll meet Wayne Alexander, an 8th grader at the Glover Community School.
Broadcast Monday 10/5 at 11:30 a.m.; Wednesday 10/7 at 8:30 a.m.; Friday 10/9 at 4 p.m.; Saturday 10/10 at 9 a.m.
Find out more about Music-COMP's online composition programs at music-COMP.org
Resonance, premiered at Opus 28, 2014 with Berta Frank, flute; Julian Partridge, bassoon; Letitia Quante, violin; Elizabeth Reid, viola; Mike Close, cello; Evan Premo, double bass.
Persistence, premiered at the Opus 29 concert, January 2015 with Chris Rivers and Jason Whitcomb, trumpets; Joy Worland, french horn; Cynthia Huard, piano.