From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature Alex Teater's signed program and tenor saxophone sheet music from the World Premiere of David's Symphony No. 8.
We are excited to feature a complete audio recording of the concert that took place on Friday, July 16, 2022 in Naperville, IL by Dr. Stephen K. Steele and the Wind Symphony Alumni Ensemble. This special event featured Angel of Mercy, Requiem, and Symphony No. 10 - The River of Time.
Stephen K. Steele & Wind Symphony Alumni Ensemble Perform Symphony No. 10, Angel of Mercy, and Requiem in Naperville, IL on July 15, 2022 to a Standing Ovation of Thunderous Applause.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature the podcast Wind & Rhythm and their new episode on David's music inspired by the late Buddhist Monk, Thich Nhat Hanh.
In October 2016, I (Matthew Maslanka) accompanied my father to Middle Tennessee State University where I photographed and recorded his masterclasses and rehearsals. This is his rehearsal on October 25. He helped produce his final CD during this visit.
Audio Recording (1:22:57)
(transcript below)
Reed Thomas
Good afternoon, everybody. So, the plan for next couple of days, we’re going to start with some sections of Alex and the Phantom Band, then we’re going to move on, once we’ve had the chance to dress and get ready, we’re going to move to St. Francis. And the second movement, first, then we are going do the first movement and during those times Dr. Maslanka is going to be working with you. Helping, so we can make sure that we produce the music in a way that is the best of our ability. (inaudible)
So we are very privileged to have him here to work with us this week. So if you will please welcome Dr. David Maslanka.
David Maslanka
Thank you, it’s an honor and will evolve as a pleasure as we get going together. My whole need in the music making is just that, that we make music together, as opposed to technical chunks of this and that. We’re going to make music all through the rest of our week together today. So I want to start, not take too much time with you now just to let you know who I am. And we’ll start with our friend, Alex here. This is a neat little […]
In October 2016, I (Matthew Maslanka) accompanied my father to Middle Tennessee State University where I photographed and recorded his masterclasses and rehearsals. This is his first masterclass, on October 24. He helped produce his final CD during this visit.
Audio Recording (1:05:22)
(transcript below)
David Maslanka
Thanks for that. Thanks for for being here.
I wanted to tell you a little bit about composing and to show you some things concerning Bach chorales. This has been a foundational thing for me for a long time.
A huge amount of things have happened in the 20th century and in our own time. The options that you have for technical things in music are extraordinary. You have to kind of not look at certain things in order to be able to focus on something that you might really want to do. And it might seem like a complete backward kind of motion to take something like the Bach chorales and make them a center of the life. And I’ll just tell you a bit about that.
I’ve written a lot of music. Now there’s something about I think about 150 opus numbers at this point, and still very alive and very much interested in writing.
But composing makes me nervous. And does that make any sense? Composing makes me nervous. Because I don’t know what’s going to happen. And I don’t know what’s supposed to happen. Right? I don’t start I can’t start with a pre plan of any kind. I simply have to open and trust […]
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature Conor Bell's new dissertation on David's Bassoon Music.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature Anthony Joseph Lanman's interview with Matthew on his podcast, 1 Track from Matthew's home in New York, NY earlier this year.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature one of David's very last interviews. In April of 2017, Damon Talley - Director of Bands at LSU - had the opportunity to sit down with David and discuss Symphony No. 4 during a residency with the LSU Wind Ensemble.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature Julian Velasco's interview of Gary Green from the Wharton Center in East Lansing, MI from October 24, 2017.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature an episode from Montana Public Radio's Musician's Spotlight featuring John Floridis interviewing David about his music and background as a composer.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature Part 2 of Julian Velasco's interview of David from his home in Missoula, MT in 2016.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature Part 1 of Julian Velasco's interview of David from his home in Missoula, MT in 2016.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature an episode from Spokane Public Radio's From The Studio featuring Jim Tevenan interviewing David about his music. The Whitworth Wind Symphony had just performed David's Symphony No. 4.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature a speech David gave on matters of dreaming and the unconscious mind before a performance of A Child's Garden of Dreams by the James Madison University Wind Symphony.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature a video of David in rehearsal with Mike Fansler and the Western Illinois University Wind Ensemble from December 2011. The rehearsal footage captures an amazing realization of the "Doxology" from Symphony No. 4.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. his week, we are excited to feature an interview David gave to BizMontana on matters of composition and the creative process.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature a classic performance of the Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble with Gregg Hanson leading Joseph Lulloff, Alto Saxophone and the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble from the 2001 World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) Conference.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature pictures from Albany Record's 2011 recording session of David's This is the World.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature an address David gave on matters of tempo and dynamics from a masterclass given at Illinois State University.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature a video of Onsby Rose giving a presentation discussing the highlights from his dissertation on Symphony No. 10: The River of Time.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature a classic performance of Requiem with Gregg Hanson and the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble from the 2014 Western/Northwestern Division CBDNA Conference.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature David's last known public address which was given at The Hartt School at the University of Hartford on May 6, 2017.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature pictures from David's residency at Lawrence University with Andrew Mast and the Lawrence University Wind Ensemble in 2010.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature a classic performance of Give Us This Day with Gregg Hanson and the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble from the 2008 Western/Northwestern Division CBDNA Conference.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature an episode from the podcast The Portfolio Composer featuring composer Garrett Hope interviewing David and Matthew about the genesis of Maslanka Press.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature pictures of Stephen Steele using scores to prepare a studio recording of David's music.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature an episode from the podcast Bandranting featuring Gregg Hanson and James Sepulvado discussing David's music.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature pictures from David's residency with Stephen K. Steele and the Illinois State University Wind Symphony for a performance of A Child's Garden of Dreams in 2012.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature a letter of recommendation written by David for composer Kevin Krumenauer in 2007.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature pictures from the World Premiere of David's Symphony No. 7 by Stephen K. Steele and the Illinois State University Wind Symphony on March 10, 2005.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature pictures from David's residency with Stephen K. Steele at Illinois State University prior to a concert featuring David's O Earth, O Stars performed by Kim Risinger (Flute), Adriana Ransom (Cello), and the Illinois State University Wind Symphony.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature pictures from a performance of David's Mass with Gregg Hanson and the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature pictures from David's residency with Stephen K. Steele at Illinois State University prior to a concert featuring David's Sea Dreams performed by Nancy O'Neill (Horn), Saul Garland (Horn), and the Illinois State University Wind Symphony.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature pictures from David's visit with Reed and Jill Thomas during his residency at Middle Tennessee State University in October 2016.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature pictures from David's residency with Stephen K. Steele at Illinois State University prior to the World Premiere of David's Symphony No. 9 by the Illinois State University Wind Symphony.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature a video of David conducting his own Symphony No. 7 in a live performance from April 28, 2005.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature pictures from David's visit to Slovenia in 2010.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature a letter written by Gregg Hanson entitled Moments.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature pictures from the outside of David's residence in Missoula, Montana taken during a visit by Stephen & Andrea Steele in 2008.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature pictures from David's studio as it looked in June 2008.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we feature pictures from David's residency with his longtime champion, Stephen K. Steele, and the Iridium Saxophone Quartet at Illinois State University prior to the premiere of David's Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble, as well as the concert program from the premiere on November 15, 2012.
From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we feature David's longtime champion, Gregg Hanson, and a performance of Symphony No. 2 from Gregg's retirement concert from The University of Arizona in 2016.