Today, music critic John Frayne posted a wonderful review in The New Gazette of our Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra's Sept. 6th LEGENDS Chamber Concert, in which Maestro Alltop and the CUSO musicians welcomed me to the community and performed several of my chamber works. Mr. Frayne enjoyed the concert! You can read his review by clicking [...]
Stacy Garrop’s Composer Blog
On Wednesday, Sept. 6th, my Music Alive Composer-in-Residence activities had a wonderful kickoff event to welcome me to the community! Maestro Stephen Alltop, string and brass CUSO musicians, and soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg presented three of my works to a packed ballroom at the I Hotel in Champaign. We called the concert LEGENDS, which fit in [...]
The Champaign Urbana Symphony Orchestra is sponsoring LEGENDS, a chamber concert featuring my music in my new position as the CUSO Music Alive Composer-in-Residence! My pieces will be performed by Stephen Alltop, Music Director & Conductor, CUSO Principal performers, and soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg. In the video, I talk about the works that are being programmed, [...]