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BRUCE CLAUSEN'S
CONCERTO
for brass quintet & orchestra

World Premiere​ 
Wichita, Kansas
February 22, 1981
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Performed by the
Annapolis Brass Quintet
Wichita Symphony Orchestra
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Michael Palmer, Conducting
Duration: 22' 08"

​American Conductor Michael Palmer was born on May 8,1945 in Indianapolis, Indiana.  He was Music Director of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra from 1977-1990, followed by posts of Music Director of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra (1989-1997) and the American Sinfonietta (1991-2002).  He has also held academic conducting posts as Director of Orchestras for Wichita State University (1999-2004) and Georgia State University (2004-present). 

American Composer Bruce Clausen  was born in San Francisco, California.  He holds a Master's degree in composition and Doctorate in musicology from the University of Southern California.  His Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra ​was commissioned by the Brass Chamber Music Society of Annapolis to be premiered in 1981 by the Annapolis Brass Quintet and Wichita Symphony Orchestra, with Michael Palmer conducting.  Bruce Clausen's Quindecilogues was also commissioned by the BCMSA.  This antiphonal piece for three brass quintets was premiered by the ABQ, Tower Brass Quintet and Brass Menagerie in 1984

Annapolis Brass Quintet (1981):  Robert Suggs, Trumpet;  David Cran, Trumpet; Marc Guy, Horn; Wayne Wells, Trombone, Robert Posten, Bass Trombone.

FOSTERING BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC

The score and parts for Bruce Clausen's Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra, along with the entire ABQ music library, are available for research and performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
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