The World Premiere (First Complete Performance) of the Twenty-Six Etudes for Solo Piano, by H. Leslie Adams, in two concerts, and a new CD release:
Concerts:
Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.
Part One, Numbers 1-12
Maria Corley, soloist
Sunday, November 2, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.
Part Two, Numbers 13-26
Thomas Otten, soloist
Chapel Hill Auditorium
The University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
The composer will be present at this event.
September 1, 2014 is the release date for the Albany Records disc of the Etudes Part II, performed by Thomas Otten. Part I of the Etudes was previously recorded on Albany by Maria Corley. Both disks are available at Albany Records, Amazon, and other shops.
A special new edition of Nine Etudes from these collections has been recently published by the American Composers Alliance.
A graduate of Oberlin, Long Beach State University and Ohio State University, H. Leslie Adams’ music has been performed by orchestras in the U.S. and abroad and he is the recipient of commissions from the Cleveland Orchestra, Ohio Chamber Orchestra, and the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, among others. Pianist Thomas Otten, a faculty member at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, has been the recipient of numerous national and international prizes and has performed internationally as a concerto soloist and recitalist.
