NEW MUSIC AND STUFF

Hi all,


Last week was really exciting! My piece "Keep Your Dragon on a Leash," that had been previously selected as the winner of the UNC Jazz Composition Contest (Doctoral category), was performed by  UNC Jazz Lab I. A great performance! It is a hard piece to perform but they did a great job with it. Dana Landry conducted it.
The title... nope, it did not come from a movie or book. The "Dragon," from my point of view, refers to the way many people want to discourage you from doing what you are dreaming of doing, as soon as you talk about it. So, what I say is "just keep it to yourself"(on a leash) and let me follow my path and do what I feel I want to do.
On another note (Bb)...–joke–, I also uploaded a piece for jazz orchestra, "My Point of View." This recording was a performance by the Nashville Jazz Orchestra, conducted by yours truly a couple of years ago. You can listen to it here:


http://soundcloud.com/socwand7/my-point-of-view


By the way, this piece also won the UNC Jazz Composition Contest in 2009-2010.


I also uploaded one of the pieces from my album "Suenos" (Dreams), entitled "Flight of Pegasus." This one is more on the fusion (Rock/jazz) vein.  You can listen this one at:


http://soundcloud.com/socwand7/vuelo-de-pegaso


I hope you enjoy these pieces. Next time I'll begin with some educational stuff.


Blessings to all,


SG