UPCOMING PERFORMANCE
Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 8 PM
West Chester, PA
Songbook for Annamaria (String Quartet No. 1)
Corigliano Quartet
Gates Recital Hall, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
CURRENT NEWS
New Recording of Traveling Songs
Guitarist Matthew Korbanic and flutist Kathy Blocki have just released their recording of Robert Maggio's "Traveling Songs." The disc and downloads are available through CD Baby.
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Robert Maggio awarded a New Jersey State Council on the Arts Project Serving Artists grant to compose a new work for the Riverside Symphonia
Robert Maggio and Princeton composer, Paul Lansky will each write a 7-8 minute work for chamber orchestra tentatively titled, "Color, Line and Shadow" for the October 3-4, 2008 Riverside Symphonia concerts in Lambertville, NJ.
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Robert Maggio commissioned by a consortium of choirs to compose a new work for Equality Forum in Philadelphia in the Spring of 2009
The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, The Gay Men's Chorus, and the Anna Crusis Women's Choir have combined to commission three Philadelphia-area composers—Robert Maggio, Cythia Folio, and Peter Hilliard—to write 5-minute works on the theme of diversity and equality to be premiered in the Spring of 2009 during the Equality Forum celebration.
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The Arizona Friends of Chamber Music Commission Robert Maggio for Second String Quartet
The Borromeo String Quartet will give the premiere of Robert Maggio's 2nd String Quartet on January 14, 2009 in Tuscon, AZ, commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music. The creation of the new quartet is sponsored by Herschell and Jill Rosenzweig, Helmut Abt, Harold G. Basser in memory of his wife Suzanne. This is the 2nd commission Maggio has received from the AZFCM; the first was for Songbook for Annamaria (String Quartet No.1) in 2001, for the Colorado Quartet.
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Maggio's Brass Quintet, "A Sense of Space," published by Hickman Music Editions
Hickman Music Editions has published Robert Maggio's brass quintet, "A Sense of Space," as part of its American Brass Quintet Series. This exciting 8-minute work is a great concert opener. For more information and order scores: http://www.hickmanmusiceditions.com.
