Month: February 2016

MMF: “Winterlude” (Moab Sun News)

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Need a mid-winter break? Well, just in time for those of you out in the southwest, the Moab Music Festival brings us “Winterlude.” The festival’s new inaugural week of chamber music concerts and educational outreach is a collaboration with the…

Bermel: Full of Emotion and Imagination (Pioneer Press)

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Here’s another rave review for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s performance of Derek Bermel’s Murmurations. Rob Hubbard of the Pioneer Press notes, “American composer Derek Bermel’s ‘Murmurations’ is one of the most involving new works the SPCO has presented in…

Bermel: Clever and Imaginative (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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“Birds have been a frequent inspiration for composers,” wrote Michael Anthony (Minneapolis Star Tribune) after the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s recent performance of Derek Bermel’s Murmurations. Anthony continues, “While living in Rome not long ago, Bermel…composer, conductor and virtuoso clarinetist…