![]() ![]() ![]() “Working with Jeff Tyzik has always been an inspiration for me and the players in the EWE,” states Mark Scatterday, Professor of Conducting. The wind ensemble version of this work was premiered by the EWE under the direction of Mark Scatterday in 2017. Each work in the movement highlights a work of art on display at the museum for example, Albert Paley’s sculpture Convergence serves as the inspiration for the first movement of the piece. Images: Musical Impressions of an Art Museum, was commissioned for the 100th anniversary of the Memorial Art Gallery. Images features the performances of more than 150 Eastman students over a four-year period and features four different works. Jeff Tyzik is currently the Principal Pops Conductor with the Detroit, Dallas, Oregon, and Florida Orchestras and has held the Principal Pops Conductor position with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) for the past twenty-five seasons. Through his association with the EWE’s current director Mark Scatterday, Tyzik has composed several new works for the ensemble and has enjoyed producing EWE recordings. Tyzik considers his time in the EWE as one of the most important influences in his 40-year career in music. One of America’s most innovative and sought-after pops conductors, Tyzik began his association with the Eastman Wind Ensemble (EWE) under the direction of Donald Hunsberger at the Eastman School of Music in 1970. Images: Music of Jeff Tyzik was released on Octoby Summit Records, Fanfare said the release is ”…presented at the highest possible artistic level by Mark Davis Scatterday and his Eastman Wind Ensemble…” GRAMMY Award winner Jeff Tyzik has released a new CD, featuring The Eastman Wind Ensemble, Mark Scatterday, conductor, with Eastman faculty members Michael Burritt and Charles Ross featured as soloists. Images: Music of Jeff Tyzik Features The Eastman Wind Ensemble with Mark Scatterday, Conductor, and Michael Burritt and Charles Ross, Soloists ![]()
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