Composer, educator, and author Sy Brandon, who was recently commissioned by the Arizona Commission on the Arts to compose a band/orchestra composition to celebrate the upcoming Arizona Centennial, will be attending premieres and doing residencies in the Mid-south and Southeast during February and March 2011. He has a few dates open where he can present residency activities for your school or organization. He can do presentations on a variety of subjects. It would also be nice if a performance of at least one of his compositions could be arranged as well. PDF files of music you wish to perform during the residency will be sent complimentary.

Here is the schedule as it now stands:

2/13-15 - Kansas State University - Manhattan, Kansas
2/16-21 - open
2/22 - 27 - Little Rock Concert Band and Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock (some dates between 2/23 and 2/26 may be open to nearby locations)
2/28 - 3/9 - open
3/10 - 12 - Southeast Regional Tuba/Euphonium Conference, Chattanooga, TN
3/13 - driving back west to Arizona - Could do a residency on the way home.

To find out more about how you can benefit from having a composer-in-residence visit http://cooppress.net or contact us at cooppress@cooppress.net. A list and description of some of the residency activities Sy Brandon has done in the past are available here.

Anita Brandon