March 8-9, 2010
Monday, March 8 – Gallery Nord
Tuesday, March 9 – Trinity University, Ruth Taylor Recital Hall
Thursday, March 11 - Blue Star Contemporary Art Center

7:00 pm Pre-concert talk
7:30 pm Concert

Program:

1. Isaiah Putman: Systemic Secrets and Animal Space Stations
2. Timothy Kramer: Cycles and Myths
3. Timothy Kramer: Key Fragments
   
4. Diego Vega: Divertimento

Professor Timothy Kramer teaches courses in Composition and Theory in the Department of Music.  A native of Washington State, he holds degrees from Pacific Lutheran University (B.M.), and the University of Michigan (D.M.A.), and was a Fulbright Scholar to Germany.  As a composer, his works have been performed widely throughout the world by major orchestras and ensembles, and he has received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the NEA, the MacDowell Colony, Meet the Composer, BMI, ASCAP, and the American Guild of Organists among others.  In San Antonio, Dr. Kramer founded CASA (the Composers Alliance of San Antonio).  His works are published by Southern Music, Earnestly Music, Hinshaw, and Selah; recordings of his works can be found on the Calcante, North/South, and Capstone labels.

Diego Vega is one of the most active and performed Colombian composers. His music has been performed in some of the most important concert halls in the United States, Europe and Latin America by ensembles such as the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Eighth Blackbird, Ensemble X, Alea III, the Colombian National Symphony, the Bogotá Philharmonic, the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, the Maîtrise de Notre-Dame de Paris, the Quintet of the Americas, the Soli Chamber Ensemble, and internationally acclaimed soloists like pianist Stephen Prutsman, clarinetist José Franch-Ballester, cellist Andrés Díaz, and flutist Bradley Garner, among others. Diego has written commissioned works for the Colombian National Symphony, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, the Cornell Symphony and the Cornell Chorus, and the Salvi Foundation and the Cartagena International Music Festival. Vega has also been awarded the National Prize of Music in Composition in 2004, the Ensemble X composition competition in 2004, Alea III 20th anniversary prize in 2002, one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the Year in 1996 in Colombia, and prestigious scholarships such as Fulbright and the Sage Fellowship at Cornell University.