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| Mar. 3, 2010 |
UPCOMING EVENTS (March 2010) # TRIO for Flute, Oboe & Bassoon, Op.97
Performers: The Weiss Family Woodwinds [ Dawn Weiss, David Weiss, Abraham Weiss ] Date: Sat., April. 3, 2010 [8PM] Location: Los Angeles, CA Venue: Alfred Newman Recital Hall; Univ. Park Campus; University of Southern Calif. Admission: Free Map to Concert: can be found here. Additional information can be found here.
DREAMS OF A DANCER for Flute, Clar. & Piano,
Op.164 Performers: Trio Spektrum Date: Mar. 7, 2010 Location: Portland, OR Venue: Community Music Center Additional information can be found here.
SELECTIONS from soon-to-be-released CD
"Charms" for Harp (performed on piano) Performer: Tomas Svoboda Date: Mar. 10, 2010 Event NACUSA 2010 National Festival Location: Portland, OR Venue: Sherman Clay & Moe's Pianos Additional information can be found here. # FOREST RHYTHMS for Flute, Viola & Xylophone,
Op.150
Performers: Laila Murphy (Fl), Michelle Mathewson (Vla), Tomas Svoboda (Xyl) Date: Mar. 19, 2010 [7:30PM] Event: "A Concert of Hope" Location: Portland, OR Venue: Old Church Additional information can be found here. SELECTED PERFORMANCES (2009-2010)
OVERTURE OF THE SEASON, for Orchestra, Op. 89
Performers: Maryland Symphony Orchestra Oct. 9th, 10th & 11th 2009 Conductor: Elizabeth Schulze Additional information can be found here.
CONCERTO for 2 Violins and Strings, Op. 191
(70th Birthday Celebration Concert of Tomas Svoboda) Date: Nov. 9, 2009 [7:30 PM] Performers: Dvorak Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Jaroslav Vodnansky Soloists: Pavel Hula & Lucie Sedlakova Hulova (violins) Location: Prague, Czech Republic Venue: Atrium in Zizkove
NINE ETUDES in Fugue Style, Vol 1, Op. 44
Date: Nov. 20, 2009 [8 PM] Performer: Nicole Kim Location: Seattle, WA Venue: Daniels Recital Hall For artist bio and ticket information, visit BPT USA. AUDIO SAMPLES: There are now 260 audio samples of Tomas Svoboda's music on this website. SHEET MUSIC SAMPLES: There are now 900+ pages of sample sheet music on this website. Additional audio clips and pages of sheet music will be added for those compositions not yet having them. SHIPPING POLICY: FREE SHIPPING now available for all orders over $20.00 (U.S. retail sales only). Choose "Media Mail" when ordering. |
| Oct. 16, 2009 |
FEATURE ARTICLE on Tomas Svoboda (with audio)
OREGON MUSIC NEWS
Date of Publication: Oct. 16, 2009 Title: "Tomas Svoboda: Retired? Hardly!" Writer: James Bash To read article, visit Oregon Music News. |
| Aug. 5, 2007 |
PUBLISHED ARTICLE:
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN
Date: Aug. 5, 2007 Title: "What's age got to do with it? Music in the key of time." Author: David Stabler [The Oregonian Staff] Subject matter: A look at the concept of "late style" artistic endeavors in general, with a focus on two of Oregon's musical elder statemen, Tomas Svoboda and David Schiff. |
| July 27, 2007 |
CD RECORDING REVIEW:
Sequenza21 reviews Tomas Svoboda's new
Children's Treasure Box CD recording.
Full review of CD at Sequenza21.com.
"These are fun little pieces that will engage and entertain young beginners...and I think there is charm and wit for any level of pianist." "...any piano educator should have these pieces in their bag for their students." [Jay Batzner] WEBSITE UPDATE:
Created 410 new webpages containing 894 pages of sheet music in the GIF format. Faster page
loads, plus Adobe Acrobat Reader no longer needed to view music samples. PDF files,
however, have been retained for use in printing or downloading music samples for offline perusal.
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| Feb. 20, 2007 |
WEBSITE UPDATE: Added new CD recording by Mitsuki Dazai: 
Autumn - Music for solo Koto ...to the Recordings (Discography) webpage, with a link to the CD's own page, which now contains mp3 audio clips of Tomas Svoboda's AUTUMN for Koto, Op. 110. |
| Year 2006 |
Oregon Public Broadcasting program
Oregon Art Beat,
features a video profile on Tomas Svoboda and his music. View this video on the
OPB-TV website. |
| Nov. 30, 2006 |
SHEET MUSIC SAMPLES: added more sample pages of music:
THREE FUGHETTAS for Piano, 4-hand, Op. 12 (1956) BAROQUE QUINTET, Op. 37 (1962) LEGACY for Brass Septet, Op. 133 (1962) PRELUDE & FUGUE for String Quartet, Op. 5 (1954-1986) PROLOGUE for Clarinet, Harpsichord & Percussion, Op. 61 SONATA for Violin & Piano, Op. 73 (violin part) CHORALE in E flat for Piano Quintet, Op. 118 SYMPHONY No. 6 for Clarinet & Orch., Op. 137 (clarinet part) |
| Oct. 27, 2006 |
NEW PUBLICATIONS: Nine additional works now available; 198 pages of score; 102 pages of performance parts:
BALLADE for Bassoon & Piano, Op. 35 BAROQUE QUINTET for Fl., Ob., Clar., Cello & Pno, Op. 37 BENEDICTUS for Piano, Op. 162 CLASSICAL SONATINE for Oboe & Piano, Op. 28 FUGUE in c-minor on a Theme by Bach, for Piano, Op. 9 FUGUE in d-minor (on Bulgarian National Anthem), Op. 17 DREAMS OF A DANCER, for Flute, Clarinet & Piano, Op. 164 SONATA for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 167 TROIKA in Taiga, for Piano, Op. 21 |
| Oct. 5, 2006 |
AUDIO SAMPLES: added audio clips of:
STRING QUARTET No. 1, Op. 29 (1961)
STRING QUARTET No. 2, Op. 151 (1996)
CONCERTO No. 1 for Piano & Orchestra,, Op. 71
CONCERTO No. 2 for Piano & Orchestra,, Op. 134
OVERTURE OF THE SEASON, Op. 89
CONCERTO for Marimba & Orchestra, Op. 148 SYMPHONY No. 1 (of Nature) for Orchestra, Op. 20 |
| June 24, 2006 |
AUDIO CLIPS: 51 sample mp3 audio clips from Tomas Svoboda's
upcoming CD recording of his "Children's Treasure Box",
four-volume piano series, have been posted on the Piano Works
and Audio Clips webpages.
Additional sample sheet music will be posted, as well.
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| April 6, 2006 |
OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING (TV):
Featured profile of Tomas Svoboda on television program "Oregon Art Beat."
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| Jan. 7, 2004 |
Sequenza21.COM:
lists Oregon Symphony's "Tomas Svoboda - Orchestral Works" CD as one of their
"favorite" CD's of 2003.
To see complete list: visit Sequenza21.com homepage. Look for "Duane's Favorite's 2003". |
| Dec. 4, 2003 |
GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATION (2003): CONCERTO for Marimba & Orchestra, Op.148
"Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance With Orchestra"
James DePreist, cond.; Niel DePonte, marimba; Oregon Symphony [ Albany Records ] Visit Orchestral Works CD recording webpage. |
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Nov. 10, 2003
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CD Reviews:
Sequenza21.com" review
of Oregon Symphony "Tomas Svoboda - Orchestra Works" CD.
"Amazon.com" customer review of the Oregon Symphony "Tomas Svoboda - Orchestra Works" CD. |
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July 6, 2003
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Boston Symphony Orchestra:
Tanglewood; "Overture of the Season, Op. 89" performance; James DePreist,
cond.
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Feb. 9, 2003
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Radio Broadcast:
"Radio New Zealand" airs entire "Nine Etudes in Fugue Style (Vols. 1 &
) for piano" CD.
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Dec. 5, 2002
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CD Review:
Andante.com:
reviews 4 different "All-Svoboda" CDs.
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