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Joseph T. Spaniola Music.

Listen to and watch the Penn High School Symphonic Band (Mishawaka, IN) Midwest performance of the WATER FANFARE  (there is an 18 second Midwest Clinic introduction before the fanfare begins),

WATER FANFARE (for Band) will be performed at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago by the Penn High School Symphonic Band (Mishawaka, IN) on Wednesday, December 17 at 1:00 PM in the International Ballroom.  The composer will attend the concert and he will be at the Musica Propria Booth (520-522) throughout the convention.

IMAGES 1C (for piano) will be performed by the composer at the ComposerFest IV in Pensacola, Florida at 2:30 PM on Sunday, September 21 at the Ashmore Auditorium on the campus of Pensecola Junior College.  The concert is FREE and open to the public.  This is a rare opportunity to hear Dr. Spaniola perform on the piano.

WATER FANFARE (for Trombone Octet) will be premiered on May 28, 2008 at the International Trombone Festival in Salt Lake City by the Oklahoma State University Trombone Octet, who commissioned the piece in honor of their winning this year's Emory Remington Trombone Choir Competition.  The OSU Trombone Octet will be the Opening Concert of the festival.  The performance venue is the Libby Gardner Concert Hall on the campus of the University of Utah and is scheduled to begin at 1:30 PM.  The Composer will be in attendance. 

Dr. Spaniola will be at Fisk University on Thursday, March 27, 2008.  He will present a lecture at noon.  In the evening at 7:30, he will perform with the Fisk Univeristy Jazz Ensemble, Directed by Gary Powell Nash.  The performance will include several works by Spaniola including the premier of CRUISIN'.  Contact Fisk University for additional information.

TROMBOXYMORON (Trombone Duet) will be presented at the Eastern Trombone Workshop (ETW), 6:30 PM, Lobda Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia on Thursday, March 13, during  a recital given by Paul Compton with Amy Salo.  The composer will be in attendance.  The recital is free and open to the public.

TWO PREMIERS in TWO STATES on the January 28, 2008:  The premier of TROMBOXYMORON (Trombone Duet) will take place during a recital given by Paul Compton (assisted by Amy Salo) at the University of West Florida.  The recital will be held in the Music Hall in the Theater in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts at the University of West Florida.  The composer will be present at the performance.  THE THREE GRACES (Woodwind Soloist--Flute, Clarinet and Alto Saxophone--and Band) will receive its premier in Kansas.  The soloist is Lucas Munce.

The premier of WINDWARD (Band, Orchestra and Choir--written in celebration of the University of West Florida's 40th Anniversary) will be held on September 25, at the University of West Florida's Capital Campaign Kick-off at the Naval Air Museum (attendance by invitation only) and on September 28 as part of UWF's Center for Fine and Performing Arts' Concert Showcase.  The September 28 performance is Free and open to the public.  The concert starts at 7:30 and will be held in the Theater in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts at the University of West Florida.  The composer will be conducting both performances.

Dr. Joseph T. Spaniola joins the faculty at the University of West Florida as Assistant Professor and Director of Jazz Studies and Music Theory

Look for these recently published works: SERENDIPITY and  WHIMSICAL LANE from Musica Propria ; and DREAM, RENDEZVOUS WITH A DREAM, and PERPETUAL PROVIDENCE from Tuba Euphonium Press .

Some recent highlights from Thanksgiving week--New York City
High-profile Spaniola performances 

On Wednesday, November 22, 2006,
10 Spaniola works were performed at Carnegie Hall in New York by the Air Force Academy Band. 

On Thursday November 23, 2006,
Renee Fleming performed an arrangement written especially for her by Dr. Spaniola during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.  Ms. Fleming was a featured performer in NBC's nationally televised coverage of the parade and her selection was heard in its entirety.

On Friday November 24, 2006
Ronan Tynan performed an arrangement written especially for him on ABC's Good Morning America 

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