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Robert H. Hagenbuch, Jr - The Art of Music
FEBRUARY 3, 2007 Recital CDs are READY Feb. 23!
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Music on the 2/3/07 CD features
WORLD PREMIERES of selected
Piano Preludes, the Clarinet Suite, Violin works,
and P.D.Q. Battle
Robert H. Hagenbuch, Jr. is a diverse musician with extensive
performance, teaching and composition experience in both Kansas City and Northern California. Many of his students frequently gain first chair/first stand orchestral seating and are also awarded “I” ratings at District and State Music Contest Festivals. Since 1993, Mr. Hagenbuch has maintained a full schedule of private violin, viola and composition students at Antioch Music Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He has gained great respect in the music arena and is highly sought after as an inspiring and motivating instructor, clinician, adjudicator and commissioned composer.
As a violinist, Mr. Hagenbuch has performed with numerous symphonies, choirs and string quartets. During his California residency he was concertmaster of the Eureka Symphony, the Humboldt Symphony, the Humboldt Chorale Orchestra and the Humboldt Oratorio Society Orchestra. Mr. Hagenbuch played second violin with two, performing string quartets, “Quartetto con Brio” and the “Capiccione Quartet.” His ensemble experience also included singing lead tenor and descant with the Humboldt Men’s Chorus of which he was assistant director.
In Kansas City, Mr. Hagenbuch performed with the Liberty Community Theater as the “Fiddler” in Fiddler on the Roof, and in numerous collaborations with the Jacomo Chorale, Jeffrey Carter, director. He presented a violin recital in 1996 as a Music/Arts Institute, solo faculty performer. In 2002, Mr. Hagenbuch performed two violin recitals, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, and as an invited concert series performer sponsored by the Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral Summer Music Concerts. Mr. Hagenbuch also co-organized and performed numerous recitals and events from 1996-1999 with the string quartet, “Scherzo Strings.” In the spring of 2005, he became a member of the Liberty Symphony Orchestra, Tony Brandolino, conductor.
Mr. Hagenbuch is a very active, prolific composer and receives frequent commissions for his original music. His principal composition teachers at Humboldt State University, Aracta, California, were Charles Moon and Duane Heller. He has presented six composition recitals solely of his own music with the most recent recital on February 3 2007 at William Jewell College.
During the summer of 1992, he studied Advanced Compositional Techniques at the Aspen Music Festival with George Tsontakis of the Julliard School of Music. Inspired by the exceptional music atmosphere in Aspen, Mr. Hagenbuch created nearly forty new works that year. To date, he has composed more than 170 solo, chamber, choral and orchestral works that encompass all voice and instrument types. Of the many solo compositions, Mr. Hagenbuch has created numerous piano pieces, notably, two books of “Piano Preludes” totaling 36 works. At the end of the year 2006, Hagenbuch reached the milestone of Opus 100.
In December of 2005, Hagenbuch was awarded a CD recording contract with the prestigious ERM Media, “Masterworks of the New Era” project for his symphonic orchestra composition, “Essay - Homage to Barber," Opus 41. The “Essay” was professionally recorded in February 2006 by the Kiev Philharmonic, and conducted by the award-winning conductor-composer Robert Ian Winstin.
Distribution of the volume #11 CD recording, slated for Spring of 2007, is large scale via international radio broadcasts, internet radio, NuMusic.org and retail venues including, Amazon.com, ArkivMusic.com, CDUniverse.com, CDBaby.com, Barnes & Noble, Virgin Records, etc. The "Essay" received its USA premiere with the Liberty Symphony Orchestra, Tony Brandolino, conductor, at the September 30, 2006 Family Concert during the 2006-2007 season.
In December of 2006, Hagenbuch was awarded a CD recording contract with the prestigious ERM Media, “Made in the Americas” project with the Millennium Symphony for his symphonic orchestra composition, “Overture of Crisis," Opus 96. The Opus 96 work will be professionally recorded mid-March 2007, in Norfolk, VA and will be conducted by the award-winning conductor-composer Robert Ian Winstin. The "Overture" was just 1 of 7 new works selected from a field of over 325 submissions for inclusion on this 1st, landmark CD.
Mr. Hagenbuch’s commissioned works include “Ave Maria” for the Jacomo Chorale’s 15th Anniversary Concert, “Daydreams” for the Maple Park Middle School Orchestra, “Suite for B-flat Clarinet” for John Wiener, former principal clarinetist of the KC Symphony, “This is My Play’s Last Scene” for the Kansas University Men’s Glee Club, “March for Liberty” for the East Central Indiana Youth Symphony Orchestra, and most recently, “Chant & Melancholy Scherzo” for the Oak Park High School Orchestra. Works in progress include “Viola Concerto” and “Requiem for Chorus & Orchestra.”
Partial List of ROBERT H. HAGENBUCH, JR. more recent COMPOSITIONS:
Opus 102 Winter Nocturne, piano - for Robert Ian Winstin
Opus 101 Sonata Symphonic for Solo Piano - work in progress
Opus 100 Chant & Melancholy Scherzo - String Orchestra commission
Opus 99 Peace to Little John, for Rachel Scott - Violin
Opus 98 Peonies, written for the Mayo family - Piano
Opus 97 The Cheetah Cub, written for my daughter, Brea - Violin
Opus 96 Overture of Crisis - Symphonic Orchestra
Opus 95 P.D.Q. Battle - Violin, Viola, B-Flat Clarinet & Piano
Opus 94 Jade Butterfly, written for Dianne Lee - unacc. Violin
Opus 93 Elegy for Oboe, English Horn, 2 French Horns,
2 Harps & Strings
Opus 92 Fireside Nocturne, written for my wife – solo Oboe
Opus 91 Dance & Nocturne, written for Tony Brandolino – unaccompanied Violin
Opus 90 The Empress, written for Jane Monroe –
unaccompanied Violoncello
Opus 89 The Dove’s Rose, written for Jessica Thomas –
unaccompanied Violin
Opus 88 Reflections, written for Kim Brown –
unaccompanied Viola
Opus 87 Prelude, Homage to Vaughn Williams for Jeffrey Carter –
Viola & Piano
Opus 86 “R.I.P. Earl” for Two Violas
Opus 85 Plateaus, Homage to Copland for Debbie Meyer – unaccompanied Viola
Opus 84 Lullaby for Sophia Joy Monroe – Piano
Opus 83 Lamentoso for Richie, for the Restivo Family - Piano
Opus 82 Solemn Serenade for Henry Bullock -
unaccompanied Viola
Opus 81 Homage to Music in memory of John J. Monti - Piano
Opus 80 Cantata for Chorus, Soloists & Chamber Orchestra
Opus 79 XV for Oboe & Piano
Opus 78 Homage to 1943 for unaccompanied Violin
Opus 77a Elegy for Tasha – arr. Two Violas
Opus 77 Elegy for Tasha – Piano
Opus 76 Poeme in memory of Richard G. Coen – Piano
Opus 75 Nightingale - String Quartet
Opus 74 March for Liberty - Symphony Orchestra
Hagenbuch is also a profilic home-brewer. He has been practicing the art since 1990. He brews between 18-24 beers annually, and hosts exclusive tasting parties. To date, he's created over 60 unique recipe designs. He is known for his extremely well-crafted, pure and natural brews, specializing in, but not limited to, Stouts, Pale Ales, and Barley Wine (strong ale).
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I am currently accepting Commissions for new works!
Gibson Studios
Nu Music
Royal Piano Music
Rob Leytham
Liberty Symphony Orchestra
KC Strings
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