James Stephenson
James Stephenson
Performances of "Go Tell it on the Mountain," "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Santa Baby"
Akron Symphony, Carl Topilow conducting
December 7, 2007
Performance of "The Charleston" arrangement
Michael Krajewski conducting the New Mexico Symphony, Albuquerque, NM
April 21, 2007
ITG National Conference, Amherst, Massachusaettes, May 29 - June 2, 2007
May 29; ITG Opening Concert with the U.S. Coast Guard Concert Band: performance of "Concerto for Trumpet,"Jeffrey Work, soloist, and premiere of "Duo Fantastique," Charles Schlueter and Eric Berlin, soloists
May 30; Premiere of "Glimmers of Hope," Richard Watson, trumpet, Douglas Major, organ
May 31; Performances of "Fanfare for Three Trumpets," 'Blue' from "Bold, Blue and Bright," "Trio Sonata for Trumpet, Violin and Piano," "Fantasie for Trumpet and Piano," "Vignettes for Trumpet and Percussion," and "Sonata for Trumpet and Piano."
June 1; Premiere of "Sound and Fury," Marc Reese, trumpet, Douglas Major, organ
Performance of "Holiday Overture" and arrangement of "Winter Wonderland"
Grant Cochran conducting the Anchorage Concert Chorus
December 10, 2006
Performances of "We Three Basses"
Michael Krajewski conducting the Atlanta Symphony
December 20 - 22, 2006
Michael Krajewski also conducted a performance of Stephenson's "Concerto for Cell Phone" on December 31, 2006.
Premiere of "Sonata for Euphonium and Piano"
Euphonium "IEI 2007" Conference, Atlanta, Georgia; Adam Frey, soloist
June 10, 2007
Premiere performance of "NEXT-Calibur" at ITG, Banff
Nathaniel Mayfield, Paul Merkelo, and Rex Richardson, trumpets
James Stephenson, conducting
June 4, 2008
Performance of "Concerto for Cell Phone"
José-Luis Novo conducting the Binghamton Philharmonic, Binghamton, NY.
March 1, 2008
Performance of Stephenson's arrangements for vocal soloist and orchestra of "I Saw Three Ships," "Santa Baby," "Winter Wonderland," "Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer" and "Here Comes Santa Claus."
Denyce Graves, soloist, with the Alabama Symphony in Birmingham, Alabama
December 16, 2006
Performances of "Here Comes Santa Claus," "Holiday Overture," "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Winter Wonderland"
Birmingham Opera, Joe Mechavich conducting
December 2, 2007
Premiere of "Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra," Lisa Leonard, piano, and Marc Reese, trumpet
George Shram conducting the Lynn University orchestra at Boca Raton, Florida
February 3rd and 4th, 2007
Performance of Rockette-style arrangement of "Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer"
Bozeman Symphony Orchestra
December 9 and 10, 2006
New commission to open the 40th season
Matthew Savery conducting the
September 29-30, 2007
Performance of "Concerto for Cell Phone"
Carl Topilow conducting the National Repertory Orchestra, Breckenridge, CO.
July 27, 2007
Performance of "American Fanfare"
Greater Bridgeport Symphony
June 30, 2007
Performance of "American Fanfare"
Edward Benyas conducting the Southern Illinois Music Festival orchestra, Carbondale, Illinois
June, 2006
Performance of "Concerto for Cell Phone"
Charleston Symphony
March 17, 2007
4 performances of Stephenson's arrangement "I Saw Three Ships Medley"
Kenneth Keisler conducting the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra, Concord, New Hampshire
December 17 - 19, 2006
Performances of the Christmas medley "Home for Christmas"
David Davidson conducting the Dallas Symphony
December 8 and 9, 2006
Performance of "Vignettes"
Dan Zehringer, trumpet; Heather Brown, percussion
October , 2007
6 performances of "Holiday Overture"
Michael Krajewski conducting the Detroit Symphony
December 14 - 17, 2006
Performance of "Christmas at Home" medley
Fairbanks Symphony, Eduard Zilberkant conducting
December 2, 2007
Performance of "American Fanfare"
Paul Heuer conducting the Birdville HS Symphonic Band
Ft. Worth Convention Center, Ft. Worth, TX
June 1, 2008
5 performances of "Holiday Overture" and Rockette-style arrangement of "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
John Varineau conducting the Grand Rapids (Michigan) Symphony
December 7 - 10, 2006
Five performances of "A Snowy Christmas," "Here Comes Santa Claus" and "Holiday Fanfare #2"
Grand Rapids Symphony, John Varineau conducting
December 6-9, 2007
Performance of "Holiday Overture"
Great Falls Symphony, Gordon Johnson conducting
December 2, 2007
New commission to open the July 4th program
Michael Krajewski conducting the Houston Symphony
July 4, 2007
Stephenson arrangements to be a part of the new show 'Pops Goes Vegas'
Jack Everly conducting the Indianapolis Symphony
June 1 - 3, 2007
Premiere of "Cousins"
Jung Ho Pak conducting the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Interlochen Center for the Arts; Branford Marsalis and Rodney Mack, soloists
July 15, 2007
Six performances of "Mele Kalikimaka" and "Santa Baby"
Kansas City Symphony, Damon Gupton conducting
December 15-23, 2007
Four performances of "Holiday Overture" and "Mele Kalikimaka"
Lancaster Symphony, Stephen Gunzenhauser conducting
December 14-16, 2007
Performances of "Charleston" and "Tribute to Louis Armstrong"
Lancaster Symphony, Stephen Gunzenhauser conducting
June 27, 2008
Two performances of "Here Comes Santa Claus" and "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Lee's Summit Symphony, Russell Berlin conducting
December 8, 2007
Performance of "Stars and Stripes Fanfare"
Lee's Summit Symphony, Russell Berlin conducting
July 5, 2008
Performance of Stephenson's "Holiday Overture"
Bruce Hangen conducting the Orchestra at Indian Hill, Littleton, Massachusettes
December 10, 2006
Performance of "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Louisville Orchestra, Bob Bernhardt conducting
December 1, 2007
Performances of "Holiday Overture" and "We Three Strings"
Lynchburg Symphony Youth Orchestra, Bruce Habitzruther conducting
December 1, 2007
Performances of "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Santa Baby" and "Winter Wonderland" as well as "Cell Phone Concerto"
Maui Pops Orchestra, Stuart Chafetz conducting
December 9, 2007
7 performances of "Santa Baby"
Bruce Hangen conducting the Naples (Florida) Philharmonic
December 14 - 17, 2006
7 performances of "Concerto for Cell Phone"
Michael Krajewski conducting the Naples Philharmonic
February 20 - 25, 2007
Jorge Mester conducted a performance of "Concerto for Trumpet" with soloist Matt Sonneborn on March 2, 2007. (Stephenson and Sonneborn with Maestro Mester)
Naples Daily News - May 5, 2007
Words and Music
Editor, Daily News:
The Barron Collier High School spring band concert was really incredible.
Congratulations to all the talented and disciplined students.
And thanks to the Daily News for the excellent story about the band's trip to China. Kathleen Coulter did a great job of sharing the trip with your readers.
The highlingt of the concert was the world premier of the original composition by local musician James Stephenson. His music, based on Chinese folk songs, was brilliant and performed to perfection by the hundreds of musicians.
Hopefully they will make a CD of it. I would like to hear it many more times and share it with friends.
Phyllis Wilkinson
Naples
Premiere performance of "Variations on Chinese Folk Songs"
Stephenson conducted the Barron Collier High School Cougar Band at its spring concert.
April 29, 2007
Six performances of "Christmas at Home" medley, "Holiday Fanfare #1" and "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Naples Philharmonic, Stuart Malina conducting
December 11-16, 2007
Performance of "American Fanfare"
Paul Heuer conducting the Birdville HS Symphonic Band
Henry Schraub Theatre, North Richland Hills, TX
May 15, 2008
Performances of "Mele Kalikimaka" and "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Muspratt conducting
December 10, 2007
Performance of "Holiday Overture"
Olympia Symphony Orchestra, Huw Edwards conducting
December 2, 2007
Performance of "American Fanfare"
Omaha Symphony, with Thomas Wilkins conducting
at the opening of the new concert hall
October 21, 2005
Performances of arrangements of "I Saw Three Ships Medley" and "Winter Wonderland"
Andy Lane conducting the Orlando Philharmonic
November 25 - December 5, 2006
Two performances of "Holiday Fanfare #1"
Orlando Philharmonic, Andrew Lane conducting
November 24, 2007
Seven performances of "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Pittsburgh Symphony, Robert Bernhardt conducting
December 19-23, 2007
Performances of "Holiday Overture" and "I Saw Three Ships"
Plano Symphony, Hector Guzman conducting
December 15-16, 2007
Performance of "American Fanfare"
Plano Symphony, Hector Guzman conducting
July 4, 2008
Performance of "Concerto for Trumpet"
Gregory Vajda conducting the Oregon Symphony, Portland, Oregon; Jeffrey Work, soloist
May 26, 2007
Performances of "Holiday Overture"
Michael Butterman conducting the Rochester Philharmonic
Concerts spanning December 15 - 23, 2006
Six performances of "Holiday Fanfare #1," "I Saw Three Ships" and "We Three Basses"
Rochester Philharmonic, Michael Butterman conducting
December 20-23, 2007
Performance of "American Fanfare
Rochester Philharmonic, Michael Butterman conducting
July 18, 2008
Two performances of "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Rockford Symphony, Steven Larsen conducting
December 15-16, 2007
Performance of "Stars and Stripes Fanfare"
Rockford Symphony, Steven Larsen conducting
July 3, 2008
Performance of Rockette-style arrangement of "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
David Cho conducting the Quad City Symphony, Rock Island, Illinois
November 18, 2006
Performance of "Holiday Overture"
Michael Butterman conducting the Shreveport Symphony
December 16, 2006
Performances of "I Saw Three Ships," "Mele Kalikimaka" and "We Three Basses"
Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, Michael Butterman conducting
December 15, 2007
Two performances of "Here Comes Santa Claus" and "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Springfield Symphony, Matthew Savery conducting
December 1-2, 2007
Premiere of "Concerto for Trombone"
Alex Klein conducting the St. Barts Festival Orchestra; Nitzan Haroz, Principal Trombone of the Philadelphia Orchestra, soloist (Haroz, Klein and Stephenson, l. to r.)
January 31, 2007
Performance of "The Charleston" arrangement
Michael Krajewski conducting the Wichita Symphony
May 12, 2007
Performance of "Santa Baby"
Wichita Symphony, Jay Decker conducting
December 11, 2007
Four performances of "Mele Kalikimaka" and "Santa Baby"
Williamsburg Symphonia, Janna Hymes conducting
December 1-2, 2007
Performances of the concert band version of "American Fanfare"
The U.S. Air Force Band of Flight, Midwest Tour
conducted by David A. Alpar, 2dLt AFBF
July 4 - October 13, 2006
Performance of "Solo for Trumpet and Concert Band"
Spring Garden Concert Band; Chuck Long, trumpet soloist
Jeffrey Shaull, conducting
August 17, 2008
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