DOUGLAS HEDWIG

COMPOSER 

CONDUCTOR - MUSIC JOURNALIST - TRUMPETER 

Selected Upcoming/Recent Performances of Compositions

2021

Antarā, sonata for trombone and piano (premiere). International Trombone Festival, Columbus State University, Georgia

New Worlds for trumpet, soprano, piano (premiere). Colorado State University

Obsidian for solo trumpet (premiere), Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville, TN

Chesapeake Dreams, brass band (premiere). Chesapeake Brass Band, Virginia

Uddmāya, six trumpets (premiere). Altus Trumpet Ensemble, southeast USA

Its Soul of Music Shed, solo flugelhorn & narration. NY Dance & Arts Innovations, New York City

2020

Muse Noir, cello trio (premiere). Festival Osmose, Brussels, Belgium

TransSonic Awakenings in D, fixed-media, electronic. Seoul International Computer Music Festival, Seoul, South Korea

Four Third Streams, wind quintet. N.E.O. Sound Ensemble, Akron, OH (postponed)

Fanfare Alegre: Dia de la Fiesta, symphony orchestra. Concerto Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles, CA (postponed)

The Music of Douglas Hedwig festival/residency, University of Louisiana at Monroe.

Fanfare Alegre: Dia de la Fiesta, concert band (premiere), University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM).

Hodie Canamus, wind ensemble and chorus (premiere), ULM.

Promenade for a Great City, concert band (premiere), ULM.

Tone Poem on Taps, concert band, ULM.

Four Third Streams, wind quintet, ULM.

A Certain Slant of Light, brass quintet, organ, percussion, ULM.

Its Soul of Music Shed, solo flugelhorn & narrator, ULM.

Rowing in Eden, song cycle for soprano, piano, ULM.

We Can Find No Scar, soprano, piano, ULM.

Rowing in Eden, song cycle for soprano, piano. Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN

We Can Find No Scar & Rowing in Eden, soprano, piano. Chattanooga State University

ONYX for brass quintet. Cathedral Brass Quintet, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska

ONYX for brass quintet. Chattanooga Symphony Brass Quintet, Collegedale, TN

2019

Four Third Streams, wind quintet (European Premiere). 22nd London New Wind Festival; London, England

Fanfare Alegre: Dia de la Fiesta. Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, Tennessee

Rowing in Eden, song-cycle, soprano & piano (premiere). Soprano Jourdan Laine Howell, University of Texas at San Antonio

Brooklyn Fanfare, trumpet ensemble (Italy premiere). Orvieto, Italy

Naval Militia March for band (European premiere), Banda Città Del Palio, Siena, Italy.

Brooklyn Fanfare for trumpet ensemble. Banda Città Del Palio, Siena, Italy.

Progression to… for violin, viola & piano (premiere). “Musicaphoria” Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Balkan Dance, string quintet. Bay View Music Festival Bay View, Michigan

Shadow Reflections, solo piano (premiere). New Music on the Bayou Festival, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA

Four Third Streams (for wind quintet) Chattanooga Symphony Wind Quintet, Princess Theater, South Pittsburg, TN

We Can Find No Scar, voice & piano. INTEGERS New Music, Hastings, NE

TransSonic Awakenings in D, fixed-media, electronic. SoundsNEW Electronic Music Festival, University of North Georgia

Its Soul of Music Shed, for Solo Flugelhorn & Narrator (Italy Premiere). MotoContrario Contemporary Ensemble, Trento, Italy.

Ontogeny, violin, clarinet, piano (premiere). University of Central Florida (Orlando)

Hodie Canamus, for chorus, orchestra and multiple trumpet ensembles. Palazzo Michiel, Venice, Italy. Moving Lab & European Cultural Centre.

Four Third Streams, wind quintet (premiere). Chattanooga Symphony Wind Quintet. Chattanooga, TN

2018

Fanfare Alegre: Dia de la Fiesta, overture for symphony orchestra (premiere).Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, Tivoli Theater, Chattanooga, TN

Hodie Canamus for chamber orchestra, chorus, trumpet ensembles (premiere). Orvieto Musica, Orvieto, Italy.

Movable Borders, string orchestra (premiere). North/South Chamber Orchestra, New York City

Hymn & Dance for string orchestra (premiere). Orchestra di’Archi NED Ensemble, Desenzano del Garda, Italy

Its Soul of Music Shed, horn + narrator (England premiere). 21st London New Wind Festival; London, England