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Professor's Composition Premiered at Carnegie Hall
February 23, 2001
 Randall E. Faust |
MACOMB, IL - - Randall E. Faust, a Western Illinois University music professor of horn and theory, recently attended a recital at Carnegie Hall to hear the New York premiere of his composition "Calls of the Night."
An annual recipient of the prestigious American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) award since1990, Faust composed the horn and electronic media piece in 1980. It was performed by Steven Gross during his "2001: A Horn Odyssey" concert in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
"Through is recordings, his recitals and his service as director of the American Horn Competition, Steven Gross has been a leader in the development of the horn as a solo instrument. Consequently, it was honor to have him select "Calls of the Night" for his recital in the renowned recital hall," Faust said.
Faust joined the WIU music faculty in 1997, following a 15-year tenure at Auburn University. He is a member of Western's acclaimed Camerata Woodwind Quintet ensemble in residence and the Faculty Brass Quintet. A past president of the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors and the International Horn Society, Faust also is on the summer faculty at the Interlochen Center for the Arts.
He has several commissioned compositions, including "University Scenes for Wind Ensemble," a special work created for WIU's Centennial Celebration (1999). The composition in eight movements includes a variation, derivation or transformation of melodic material from Western's Alma Mater. Faust composed "Concerto for Brass Quintet, Percussion and Strings" for the National Gallery Orchestra of the National Gallery of Art. Two other well-known Faust compositions include "Celebration for Horn and Organ," which has been recorded on Crystal Records and on ACA Digital Recordings; and "Quartet for Four Horns," which was recorded on Summit Records.
Faust's music has been discussed in two doctoral theses over the past decade: "The Horn in Mixed Media Compositions Through 1991," by James Alan Criswell, doctor of musical arts dissertation, University of Maryland, 1995; and "A Performance Guide to the Horn Works of Randall Edward Faust," by Alan Franklin Mattingly, doctor of music treatise, Florida State University, 1998.
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