A small crowd gathered Tuesday night for composer Eric Ewazen’s first night on campus.
Ewazen was on campus Feb. 7-9 for three days of music-making and coaching. Various members of the Division of Music faculty performed in chamber works composed by Ewazen on Tuesday night at Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall.
Five different compositions were performed, some of which contained multiple songs.
Two of the originally scheduled pieces for Tuesday night’s performance were not performed because one of the division members was out with the flu. Even without those, Ewazen and the audience were still very much impressed.
“I’m having such a fun time and these faculty members are putting on an exquisite performance,” said Ewazen, as he
was about to introduce the last piece.
“He’s a really cool composer that I’ve never gotten to hear before,” said Melissa Champion, senior vocal performance
major from Jackson, Miss.
Champion attended the recital because one of her teachers performed in “Three Lyrics of Edna St. Vincent
Millay.”
“I really enjoyed hearing my teacher and other
faculty members perform his work,” Champion said.