COMMISSIONED

SONNY BURNETTE, composer and educator, has been commissioned by the WyndSong Flute Quartet to write a fourmovement work entitled WyndSong. Each movement depicts a particular wind: Hayate (Japan), Zephyr (West wind from Greek mythology), Wylly-Wylly (Australia) and Bayamo (Cuba). The Wylly-Wylly movement includes the use of an Aboriginal didgeridoo. The work will premier at the February 2006 Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair in Washington, D.C.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has announced they have commissioned awardwinning composer LEE HOLDRIDGE to compose an original 9-minute concert piece for French horn and symphony orchestra, "Ode To Orion," for their principal horn player Gregory Hustis. "Ode To Orion" had its premiere in Dallas at the Meyerson Symphony Center on April 22nd conducted by Richard Kaufman.