Judith Lang Zaimont's "Growler" for Wind Orchestra" To Be Performed by
Florida State University Symphonic Band - February 4 Concert Part of FSU
Festival of New Music

New York, NY - Judith Lang Zaimont's "Growler" for wind orchestra" will
be presented by the Florida State University Symphonic Band, Richard
Clary, Conductor, on Friday, February 4, 2005 - 4 PM at Opperman Music
Hall, Copeland Street on the FSU campus, Tallahassee, Florida.  Other
composers whose works will be presented on this concert include Daniel
Godfrey, Mark Kilstofte, James Barry and Scott McAllister.

This concert is free and open to the public and will be the fourth of
eight concerts that FSU School of Music is presenting from February 3
through 5 as part of their Twelfth Biennial Festival of New Music.
For more about the other concerts, contact the FSU School of Music
at 850-644-3424 or visit them online at
http://www.music.fsu.edu/Theory/newmusicfest05.html.

Judith Lang Zaimont's "Growler" for wind orchestra, is the first movement
of her Symphony for Wind Orchestra in Three Scenes, the other two movements
being "Dreamz" and "Tattoo." Commissioned in 2003 to honor the Centennial
of the School of Music at the University of Minnesota, for the university's
Wind Ensemble, Professor Craig Kirchhoff, conductor, the work has been
described as follows - "Inside six brief minutes a seething, inflected
wall of sound appears, evaporates, chases itself round and round, and
then rebuilds two more times.  In between these brutal walls the percussion
section first marches past and later on wildly drums in two sharply
designed solo turns.  Low instruments, and swirling, muscular harmonies
predominate."

Judith Lang Zaimont is internationally recognized for her distinctive
style, characterized by its expressive strength and dynamism.  Most
recently she has been Featured Composer for the National Federation of
Music Clubs, Commissioned Composer of the California Music Teachers
Association, Commissioned Composer for the International San Antonio
Piano Competition, and recipient of an Aaron Copland Award.  Her music
is widely performed throughout the U.S. and Europe and has been recorded
for the Koch International Classics, Arabesque, Milken Family Foundation,
Albany, Jeanne, Leonarda, Northeastern, and 4Tay labels.

Ms. Zaimont was awarded First Prize in the international 1995 McCollin
Competition for Composers (for "Symphony No. 1", performed by the
Philadelphia Orchestra in 1996).  Her biography is found in most standard
reference works (e.g., New Grove's), and she is the subject both of
individual chapters in specialist volumes and major articles in professional
journals, including Clavier and Chamber Music magazine, the latter of
which can be read at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/dec03/JLZ_121903.htm.
An Electronic Dialogues interview with Ms. Zaimont can be read at
Sequenza 21 - http://www.sequenza21.com/Zaimont.html.  Her music also
appears on two Best of the 20th Century lists (Chamber Music America;
Piano & Keyboard Magazine).  More information about Ms. Zaimont, including
sound clips of many of her compositions, is available at her website
http://www.jzaimont.com/.

She is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting, who can be
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