Austin Symphonic Band. April 3, 2016 concert at Austin ISD Performing Arts Center in Austin TX. ASB performing Seis Manuel by Shelley Hanson. Music Director Richard Floyd conducting. Concert title: "Music of the Americas". Audio recording by On Site Digital, Randy Bryant owner.
From the concert program (program notes written by David Cross):
“The seis is the traditional song and dance form of the Jibaro people, the peasant farmers of the mountains of Puerto Rico. At least 50 distinctive types of seis have been identified. Meaning six in Spanish, seis originally meant a dance for six men or six couples. This movement, Seis Manuel, is based on a traditional recurring harmonic pattern called the seis mapéyé, over which a singer improvises a melody. Because of the very long history of military bands in Puerto Rico, with a particular importance placed on low brass and clarinets, those instruments are given solos. In keeping with the Puerto Rican tradition of naming a seis after someone important to its creation, this piece was renamed in honor of conductor Manny Laureano, who commissioned and premiered it as the third movement of the Islas y Montañas suite.
Shelley Hanson is a composer, clarinetist, conductor, and record producer whose music has been performed on all continents except Antarctica. She was a soloist for the soundtrack of the feature film Out of the Wilderness and has been featured with the Milwaukee Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Rochester Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Minneapolis Pops Orchestra and the U.S. Air Force Band (Washington, D.C.), among others. Principal Clarinetist of the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra, she has recorded orchestral and chamber music for labels including Virgin Records, Teldec, Innova, and Full Harmonic. After receiving the Ph.D. in Performance, Music Theory, and Music Literature from Michigan State University, she has conducted orchestras and wind ensembles at various universities. She is currently director of the Macalester College Wind Ensemble.”
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