Kyle Kindred: News

TAD Wind Symphony CD including "In Store" is set to be released May of '09.

GIA's Composers on Composing for Band, Volume 4 features 18 composers including ME :)
http://www.giamusic.com

Facutly Recital of Jean Lansing performing at Wichita State University, Wiedemann Recital Hall, Sunday, May 3rd, 2009.

Monday, May 18th, 2009, Thrall High School, 201 S. Bound St., Thrall, Tx 76549

Thursday, May 21st, 2009, Thorndale High School, 101 E. Gibson, Thorndale, Tx 76574

Friday, May 8th, 2009, President's Concert at Washburn University, White Concert Hall, SW 17th St, Topeka, KS 66621.

On January 20, 2007, the Clark County School District Honor Band of Las Vegas, Nevada, will premiere my new piece for concert band entitled IN STORE. This performance will be conducted by my former band director and director of the Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin.

CONGRATULATIONS to Palo Verde High School Panther Pride Marcing Band of Las Vegas, Nevada...the new reigning State Marching Champions of Nevada! I had the pleasure of spending a week in rehearsal with them and then accompanying them to Reno on November 4th for the state competition where they did an AMAZING job and really stirred up the crowd with their performance of Fear-A-Phobia.

PVHS won almost every award possible including Best Winds, Best Auxilliary (pit percussion and color guard), Best Music, Best in Class, and Best Overall! PVHS Panther Pride Marching Band was also featured the next week on Las Vegas Channel 8 Local News.

I am hoping to get a MIDI music file, a live music recording, as well as a DVD of the show onto the site as I am able to get these things done.

This weekend (November 18) PVHS is competing at a regional competition in Tucson, AZ. Good luck Palo!!!

Okay, I'm not the world's greatest blogger--forgive me. Here's the latest though:

I have had the privilege of composing for and working with the Palo Verde High School Panther Pride Marching Band, who has been performing and competing with their new show "Fear-A-Phobia." The show goes through about 13 different actual listed phobias, some of which may surprise you! Palo Band Director Kimberly Ector and Visual Director Michael Grogan, along with Kimberly's husband Jamie Ector came up with such a great concept, it was a BLAST writing the music! It's even more of a blast to see it now that they are performing it! Thanks also to Mac Purdy who wrote the perfect battery and mallet percussion to fill out the music! (I'll try to get his really rockin MIDI version with the horn and music books combined up on the site ASAP!) PVHS won the award for Best Music with the show at the Henderson Bandfest on October 7!

I'm currently working on a band piece for the Las Vegas Clark County School District High School Honor Band 2006-07 concert in January. I'm VERY excited that Distinguished Professor of Music Jerry Junkin from Univ of Texas will be conducting this concert!

I am currently working on a film score for a short film by Stephanie Huang, RTF student at the University of Texas at Austin. I'm getting to delve into the world of pop/rock and use some totally groovy music software called "Garage Band". I will try to put a sample of this on the site when I get something presentable mixed and in the right format.

Things are being finalized with AdeoTours regarding the use of Riverside Statues From Austintasia and they tell me the website will be up and running within the next week, so make sure to check it out! www.adeotours.com

I've just been invited to be a featured artist with a tourism company in Austin called AdeoTours. They will be using the first movement of Austintasia ("Riverside Statues") on their MP3 walking audio tours, or "iPodcasts," of Austin. This sounds like such a neat idea! I really miss being in Austin, and this will be a nice way to pay tribute to the place I still think of as my Texas home.

I am fully intending to get the MP3s more organized on the site, but for now I am working relentlessly on getting this new marching band show ready to go for its first reading the first week of June. I can't yet say what school this commission is for, but I am so excited about the show. It is a "list show" describing about 15 different types of phobias. Some of them are funny, a few are serious, but I think overall the whole production has a lot of potential. The visual designer, band director, and percussion instructor/arranger involved are all really creative and top notch at what they do. I'll try to get a MIDI version of the piece up when I am able to sort out some current Finale issues i'm having.

Hey everyone. I am just getting this new site up and running, so things are a bit disorganized at this point. Let me know if you have any suggestions for the site, my music, my hair-do, or choice of clothing!