Kristilyn Woods

New Commission For Album Featuring Bassoon

Bassoonist Kristilyn Woods commissions new composition from Robert V. Springer to be included on upcoming album. The album will consist of new works featuring bassoon created by composers living in Arizona. Other composers included on the album are Elizabeth Kennedy Bayer, Tom Breadon, & Eric Sandmeyer.

Posted: 2018-04-21 | photo credit: Zack Lewis

Past Events

Rehearsal

"Hop, Skip, Jump" Rehearsal

Choreographer and dancer, Caitlin Wichlacz, works with Robert V. Springer on a new dance piece for small spaces. The movements are set to a recently recorded album, including the piece "Hop, Skip, Jump".

Posted: 2018-10-14

Petrichor Guitar Duo

"Forgotten Songs" Recording Session

The musicians of Petrichor Duo head into the recording studio in early October 2018 to record a selection of Robert V. Springer's guitar duos. The three pieces to be recorded are: "Shaded Walks", "Young Weekends", and "Hop, Skip, Jump". The tracks will be available on a future album of collected Forgotten Songs by the composer.

Posted: 2018-09-12 | photo credit: Tasha Brady Photography

Mill Ave Chamber Players

"Intersections" Performed On Free Preview Concert

The ensemble Mill Ave Chamber Players performed a free concert at Sessions Recital Hall. Performed were 5 new pieces they commissioned for their past 10th season as part of a preview concert to their soon to be recorded 3rd album. The audience had the opportunity to meet some of the composers at the concert and ask the performers and composers questions.

Posted: 2018-06-05 | photo credit: IAMCHANELLE Photography

Mill Ave Chamber Players

"Intersections" Recording Session

The ensemble Mill Ave Chamber Players heads into the recording studio in early June 2018 to record their 3rd album. Robert V. Springer's wind quintet "Intersections" is one of the 5 newly commissioned works for this album. Other composers included on the album are Tom Breadon, Jessica Meyer, John Steinmetz, & Kerry Turner.

Posted: 2018-06-04 | photo credit: IAMCHANELLE Photography

Petrichor Guitar Duo

"Forgotten Songs" Selection Premiered

Guitar duo Petrichor performed two of Robert V. Springer's "Forgotten Songs" for the Paradise Valley Chamber Music Collective in May of 2018. Of the two songs performed, "Shaded Walks" & "Young Weekends", the latter was a premiere.

Posted: 2018-05-21 | photo credit: Tasha Brady Photography

Salonnieres

New Commission For Trio

The trio Salonnières commissions new piece from Robert V. Springer to be included in upcoming album. The new work is set to the text "A Winter Ride" by Amy Lowell and scheduled to be premiered during their 2018-2019 schedule.

Posted: 2018-03-05

Naoko Garrison

"Six Preludes (2012)" Selection Premiered At OME Festival

Pianist Naoko Garrison premiered 4 preludes from Robert V. Springer's "Six Preludes (2012)" at the 2018 Oh My Ears Festival. The concert took place at the Sessions Recital Hall.

Posted: 2018-01-27

"Shaded Walks" at Downtown Chamber Series Concert

Cellist for the Phoenix Symphony, Fred Chao, and pianist Susan Fishman perform Robert V. Springer's "Shaded Walks." The concert took place on consecutive nights in the Legend City Studios.

Posted: 2017-11-18 | photo credit: Leland Gebhardt Photography