The Composer Eric Ewazen was born in 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied composition with Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt, Warren Benson, Gunther Schuller, and Joseph Schwantner at the Eastman School of Music, Tanglewood, and The Juilliard School. He has been a member of the faculty at Juilliard since 1980. Arecipient of numerous composition awards and prizes, his works have been commissioned and performed by many chamber ensembles and orchestras in the United States and overseas. His music has been heard at festivals such as Woodstock, Tanglewood, Aspen, Caramoor, and the Music Academy of the West. The soloists in performances of his music include members of the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Southern Music Company has published his sonatas for trumpet and horn, and his quintet for wind instruments “Roaring Fork”. His sonata for trombone tuba is slated for publication in 1998. Among his recorded works are the Symphony in Brass (Summit Brass on Summit Records), Colchester Fantasy (American Brass Quintet on Summit Records), and the Ballad for Clarinet, Harp, and String Orchestra (CRS Records). Well-Tempered Productions has released and all-Ewazen compact disc featuring the American Brass Quintet, the Chamber Ensemble of St. Luke’s, trumpeter Chris Gekker, hornist Scott Brubaker, and Grammy winner William Sharp. Eric Ewazen’s Sonata for Trombone and Piano was completed in the spring of 1993. The work was commissioned by and is dedicated to Michael Powell, who premiered the work at the 1993 Aspen Music Festival, with the composer at the piano. It is recorded on compact disc: New York Legends: Recitals with principals from the New York Philharmonic, Cala Records, CACD0508, with Joseph Alessi, Principal Trombone of the New York Philharmonic. Mr. Ewazen writes: “The trombone, with its golden resonant tone and beautiful baritone range, is an instrument which has always appealed to me. I sought to create a piece exploring all the many facets of its expression. The first movement is a clearly delineated sonata-allegro form, using carefully structured developmental procedures to shape a dramatic build-up. The second movement is a melancholy pavane, with resonant piano chords underlying a soulful trombone aria. The last movement, a bravura rondo, is a joyous affirmation of life with energetic rhythms, tuneful melodies and colorful, virtuosic textures.”for Michael Powell Sonata for Trombone and Piano Eric Ewazen £ ——— #8 i - Allegro Maestoso DS a © Copyright 1998 by Southern Music Company, San Antonio, Texas 78292 ‘$U339 International copyright secured. Printed in U.S.A. All rights reserved.SSS tar petite = ws = SSS Sj SS SSS SU339‘$U339BD, simile $U339lite $U339$U339SU339SU339orS$U339S$U339$U339$U339$U339186120 ‘SU33921 Ul22 $U33923 ; = = — poco animato ee SS —— ==, — - - LREEERAILEE LIL =e . Lt 4 d J 7 an ap t Y “2 Bl =H = SU339.— —~ ig ——-simile $U3392628 108 sub.p SS z ee ed * 110 7 P 4 =a: ‘ Se Se h =i 3 3 4 5 : 3 ‘$U3392930 Il ‘SU33931 SU33932— a = a sU33936$U3393839 Su3396eens41 sub. p con Pedale $U339990 | simile SU33943 1660 | inte ‘$U339sU339 445 TT _= de. te te ¢, t< aPaan uD an mm — ¢ => = ae: — SS f = ¥ PEE ‘SU33946 $U339 *47 é bp a 3. [I~ = — 4 . 3 BG: £ : re Ze