Michigan’s Adrian Symphony Orchestra has appointed KENNETH FUCHS composer in residence through the 2009-10 season. Under Music Director John Thomas Dodson the orchestra premiered two Fuchs compositions on April 26 of this year, Discover the Wild (an overture for orchestra) and American Rhapsody (a romance for violin and orchestra). World premieres of three other works by Fuchs will occur during his residency: Concerto Grosso for String Quartet and String Orchestra (May 29-30, 2009), Atlantic Riband (October 24, 2009), and the viola concerto Divinum Mysterium (April 10, 2010).   

Posted May 15, 2009