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Organ Concertos CDPaul Jacobs performs Wayne Oquin's Resilience with the Nashville Symphony Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

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Music City Review
“A Portrait Wayne Oquin: Composer and Educator”
by Daniel Krenz

The Nashville Symphony has just released a new CD titled “Organ Concertos” under the American Classics label at Naxos. On this CD is a piece titled “Resilience” by Wayne Oquin that I had the pleasure of hearing live back in February of 2023. To my surprise I was sitting right behind Oquin at the concert and was able to shake his hand afterwards. One thing led to another and in May of that year I was headed towards Lincoln Center Plaza, where Oquin is the Chair of Ear Training at Juilliard, for a meeting with him. It was Jury week at Juilliard and students buzzed anxiously throughout the halls waiting to sum up their semester’s work for their teachers. Oquin met me in the lobby and we took the elevator to the fifth floor where we proceeded to enter the classroom where he does most of his teaching. Read the entire article

Upcoming Performances

April 25, 2025

Tianjin Juilliard School Concert Hall
Tianjin,  China

Tower Ascending
orchestral version 
Tianjin Juilliard Orchestra
Ken Lam, conductor

Past Performances

September 30, 2021

Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Costa Mesa,  California  
Tower Ascending
world premiere of orchestral version 
Pacific Symphony
Carl St.Clair, conductor
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