Recording - The Hollywood Flute of Louise DiTullio
Ronald Royer’s latest CD was released on the Cambria Master Recordings label (Cambria CD-1194) during April 2010 and is distributed by Naxos. This recording can be found on the Naxos Music Library website. The CD features Louise DiTullio, flutes, and Sinfonia Toronto conducted by Ronald Royer. The music is a combination of new arrangements of film scores by John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, John Barry and Danny Elfman arranged by Ronald Royer and Mark Watters, and original works by David Rose, Laurence Rosenthal and Ronald Royer.
Debuts at the Festival of International Laureates at Disney Hall, Los Angeles and the National Flute Association Convention
For the grand finale concert of 13th Festival of International Laureates, the iPalpiti Orchestra conducted by Eduard Schmieder performed Ronald Royer’s In Memoriam Fryderyk Chopin for clarinet, cello and string Orchestra in the Walt Disney Concert Hall on July 24, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
Among the programs of iPalpiti Artists International, its annual Festival of International Laureates in Los Angeles is emerging as one of the nation's most significant music festivals and the subject of international accolades. The prestigious journal STRAD devoted extensive enthusiastic coverage to it, and the Los Angeles Times acclaimed the Festival's "take-your-breath-away demonstrations of musicianship and technique."
Featuring selected prize-winning young professional musicians from around the globe in the iPalpiti Orchestral Ensemble under the direction of Eduard Schmieder, the Festival encourages artists to find their "own voice," performing as iPalpiti Soloists in solo and chamber ensemble concerts.
The flutes and piano version of Short Stories by Ronald Royer was premiered by Louise DiTullio and Robert Thies, piano, on August 12, 2010 at the National Flute Association Convention in Anaheim, California. Short Stories was commissioned by Louise DiTullio for The Hollywood Flute CD recording and concerts.
Premieres
Exuberance for orchestra will be premiered and given numerous performances during the 2010-2011 concert season in Canada. Commissioned by conductor Brian Jackson in connection with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra London, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, and Victoria Symphony, Exuberance will be performed by each of these orchestras. The Stratford Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jerome Summers and the Scarborough Philharmonic conducted by Ronald Royer will also perform this new work. The composition of Exuberance is supported by a Music Creators & Composers grant from the Toronto Arts Council.
Conducting
Ronald Royer will continue as Music Director and Conductor of the Scarborough Philharmonic for his second season. He will conduct on four concerts including the Stravinsky Firebird Suite and Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto on October 23, the Beethoven 9th Symphony on March 5, a woodwind ensemble concert on April 2, and a Hollywood film music concert on May 14. For more information go to the SPO website: http://www.spo.ca/
