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LATEST NEWS:

May 27 - June 2, 2010:
Tim will be traveling to Spain to attend the world premiere performance of his Concierto Ibérico the at Teatro Lope de Vega in the city of Sevilla on May 30, 2010.

November 13-20, 2009:
Visit by Trio37 from Nuremberg, Germany. –  The trio will be giving three concert recitals in Atlanta, including 2 solo performances and one evening during which they will be joined by members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Georgia State University School of Music faculty with Robert J. Ambrose conducting. In addition to these recitals, the trio members will be teaching mater classes at GSU.
During Trio37’s residency, two new works by Tim Jansa will be premiered: Three Miniatures for Flute, Bassoon and Piano on November 15, as well as Prelude to a Serenade on November 18.

May 20, 2009:
Performance of Septet for Winds and Percussion in the at the Hochschule für Musik (Kammermusiksaal) in Nuremberg, Germany, under the direction of the composer.

April 2009:
Tim is granted a commission by Javier Miranda Medina, conductor and Professor of Euphonium at the “Andres Segovia” Professional Conservatoire of Music of Linares (Jaén), Spain, to compose a Concerto for Euphonium and Symphonic Wind Ensemble to be premiered in the spring of 2010.

April 30, 2009:
Performance of Jansa’s tuba/euphonium quartet Meditation and Madness in a setting for trombone quartet (3 tenor + bass) during the “Tage neuer Musik” at the Hochschule für Musik in Nuremberg, Germany.

February 20, 2009:
Premiere of Septet for Winds and Percussion, a commission by Dr. Kevin Wass of the Texas Tech School of Music, at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX, with the composer in attendance.

June 19, 2008:
Three Antiphonal Fanfares, a set of 3 short fanfares for double antiphonal tuba-euphonium quartet and a consortium commission for the 2008 International Euphonium Institute at Emory University, premiered (in part) at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts at Emory University.

December 19, 2007:
Completion final orchestration of Jansa’s Symphony Nr. 1, “Pillars of Wisdom”.

September 29, 2007:
Completion of Jansa’s String Quartet Nr. 2, “Ghost”.

September 18, 2007:
Publication of Tuba-Euphonium Quartet Meditation and Madness on Euphonium.com.

July 4, 2007:
Tim wraps up massive re-orchestration project of his Stabat Mater (1991-1997) and finalizes this composition that had been nearly 17 years in the making.

June 16, 2007:
Premiere of Meditation and Madness for euphonium quartet during the 2007 International Euphonium Institute at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.

January 2007:
Work begins on a larger piece for wind band: Utica Sketches. This work in 3 movements is loosely based on the composer’s stay at a ranch near the small town of Utica in central Montana in the summer of 2004 - an effective rendition of his experiences in this beautiful, powerful and awe-inspiring part of the American West.

October 2006:
Completion of Study for Winds (a.k.a. “Winds of Change”) for wind band, written for the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony.

August 2005:
Tim begins work on his Symphony Nr. 1 (”Pillars of Wisdom”); the first, second and third movement are completed (if not orchestrated) by early December 2005, and the 4th movement is begun.

August 28, 2005:
Tim conducts the premiere of Sehnsucht for a cappella chorus, a commission of the DeKalb Choral Guild in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of German poet ad playwright Friedrich Schiller’s death.