News
July 25, 2008:
Tim completes work on his Sextet for Winds and Percussion. The premiere is scheduled for February 20, 2009.
April 2008:
Tim is granted a commission by Dr. Kevin Wass of the Texas Tech School of Music to compose a work in 3 movements with a total duration of 12-15 minutes for wind quintet and percussion to be completed by late summer of 2008.
March 2008:
Consortium commission to compose fanfare for the 2008 International Euphonium Institute at Emory University, resulting in a set of 3 short fanfares for double antiphonal tuba-euphonium quartet to be premiered (in part) during IEI in June 2008.
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.
August 24, 2007:
Work begins on String Quartet Nr. 2.
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.
March 2007:
A comprehensive re-orchestration project of Jansa’s oratorio Stabat Mater begins.
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 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.