Western Reserve Community Band Commissions World-Renowned Composer for 10th Anniversary

As part of its 10th anniversary celebration, the WRCB has commissioned Nikola Resanovic to compose a piece celebrating the band's 10 year heritage. The piece titled "On Glory's Summit" will debut at the band's Spring Concert in March 2007.

Composer Nikola Resanovic was born in Derby, England in 1955 and has lived in the United States since 1966 - becoming a naturalized citizen in 1976. He is a graduate of the University of Akron, School of Music (BM, MM Theory/Composition) where he studied composition with David Bernstein, voice with Rodney Miller and piano with Douglas Hicks and Marion Lott, and the Cleveland Institute of Music (DMA Composition 1981) where he studied composition with Donald Erb, piano with Olga Radosavljevich, and electro-acoustic music technology with David Peelle.

His compositions include works for orchestra and solo with orchestra, symphonic band, and numerous chamber ensemble and electro-acoustic compositions. His works have been performed by the Cleveland Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Greater-Palm Beach Symphony, Akron Symphony, Mansfield Symphony, Lima Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, Akron Youth Symphony, The Contemporary Youth Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Trio, Coryton Ensemble, Solaris wind quintet, Paragon Brass Quintet, Chicago Brass Choir, Etesian wind quintet, the Prairie Winds, the Burle Marx Trio and numerous individual performing artists.

His music has been heard in hundreds of concerts throughout the United States, in Canada and throughout the world in Great Britain, Holland, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Finland, Sweden, China, Japan, Hong-Kong, Israel, Australia and Brazil.

Awarded the 2003 Cleveland Arts Prize in Music for his achievements in music composition, Nikola Resanovic was recently appointed chair of the Liturgical Music committee of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA & Canada. He is a member of BMI ,the Society for Composers Inc. and the Cleveland Composers Guild. He presently resides in Akron, Ohio and is a Professor of Music at the University of Akron, School of Music where, in addition to directing the school's newly relocated and renovated Electronic Music Facility which he designed and implemented, he teaches Music Composition and Theory.

Western Reserve Community Band Kicks Off Fundraising Campaign

In celebration of its historic 10th anniversary, The Western Reserve Community Band kicks off its first-ever fundraising campaign to raise money for the purchase of new music and materials. The band is asking community members to consider becoming a Friend of the Band by making a tax-deductible contribution of ten dollars or more in commemoration of its tenth anniversary.

A portion of the money raised will also be used to cover the costs associated with a new concert band work commissioned by the band. On Glory’s Summit, written by world-renowned composer and University of Akron music professor Nikola Resanovic, will make its world premier at the band’s spring concert in March of 2007.

The band has recently been awarded grants from the Ohio Arts Council and the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation to partially underwrite this piece. “ We hope to raise $10,000 by the end of 2007 through a combination of individual donors, corporate sponsorships and grants,” Anrno Kremer, band president expressed. “It’s a big goal for us, but are excited of what we have accomplished over the past ten years and what we plan to accomplish over the next ten. The community has been very supportive of us over the years and we invite them to help us celebrate our historic tenth anniversary by attending one of our many concerts scheduled in 2007.”

To make a tax-deductible contribution, contact Arno Kremer, Band President, at 330-342-4606 or by email at ACKr1@cs.com.