Rebecca Oswald - highlights from 2011

Conclusion of a six month compositional sabbatical in Belfast, N.I.

Solo piano recording session at Oktaven Studios in Yonkers, NY.

Pacific Northwest premiere of Finding the Murray River (full orchestra) by the Willamette Valley Symphony, conducted by Maestro Sean Paul Mills.

Release of Whisperings Solo Piano Volume 1 - Music to Quiet Your World, a compilation CD produced by David Nevue and Joe Bongiorno, featuring songs by 16 artists from the Whisperings Solo Piano Radio broadcasts. It includes a new recording of Rebecca's song October Wind.

Release of Light and Shadow - Modern Orchestral Works, a compilation CD produced by PARMA Recordings on the Navona label. It includes two of Rebecca's orchestral works, Finding the Murray River and Sleep, Child, recorded in 2010 by the Moravian Philharmonic in Olomouc, Czech Republic, conducted by Maestro Vit Micka.

Several performances around the Willamette Valley, Oregon, of Aesop's Fables (woodwind quintet with narration) by the Arrieu Quintet.

Solo piano concert at the IC'11 Conference in Salt Lake City on the University of Utah campus. Premieres of several songs from the Whereas CD (2011).

Light and Shadow CD named "Best Album of the Month of August" and nominated for "Best Album RNA of the Year 2011" by Reviews New Age.

Solo piano house concert in Florence, Oregon.

Several performances in California by concert pianist Mary Au of Sonata no. 1 (piano).

Release of Whereas, a CD of thirteen original songs for solo piano, and publication of the Whereas songbook.

copyright 2011 Rebecca Oswald