University of South Florida Chamber Singers, Dr. James Bass, conductor.
COMMENTS
"You really write exactly what you want to write and that is excellent. The pieces are full of energy and musicality..."
~ Samuel Adler, Composer, The Juillard School, Professor Emeritus Eastman School of Music
"One thing that is particularly effective about the work 'Minton's Playhouse' is that one feels it is a piece for jazz ensemble, 'framed' by the colors and textures of the full wind ensemble."
~ Fanfare Magazine, July/August 2002
"He is one of the few young composers whose music has moved me."
~ Michael Colgrass, Composer
"I listened to your work [The Hound of Heaven] and I like it! I think it's imaginative and evocative. I hope it receives many performances."
~ Morton Gould, Composer
"In the twenty-one years I have been conducting, I don't know that I've ever seen my choir become so attached to a piece as immediately as they did to 'Dear Sarah'. It was one of the most musically and artistically rewarding new pieces that I've had the pleasure to work on."
~ Sharon Paul, Choral Conductor, University of Oregon
"Syler's music is a tasteful blend of tradition and innovation... his gift of lyricism within a dramatic framework is apparent to all who listen."
~ San Antonio Symphony Program Notes
RECENT NEWS
A consortium of 20 colleges organized by conductor James Worman at Trinity
University in San Antonio has commissioned a new work for wind ensemble.
Premieres will begin in the Fall of 2012. Thanks to these conductors for making this new work possible.
Bethel College, Timothy Shade, conductor Butler University, Robert Grechesky, conductor California Polytechnic State University, Andrew McMahan, conductor Capital University, Barry Kopetz, conductor
Cornell University, Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fred Harris, conductor Ohio Northern University, Thomas Hunt, conductor Purdue University, Jay Gephart, conductor
Roosevelt University, Stephen Squires, conductor
Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Jacob Wallace, conductor
Stephen F. Austin State University, Fred J. Allen, conductor
Sunderman Conservatory at Gettsburg College, Russell McCutcheon, conductor
Texas Christian University, Bobby Francis, conductor
Texas Lutheran University, Beth Bronk, conductor
Trinity University, James Worman, conductor
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, John Locke and Kevin Geraldi, conductors
University of the Pacific, Eric Hammer, conductor
Valparaiso University, Jeffrey Scott Doebler, conductor
Washburn University, Mark Norman, conductor
Williams College, Heidi Johanna Miller, conductor