SHAWN PHILLIPS       "Events In The Life  Of A Prince"
   

Announcing the World Premier of Shawn Phillips
nine movement suite
"Events In The Life  Of A Prince".
June 13th with the
Nashville Symphony Orchestra.
conducted by Maestro Byung Rhee

 

"Orchestrated by Benjamin Lloyd, this composition of pieces is a suite entitled, "Events In The Life  Of A Prince". Each movement expresses a moment of  experience in the Prince's life, from his birth, to his death."  Shawn Phillips. 2006

In addition to the NSO performance of "Events In The Life  Of A Prince" Shawn Phillips performed 2 songs with the orchestra. "L'Ballad", which is being re-scored specifically for the NSO by Paul Buckmater, and Paul's orchestration of "The Peace Song".
 

 

 

Ben Lloyd, Nashville Symphony Orchestra

 

Ben Lloyd has been a violinist with the Nashville Symphony for over 20 years. He graduated from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music in Berea, Ohio and was a student of Carol Sindell. Ben has also played in the symphony orchestras of Alabama, Arkansas, and Memphis among others. Every summer for the past 30 years he has played in the Lakeside Symphony. It is a Chataqua community, where he is assistant concertmaster.

Ben was introduced to Shawn's music In the spring of 1973, when his best friend (who did bear a striking resemblance to Shawn) called me in Philadelphia to ask me to drive him from Kent State to the Allen Theater in Cleveland to see a Shawn Phillips Concert. I was attending BW, 2 hours away, but I agreed. What a great show. I never missed another one my whole time at college.  Years and careers later, Ben is writing orchestrations and compositions with Shawn, having a joyous time doing it.



 

Byung Rhee, Conductor Nashville Symphony Orchestra

 2005-2006 marks Byung-Hyun Rhee’s final season as Associate Conductor with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, where he has led concerts with world renowned soloists including Emmanuel Ax, Garrick Ohlsson, and Glenn Dicterow.  Maestro Rhee’s talent has been recognized throughout the industry as one of America’s most gifted young conductors.  He was presented with the Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award, an annual program to highlight the importance of assistant conductor positions as essential mentoring and learning experiences for emerging conductors.  Mr Rhee recently led the Tennessee Philharmonic in a program including Scheherazade and the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto.  He is a frequent guest conductor of the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra.  The American Symphony Orchestra League presented Byung in its National Preview of Conductors with the Jacksonville Symphony.  Read more....
 
Coming in the Future:  Shawn Phillips new ballet

"Here's a sneak preview of the ballet I've had this idea in my head for 30+ years!  Based on Immanuel Velikovskys book, "Worlds In Collision", the ballet takes place on a split level stage. The upper stage has dancers representing our solar system, one dancer for each planet, moon, and sun, and the lower stage has 4 dancers being the major races of the earth, white, black, red, and yellow, and they each have their own village, as it were."  Shawn Phillips

 
 
   
 

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