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Mizzou sophomore composition student Yoell Tewolde was recently featured on the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s SLSO Stories blog. Tewolde’s piece waves on the shore for piano and wind quintet will be given its world premiere performance at 7:30 p.m. April 24 as part of the SLSO’s final “Live at the Sheldon” chamber-music concert of the season.
The series is an ongoing collaboration between the SLSO and the Mizzou New Music Initiative. The April 24 concert, held at the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, is titled “Wind and Water” and is curated by the orchestra’s Principal Oboe Jelena Dirks and Principal Keykboardist Peter Henderson.
Tewolde tells SLSO Stories that waves on the shore is a character piece that depicts the rise and fall of the sea against a coastline. Some of the waves placidly lap on the beach, and others crash down. While some of the more lyrical sections of the piece illustrate someone looking at the different kinds of waves, the middle section depicts the tumultuous process of surfing on the waves.”
You can read the interview here.
Tickets to the concert can be purchased here
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