Eric Roth Music

Forward, March.

admin — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:09:29 +0000

Hot on the heels of this past weekend’s Distant Worlds performances with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is this thursday’s Distant Worlds Special Event at Columbia College in Chicago. At the limited seating event, the Fulcrum Point String Quartet performs the World Premiere of ER’s arrangement of Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu’s Fight With Seymour (from Final Fantasy X).

Next weekend is the last stop on Distant Worlds’ spring North American jaunt, with a performance in Toronto with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. (Distant Worlds features arrangements and orchestrations by ER.) Look forward to more 2012 performances later in the year, including performances in London, UK and Adelaide, Australia.

And keep on the lookout for more news about the orchestration and arranging projects currently in the pipeline.

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February check in

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:37:24 +0000

So far in 2012, ER has mostly been working on top secret arranging projects that we’ll announce when the time is right.

But for now, there are upcoming Distant Worlds performances that feature ER orchestrations and arrangements. At the end of the month there are Distant Worlds performances in Pittsburgh and Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. In March there are performances in Boston and Toronto. There’s also a special event in Chicago on March 29 featuring the world premiere of ER’s arrangement of the Final Fantasy X classic Fight With Seymour for string quartet (performed by the Fulcrum Point String Quartet).

Happy happies!

End of 2011 Update

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:05:15 +0000

For those regular readers of these ERM posts, you probably recall that from time to time we might refer to something like ‘top secret orchestration projects’ for ER in the works. Here is one of those items, now fully disclosed:
We’re very pleased to announce the great success of Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Symphony. Just released in November, the CD has enjoyed some of the top sales figures among Seasonal, New Age and orchestral recordings for 2011. ER was integral to the creation of Christmas Symphony, creating orchestrations for each of the tracks and performing a variety of duties on the production and post-production end. For more information or to buy Christmas Symphony CLICK HERE.

Have a happy holiday season and look forward to more news in 2012 about Distant Worlds, the CAPE project at South Loop Elementary and other surprises.

Sunday 11/6 – Between Yelling and Sleep @ Hideout, Chicago

admin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:16:12 +0000

9pm Sunday, November 6 at the Hideout in Chicago, the new ensemble Between Yelling and Sleep has its debut performance. BYAS (pronounced “bias”) is Seth Kim-Cohen/electric guitar, voice; Eric Roth/drums, percussion, voice; Christopher Neal/winds, keyboards, voice. They’ll perform music by Bob Dylan and the premieres of new music by Seth Kim-Cohen/Tim Rutili/Brad Wood and by Eric Roth.

After BYAS, the esteemed Azita will perform. Please join us for a great evening of adventures in new music.

For all other information CLICK HERE.

September Subjects

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:11:47 +0000

In August, ER was named to the Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education‘s prestigious Teaching Artist Roster, beginning in the 2011-12 school year. More details about the particular partnership and related projects will be forthcoming.

ER’s orchestrations will continue to be featured for upcoming Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY concerts this fall in LA, Seoul and London.

ER conducts – more video evidence

admin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:13:23 +0000

ER conducts the Chicago Clarinet Ensemble for the premiere of ruth, rubric-rational; realisms-relationals by Jeffrey Kowalkowski at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEvVUHjONDI

Video is also accessible from the Video page.

The Feel Variatious – stream it or lose it.

admin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:06:26 +0000

In 2008, Brooklyn violist Brian Thompson commissioned a new composition for solo viola from ER. Here (and on the Audio page) is your first chance to listen to streaming audio of Brian Thompson’s premiere performance of The Feel Variatious at the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music.

The Idea of North? Percussive Attack Camp!

admin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:11:00 +0000

Poster for Percussion Attack Camp in Marquette, MI August 2011

This August, ER is the artist in residence at the Percussive Attack Camp in Marquette, MI, performing in 3 concerts (two as conductor of the ensemble, one as a percussion soloist) of his own compositions and rehearsing with the student percussionists and other faculty.

Please see the accompanying poster for more details. [Zoom to get a better look at the information, please.] Or visit carriebiolo.com [the website of the visionary director and founder of the Camp, acclaimed percussionist and educator Carrie Biolo].

A following post will have more details concerning the programs for the concerts, including news on premieres and the new composition Lyceum for percussion ensemble and solo recitation, commissioned for the performance at the historic Kaufman Auditorium in Marquette.

Summer?

admin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:01:39 +0000

Along with the orchestration projects that keep Eric chained to a desk, May also showcased ER’s conducting chops for two truly unique performances, one with an exceptionally high profile.

ER was the conductor of the orchestra for Music Director and keyboardist Greg Phillinganes for the “Surprise, Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular,” which aired in two parts on May 23-24 for the Oprah Winfrey Show’s 2^nd and 3^rd to last programs and was taped lived before an audience of roughly 15,000 at the United Center in Chicago.

Among the outstanding and legendary performers that ER and the orchestra accompanied were

Kristin Chenowith [Video from the performance]

Jamie Foxx

Josh Groban

On May 27, ER conducted the Chicago Clarinet Ensemble for the world premiere of ruth, rubric-rational; realisms-relationals by composer Jeffrey Kowalkowski at Northeastern Illinois University.

Coming up in June and July are performances of the Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY concert production, featuring orchestrations by ER, in Chicago, Houston, Baltimore and Vancouver.

Spring Update

admin — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:37:22 +0000

ER has been busy with top secret orchestration and arranging projects. But there are plenty of not secret items to share:

The upcoming Resplendant release Despite the Gate, No Mansion is expected to drop this summer. Four tracks are co-written, fully orchestrated and co-produced by ER. More information soon…

For the Oprah Winfrey Show’s Annual Oscars After Party, ER and AR orchestrated Katy Perry‘s “Firework” for her performance on the program [VIDEO], accompanied by the Academy Awards Orchestra.

The Distant Worlds: music From FINAL FANTASY concert DVD “Returning Home: Live in Tokyo,” featuring ER arrangements and orchestrations, is available starting April 1 at amazon.com.
The concert production itself has upcoming 2011 performances in New York, Sydney, Atlanta, Krakow, Chicago, Houston and London.

With other conducting and composing news unavailable at press time, stay posted for more information in the next weeks. Happy Springtime.