The Rebel by Piotr Szewczyk
 
Wizard’s Sleeve is proud to present the music of Piotr Szewczyk. His groundbreaking string quintet The Rebel, is scored for 2 violins, viola, cello, & double bass. Full score included. Duration approx. 3:10 $21 Via digital PDF $33 for a bound edition
Mr. Szewczyk’s music has been described as “exquisite”, “hautingly beautiful”, “exciting”, “dramatic” and “filled with energy, melody, and sophisticated sense of harmony that is his own” and has been performed by the New World Symphony, Members of the Jacksonville Symphony, ALIAS Ensemble, Degas Quartet, Quarteto Latinoamericano, ACCORD Quartet, INTY Contemporary Orchestra, Young Musicans’ Orchestra of Miami, CCM Philharmonia Orchestra, Queen City Virtuosi, Sybarite Chamber Players, members of the New World Symphony among others. His music has been performed in festivals such as Aspen Music Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, Colorado Music Festival, UPBEAT-Hvar Festival in Coratia and Music X New Music Festival in Cincinnati among others. Mr. Szewczyk’s music was performed live on the NPR radio and on the American Symphony orchestra League Conference by ALIAS Ensemble in Nashville. Mr. Szewczyk’s string quintet The Rebel was performed live on the CBS Early Show by the Sybarite Chamber Players. Piotr Szewczyk received numerous composition awards including Honorable Mention on the 2007 Fauxharmonic Orchestra Adagio Composition Contest, Winner of the 2005 Vox Novus 60x60 Project, Winner of the 2004 University of Cincinnati Orchestral Composition Competition, Second Prize at the 2004 ACCENT Composition Competition at the MUSIC X New Music Festival in Cincinnati, 1st Prize Winner – 2003 Composition Competition UPBEAT-Hvar in Hvar, Croatia. Mr Szewczyk’s solo violin piece CADENZA I has been chosen as the compulsory contemporary work for the UPBEAT-Hvar violin competition. Piotr Szewczyk studied violin and composition at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he was awarded full undergraduate and graduate scholarships and earned degrees of Bachelor of Music and Master of Music. Mr. Szewczyk also was awarded the Starling Foundation Scholarship and studied violin with prof. Kurt Sassmannshaus, Piotr Milewski and Dorothy Delay and composition with Darrel Handel, Joel Hoffman, Henry Gwiazda, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon and Michael Fiday. Mr. Szewczyk is an active member of the following organizations: American Federation of Musicians Local 444, American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, American Composers Forum, National Association of Composers, Society of Composers, Inc. Click the play button to hear the Rebel. (Recorded live by the Sybarite chamber Players at the Aspen Music Festival)