 |
||
|
Welcome
| Current Season |
John
Finney Conductor Darryl Hollister Accompanist and Associate Conductor |
|
| |
||
|
Welcome
| Current Season |
John
Finney Conductor Darryl Hollister Accompanist and Associate Conductor |
|
|
Since he has started championing the works of African and African-American composers, Mr. Hollister has performed premieres of works by various leading composers. At the Festival of African and African-American Music in St. Louis in 2000 he premiered "The Spring of Esentre" by Gyimah Labi, "Concertino Africana for Piano and Orchestra" by Paul Konye, and participated in the North American premiere of "Baptism of Fire—Symphony Concertante for Three Pianos and Orchestra" by Gyimah Labi. In December of 2002 he performed a recital of African Piano Music at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in April 2003 gave the world premiere of "Three Ivory Magnolia Fantasies" by Gary Nash in a recital at Mississippi Valley State University. In August 2003 at The International Symposium and Festival on Compostition in Africa and the Diaspora at Churchill College, Cambridge, England, he performed premieres of works by Paul Konye, Wallace Cheatham, Akin Euba, Gary Nash, Robert Kwami and Joshua Uziogwe. Mr. Hollister has been assistant conductor and accompanist for the Heritage Chorale for more than ten years. |
Welcome | Current Season | Auditions | Who We Are | Chorale History | Concert Archives
Darryl Hollister was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received
his B.M. from Michigan State University, where he studied with Ralph
Votapek and Deborah Moriarty, and his M.M. from New England Conservatory
of Music where he studied with Patricia Zander. He is an active accompanist
and performer in the Boston area, serving as assistant conductor to
the Dedham Choral Society, Coro Allegro, The Boston College University
Chorale, and Commonwealth School Chorus and Chorale.