Overture Magazine: 2017-2018 Season January-February 2018 | Page 19

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Mystic Sk8 ; “ On My Job ,” appearing on the NFL Network ’ s Top 100 Players 2015 ; and “ Eye for the Spotlight ,” used in ESPN ’ s SportsCenter . Film placements include the movies Hollidaysburg and Slow Learners .
Wordsmith has made charitable contributions a pillar of his NU Revolution label . For four years in a row , Wordsmith has been the performing artist for students at local inner-city schools during the annual Red Day festival . Wordsmith began entering middle schools to deliver anti-bullying lectures and performances and joined the Baltimore-based homeless shelter Project Plase to feed and provide gifts to its clients . Recently , Wordsmith debuted his “ Studio to the Stage : A Hip- Hop Fundamentals Workshop ” during his American Music Abroad Tour to Africa and Israel .
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Wordsmith makes his BSO debut .
James Wyman
A native of Ashtabula , OH , James Wyman joined the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as principal timpanist at the start of the 2013 – 2014 season . Prior to his appointment with the BSO , Wyman held principal timpani positions with the Erie Philharmonic , Reading Symphony Orchestra and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic .
He has also performed with the National Symphony Orchestra , West Virginia Symphony Orchestra , Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra , City Music Cleveland and spent one summer performing with the Brevard Festival Orchestra .
Wyman earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Baldwin-Wallace College in 2006 , where he studied with Josh Ryan . During his studies he focused heavily on solo , chamber and non-Western music and was part of a bata drumming trio . The following year was spent studying privately with Cleveland Orchestra timpanist , Paul Yancich . Afterwards , Wyman attended Carnegie Mellon University to study timpani with Timothy K . Adams , earning his Master of Music degree in 2009 .
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All concerts at Peabody are now FREE !
Peabody Modern Orchestra
Saturday , January 27 at 7:30 pm
Harlan D . Parker , conductor
Robert Martin : They Will Take My Island Steven Stucky : Chamber Concerto John Luther Adams : Become River Mason Bates : Sea Blue Circuitry
Reserve seats at peabody . jhu . edu / events or by calling 667-208-6620 .
Peabody Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday , January 31 at 8:00 pm
Joseph Young , conductor Xiaohui Yang , piano
Gu Wei : Transience , for Orchestra
Frédéric Chopin : Piano Concerto No . 2 in F minor , Op . 21
Richard Strauss : Der Rosenkavalier , Op . 59 : Suite
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