A warm welcome to Patrick Riley and his work for orchestra Impromptu!
Mr.Riley has earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Indiana State Teachers College, Indiana, PA and a Master of Music Degree in Music Composition from the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
He is a past member of the American Federation of Musicians – locals 161, 770, & 389. Music performance experience includes: US army bandsman – club dates – steady location work at hotels, restaurants, & cruise ships.
About Dennis Tobenski
Dennis Tobenski (b. 1982) has been hailed by the New York Times as a "dynamic vocalist" and a composer whose music is "distinctive and engaging". He has studied with composers David Del Tredici, Chester Biscardi, Daron Hagen, and Stephen Andrew Taylor, and has received fellowships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Prairie Center of the Arts, and the Ucross Foundation. Dennis is the co-founder of the Tobenski-Algera Concert Series, whose mission is to present and promote new music by young and emerging composers, and the founder of NewMusicShelf.com, an online digital distributor of scores by self-published composers. (
http://www.dennistobenski.com)
