Frank Nawrot | Composer & Producer

New Music

Post author:frank.nawrot
Post published:September 25, 2014
Post category:Composition News

Hello all! For those of us lucky enough to remain in the world of academia, the slow turbulence that is the Fall Semester has been well under way for about…

UMKC Workshop: A Wrap Up

Post author:frank.nawrot
Post published:June 22, 2014
Post category:Composition

I'm gonna be honest folks, I'm sitting here on my phone in a cramped Subaru on my way back to Michigan, my mind complete mush, barely able to process this…

UMKC Composition Workshop: Day 4

Post author:frank.nawrot
Post published:June 20, 2014
Post category:Composition

Day 4 of the UMKC Composition Workshop began with a listening session with Dr. Jim Mobberley. Afterwards, he shared some of his own music with us. During the listening session…

UMKC Composition Workshop: Day 3

Post author:frank.nawrot
Post published:June 19, 2014
Post category:Composition

Day 3 of the UMKC Composition Workshop was focused mostly on the one and only Dr. Paul Rudy. First off, he led us in a listening exercise in which he…

UMKC Composition Workshop: Day 2

Post author:frank.nawrot
Post published:June 17, 2014
Post category:Composition

Day 2 of the UMKC Composition Workshop started out with Dr. Mara Gibson sharing some of her past and recent projects with us. Her musical focus is on collaboration. She…

UMKC Composition Workshop

Post author:frank.nawrot
Post published:June 15, 2014
Post category:Composition

The past two nights have been close to sleepless in preparation for the UMKC Composition Workshop. Today is day one of the workshop, and so far it has been an…

“Phantasy for Piano” and “Unhinged”

Post author:frank.nawrot
Post published:May 15, 2014
Post category:News

Summer break is finally upon us college folks! I have several exciting projects in the works right now. My last project before the summer was to finish editing some recordings…

Residency at Eastern Michigan University and “Songs of Informality #4”

Post author:frank.nawrot
Post published:April 24, 2014
Post category:News

This past Monday I was a guest at Eastern Michigan University. In December, EMU saxophone student AJ Pratt commissioned me to compose a piece for alto sax and fixed media.…

Trio Insurgent’s First Concert and “Shake ’em”

Post author:frank.nawrot
Post published:April 16, 2014
Post category:News

My good friends, Kelly Vander Molen, Bryce Craig, and I formed a trio dedicated to commissioning , writing, and performing new music called Trio Insurgent. We had our very first…

April 2014 News

Post author:frank.nawrot
Post published:April 8, 2014
Post category:News

2014 has been a busy and productive year. FIRST very important order of business- my web designer has added a plugin to my site that enables me to finally sell…