Reed D. Meyer: Music

Reed D. Meyer: Music Music

Composition

Concerted Music

String Quartet in F Major, second movement (1992). Performed by a string quartet in 1992.
The Second Waltz (1988?). Composed on an Amiga computer and entered in high school competitions; awards are listed below.
Minor-Major (1986?). Composed on an Amiga computer.
Halley’s Comet Overture for Full Orchestra, adapted for the Amiga computer (1986).

Awards for The Second Waltz

First Place, music, Central Dauphin Council of PTAs National PTA Reflections Project (school district level, Harrisburg, PA), 1989
Second Place, Music Division, Central Dauphin High School PTSA, part of Pennsylvania PTA’s Reflections Program (school district level), 1988–1989
Honorable Mention, Senior High Music, Pennsylvania State PTA Reflections Project (state level), 1989

Performance

Orchestra (Violin)

Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra, 1989–1993
PMEA All State Festival, Founders Hall, Hershey, PA, 1989¹
PMEA Region IV-V Orchestra, Northwest Area High School, Shickshinny, PA, 1989¹
PMEA District 7 Orchestra, Lebanon High School (Penna.), 1989¹
PMEA District 7 Orchestra, William Penn Senior High School, York, PA, 1988¹
PMEA Region IV-V Orchestra, Garden Spot High School, New Holland, PA, 1987¹
PMEA District 7 Orchestra, Gettysburg Senior High School (Penna.), 1987¹
PMEA District 7 Orchestra, Millersville University (Penna.), 1986¹
Harrisburg Youth Symphony Orchestra (Penna.), 1984–1989
Various school and Dauphin County (Penna.) orchestral programs, 1981–1989

Solo Violin

A regular avocation since 1980
Accolaÿ, Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Swatara Junior High School, Harrisburg, PA, 1986
Händel, Sonata No. 4 in D (mvt. 2), Swatara Junior High School, Harrisburg, PA, 1985

Chorus

Various school and Dauphin County (Penna.) choral programs through 1985

¹Students in Grades 7–12 from Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York counties audition for the annual Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 7 Orchestra. Members of this orchestra who are in Grades 9–12 audition for the PMEA Region IV-V State Orchestra, which encompasses Districts 7, 8, 9, and 10, viz., the eastern half of the state aside from Philadelphia and its suburbs. Similarly, PMEA All-State Orchestra consists of musicians from the three regional orchestras: the Western Region, Region IV-V, and Region VI.

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