Podcast - Edric Saphire
David Fogel and Fiona Gehrke Interview Composer Edric Saphire
Edric Saphire is a composer at the New England Conservatory of Music, studying with Sid Richardson. He has been composing since he was nine year old, and has had works commissioned by conductors such as Michael Francis and Jeffrey Malecki. Among notable original works, his "Bassoon Sextet in B-flat major" for bassoon, string quartet, and piano was premiered at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center by pianist Anne-Marie McDermott and principal musicians of the San Diego Symphony. His "New World Fanfare," already performed on several stages, was performed at Baloba Park's Spreckels Organ Pavilion by the San Diego Summer Winds under the baton of University of San Diego music director Dr. Jeffrey Malecki. His Pierrot Ensemble "Given in Thanks" and its benefit performance earned him his Eagle Scout Rank. Recently, he was asked to complete additional movements of Gustav Mahler's unfinished piano quartet by the Komponisten-Quartier museum in Hamburg, Germany. His work was including the museum's "Hamburger Meister Contemporary" exhibit of living composers in Hamburg, where it could be heard inside the Brahms Museum. He will be attending the Etchings Festival and VIPA festial in the summer, where he will compose for the ECCE Ensemble and Mivos Quartet. He is an alumnus of the Mainly Mozart Youth Orchestra and Canyon Crest Academy.
Please enjoy this long-format conversation between David Fogel (CEO, The Symphonina Foundation) and Fiona Gehrke (Symphonina Foundation Ambassador) with Edric.