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Research Grant – Fall 2012 Faculty member: __ William W. Wiedrich Unit: _ : School of Music Project/Proposal Title: Recording and Release - Compact Disc: ROBERT HELPS: THE PIANO CONCERTOS A. Abstract: Albany Records has expressed an earnest publication interest in a project is in which the University of South Florida Symphony Orchestra is to produce a sequel to its 2009 CD release: ROBERT HELPS: THE SYMPHONIES. To be entitled ROBERT HELPS: THE PIANO CONCERTOS, featuring the University of South Florida Symphony Orchestra (William Wiedrich, conductor) and USF pianists Svetozar Ivanov and Dharshini Tambiah. Proposed release is in 2014. Grant funds will be utilized to cover the cost of recording and mastering, and hall rentals. B. Proposal: Robert Helps was a long-time faculty member at USF and at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is an internationally renowned pianist and composer, and it has been the project of many current and former USF faculty to commit his entire repertoire to recording. The USFSO Helps Symphony CD release of 2009 was critically acclaimed in national music journals and included the world-premiere recording of his Second Symphony and his Quintet. The current project at hand (The Piano Concertos) would include the premiere recording of one of his two piano concerti, as well as the American recording premiere of the John Ireland “Legend” for Piano and Orchestra. Releasing a compact disc recording for international dissemination and review supports wholeheartedly the strategic mission of the university in its efforts to be at the forefront of research (as represented here as performance/research) and makes its presence significant in the area of contemporary repertoire repertoire worldwide. It also serves to champion the music of Robert Helps on the same global scale.