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Pedro Carneiro/Seattle Symphony Recording: The Internationally-acclaimed Portuguese percussionist, Pedro Carneiro, recorded G. Bradley Bodine's, "Kaleidoscope: A Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra" with Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall on September 11, 2007. The recording will be released on the MMC label in 2008 and will be available at the MMC website and major music outlets. The composition will be published by HoneyRock Publications.

Consortium Commission: A consortium of 12 university/college percussion ensembles commissioned G. Bradley Bodine's next composition - a concerto for marimba and percussion ensemble. The consortium includes: University of Arizona, University of North Texas, Southern Methodist University, North Carolina School for the Arts, West Chester University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Fresno State University, West Texas A & M University, Fort Lewis College, Texas A & M University – Commerce, University of Texas - San Antonio, University of Oklahoma. The 20 to 25-minute composition will be Dr. Bodine's third marimba concerto and is scheduled to be premiered by each of the 12 ensembles, with the American marimbist, Drew Lang, during the 2008-2009 school year. The composition will be published by HoneyRock Publications.

HoneyRock Publishes "Desert Songs I ": A beautiful edition of "Desert Songs I" is now available at HoneyRock Publications. This edition was very carefully edited six times - three times by the composer and three times by HoneyRock's Editor-in-chief, Richard LeVan. Bodine and LeVan are currently editing "Desert Songs II" and "Desert Songs III" for publication in the fall of 2007.