Tristan Foison 1: a rising star

Tristan Foison emigrated to the USA at the end of the 1980s so it seems. He settled in Atlanta (Georgia) and it did not take very long to find a place in the local classical music scene. For example here the title page of a concert on 8 May 1991 at the Georgia State University Concert Hall presented by the Living Composers, Inc. (a union of Georgia-based composers). Tristan Foison (the third from the right) already in the front row:

Tristan Foison soon established himself as one of the most interesting musicians in Georgia. In 1995 he was appointed principal conductor of the Rome (Georgia) Symphony Orchestra, a professional orchestra and on of the oldest in the USA. Here Tristan Foison on the title page of a concert programme for the season 1997/98: