Natalie Williams will compete in the Atlanta Opera’s 24-hour Opera Project competition for the second year on Saturday, November 2, 2013. In November 2013, Williams’ newly commissioned orchestral piece Replica will be premiered by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and toured through regional Victoria, Australia, for three performances. In addition, her new work for solo trumpet,… Read more »
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Update from Melody Eotvos
Melody’s two electronic and video pieces Shoulderpieces and Patoises-I were selected for the UCSD Listening room series, the first of which was presented on October 25th. These two works were also selected for the Sweet Thunder Festival in San Francisco next April, 2014. In December Melody will travel to Australia to participate in the first… Read more »
Student Update: Sang Mi Ahn
Sang Mi Ahn’s Permission to Engage has been accepted for performance at the Symposium on Acoustic Ecology, which will be held at the University of Kent in U.K. on the 8th and 9th of November 2013. The Symposium on Acoustic Ecology explores themes related to the influence of audio technology on listening patterns and… Read more »
Update from Benjamin D. Taylor
Benjamin Taylor is honored to have received a second commission from the Barlow Endowment. He will write a piece for piano and live electronics to be taken on tour by acclaimed pianist Keith Kirchoff. Several of Mr. Taylor’s works were recently selected for performances at Electronic Music Midwest, the Electroacoustic Barn Dance, and Midwest Composers… Read more »
Update from Ezra Donner
Ezra Donner’s Mountain Suite for String Orchestra was premiered at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on October 12 by the Chamber Orchestra of New York conducted by Salvatore di Vittorio. Established in 2006, the Chamber Orchestra of New York is the first auditioned young professional orchestra in the history of New York, presenting great… Read more »
Update from alumnus JunYi Chow (MM ’13)
JunYi Chow’s composition Sparkle was premiered at the thirty-first Asian Composers League on September 21, 2013 by the Chinese Chamber Ensemble in Singapore. Largo for Double Bass and Piano, a newly commissioned work, will be performed at the 7th annual “ZhongYin” Cup Double Bass Competition Opening Ceremony on October 28, 2013 in Beijing, China.
New David Ward-Steinman CD receives five-star review and more
Faculty composer David Ward-Steinman’s new CD, Western Orpheus, has been garnering very positive reviews. Read some below. amazon.com: This superb cd is a long-awaited follow-up to the other two fine fine cd’s of David Ward-Steinman’s–Borubudur from 1999 and 3 Concertos from 2000. It definitely was worth the wait! Read More More reviews of Western Orpheus: arkivmusic.com, maestrosteve.xanga.com, fanfaremag.com (Fanfare… Read more »
Eric Guinivan appointed Assistant Professor of Composition at James Madison University
Alumnus Eric Guinivan (BM ’06) was recently appointment as Assistant Professor of Composition at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Eric received Bachelor of Music degrees in Composition and Percussion Performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and holds Masters and Doctoral degrees in Composition from the University of Southern California Thornton School… Read more »
Update on Composer Brendan Faegre (MM ’10)
Jacobs alumnus Brendan Faegre’s “The Brightness of Light” premiered at The Lake George Music Festival on Wednesday, August 21. This newly commissioned work in honor of Georgia O’Keeffe’s legacy in Lake George was comprised of an undectet conducted by Roger Kalia. Additionally, at the Cortona Sessions in Italy this past July, two of Faegre’s pieces received… Read more »
Professor Aaron Travers wins in Alexander Zemlinsky Composition Competition
Aaron Travers was recently selected as the second-prize winner of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music’s (CCM) 2013 Alexander Zemlinsky Composition Competition. He will be awarded $20,000 to write a new work for one of CCM’s orchestras, to be premiered in fall 2014.