Benjamin Taylor’s “Shipbreaking,” for alto saxophone and live electronics, was selected as a finalist in the 2013 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Competition. The piece will be performed by Zach Herchen at the SEAMUS national conference on April 19, 2013. Visit benjamintaylormusic.com to listen to “Shipbreaking.”
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Nicole DiPaolo to compose new work for International String Quartet of Yucatan
Nicole DiPaolo (DM Composition minor) has been invited to compose a new work for the International String Quartet of Yucatan, which will be featured as an encore during its 2013 concert season. DiPaolo’s music has also caught the attention of Premier Tracks, a major production music library based in L.A., and, as a result, over… Read more »
Ezra Donner is Young Artist Division Winner in MTNA Student Composition Competitions
Ezra Donner is the Young Artist Division Winner in the Music Teachers National Association Student Composition Competitions. As a National Finalist, he will advance to the national level of the competitions. The National Winner’s composition will be performed during a Winner’s Concert at the MTNA National Conference in New York City. Founded in 1876, MTNA is… Read more »
Yie-Eun Chun selected as Composition Fellow for the 2013 Tanglewood Summer Festival
Doctoral student Yie-Eun Chun has been selected as one of the composition fellows for the 2013 Tanglewood Summer Festival which runs from June 21 – August 19 2013.
Eric Guinivan (BM 2006) receives two Grammy Nominations
Eric Guinivan’s chamber ensemble Los Angeles Percussion Quartet was just nominated for two Grammys last night for Best Chamber Music Performance and Best Surround Sound Album. The CD that received these nominations leads with a 20-minute work that he wrote for the group. Eric has also been selected as one of the resident composers for… Read more »
REVIEW (HT New Music Ensemble): MUSIC REVIEWS: Riveting, reverential: Concerts reflect composers’ views
HeraldTimesOnline.com PACIFICA QUARTET AND NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE MUSIC REVIEWS: Riveting, reverential: Concerts reflect composers’ views By Peter JacobiH-T Reviewer | pjacobi@heraldt.com December 3, 2012 Click here for Pacifica Quartet part of this review > New Music Thursday evening’s New Music Ensemble concert consisted of works that could not have been much newer: a 2005 piece… Read more »
Clint Needham guest composer at Lawrence Conservatory of Music
Alumnus Clint Needham was recently a guest at the Lawrence Conservatory of Music in Appleton, WI where the orchestra opened their season with his work, Legacies. He also recently had the premiere of a new work for string quartet and orchestra, Voices, commissioned and premiered by the Hawthorne String Quartet (Boston Symphony members) and the… Read more »
Benjamin Taylor’s recent performances
Jacobs composition student Benjamin Taylor enjoyed performances of his music this past month in Spain, Iowa, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana. Ben attended several of these performances including the Studio 300 Electronic Music Festival and the Electro-acoustic Barn Dance. On November 8,9,10 a one-act play titled, “Refusing the Flower” featured original music by Mr…. Read more »
Gonçalo Lourenço receives Black Square Project commission
Jacobs composition student Gonçalo Lourenço received a commission to write a solo piano piece as part of “The Black Square Project”. Lourenço has been invited to compose a piece inspired by Russian suprematist artist Kazimir Malevich and his masterwork “The Black Square”, the results of which will be recorded by Jonathan Powell, one of todays most… Read more »
Steven Snethkamp wins regional composition prize
Steven Snethkamp’s chamber piece “Dances from the Luminiferous Ether” was performed by Chicago’s Fifth House Ensemble and chosen as the regional winner of the Rapido! competition. The piece will be performed again in Atlanta for the national finals and a chance for a commission from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. On Oct. 26, his “Disembodied,” for flute and tape,… Read more »