Faculty composer and pianist Don Freund has received a wonderful review in Gramophone Magazine (September) for his recent recording of Bach’s “The Well-Tempered Clavier”, Book 1 “.. an unusual amount of intimacy, clarity and understanding that are remarkably in touch with the piano’s own physical characteristics.” See more at: http://www.exacteditions.com/read/gramophone/september-2012-32120/13/3/
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Composer Natalie Williams appointed to University of Georgia
Natalie Williams, DM’12, composition, has been appointed to a one-year assistant professorship at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia. She will join the faculty this fall, teaching composition lessons and studio classes, as well as the graduate theory review course. Williams studied composition with Claude Baker, Don Freund, and Aaron Travers… Read more »
Alumnus Matthew Peterson places in American Prize competition
Matthew Peterson (M.M. ’08) has achieved second place in The American Prize in Composition, professional division, for his orchestra work entitled “Hyperborea.” According to a press release from The American Prize, Peterson was selected from applications from all across the United States. Finalists for The American Prize receive professional adjudication and regional, national and international recognition… Read more »
Sang Mi Ahn composition to be performed at ICMC 2012
Sang Mi Ahn’s electronic music piece “Permission to Engage” was accepted for performance at the 2012 International Computer Music Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 9-15, 2012, .
Alumnus Sean Shepherd (B.M. ’01, P.Dip. ’02) featured in The Examiner for his recent composition premiered by the National Symphony Orchestra
Alumnus Sean Shepherd was featured in The Examiner for his newest composition “Blue Blazes,” a piece that the National Symphony Orchestra premieres this week. This is Shepherd’s third appearance with the orchestra since 2009, when he was one of fifteen composers invited to be part of the CrossCurrents Contemporary Music Week. Read the article.
Clint Needham (M.M. ’06, D.M. ’10) has been appointed as Baldwin-Wallace College’s Conservatory of Music’s Composer-in-Residence
As an alumnus of both the Jacobs School and the Baldwin-Wallace College (’04), Clint Needham returns to his first alma mater. Beginning August 2012, Needham will teach, mentor students and oversee the composition curriculum. In addition, he will create new works for B-W faculty and student performers. Check out this news article and video interview… Read more »
The Well-Tempered Clavier performance released on CD and DVD by composer Don Freund
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: A Composer’s Approach On this three-disc release, Jacobs School of Music professor, composer and pianist Don Freund takes Book 1 of Bach’s masterpiece and offers performance and analysis with “A Composer’s Approach,” a unique, critical eye for a series of pieces that are typically viewed through the lens of a… Read more »
Assistant Professor John Gibson at laptop orchestra conference
Jacobs faculty composer John Gibson’s piece for laptop ensemble, “Wind Farm,” has been performed in a Beijing punk rock club and a stately Venetian palazzo. Then it was presented at the Symposium on Laptop Ensembles & Orchestras (SLEO) at Louisiana State University, April 15-17, 2012. SLEO is the first conference of its kind, addressing the problems… Read more »
Review: New Music Ensemble
Grantham’s works in spotlight; ensemble lives up to its name By Peter Jacobi H-T Reviewer | pjacobi@heraldt.com April 22, 2012 click here for original article Reflections on two evenings spent listening to music mostly new to this writer: Band festival The annual “Spring Festival of Winds, Brass and Percussion” in Indiana University’s Musical Arts Center… Read more »
Alumnus composer Eric Nathan wins fourth ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award
Eric Nathan, M.M.’08, composition, recently received his fourth ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award. His composition “Timbered Bells” for brass ensemble and percussion was a 2012 winner. The piece was commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center and was performed by the Indiana University Brass Choir, directed by Edmund Cord, on February 12. He was awarded the 2011 American Modern Ensemble… Read more »