Melody Eotvos’s composition for fixed-media “Die hohle Hohle” has been selected to be presented on the Sonic Rain Concert Series on Sunday, January 29, at the University of Oregon School of Music.
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Benjamin Taylor composition to be performed at Gamma-UT
Benjamin Taylor’s “Leap” for chamber orchestra was chosen for performance at GAMMA-UT in Austin, Texas. The twelfth annual GAMMA-UT Conference and Concert will take place at The University of Texas at Austin on the evening of Saturday, April 14, 2012.
Brian Ciach’s work features in Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute
Composition student Brian Ciach will participate in the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute, January 2012. Over the course of a week, the orchestra will rehearse and perform his IU dissertation, Collective Uncommon. The performance, and an interview with Performance Today’s Fred Child, will be streamed live on Minnesota Public Radio. Click here for more info >
Indie rocker Jeremy Podgursky turns classical composer
Indie rocker Jeremy Podgursky turns classical composer 10:07 PM, Dec. 11, 2011 click here to read original article At a time when a handful of orchestras across the country struggle financially, naysayers proliferate with their calls of the demise of classical music in America. But still, there are those who are working to build careers… Read more »
Composition student Aaron Stepp in residence at T.C. Steele State Historic Site
Composer and musician Aaron Stepp will be artist-in-residence at T. C. Steele State Historic Site in Nashville, Ind., Nov. 15 through 23 and from Nov. 27 through Dec. 3. He will perform on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 2:30 p.m. in the Large Studio at the site. The concert will feature fixed-media and live electro-acoustic works, many of them dealing… Read more »
Jacobs Alum to perform at Carnegie Hall
Bang on a Can All-Stars http://www.carnegiehall.org/Event.aspx?id=5061 Bang on a Can started out in 1987 as a group of free-wheeling composers dedicated to adding a fresh voice to contemporary music. Since then, they’ve started their own summer festival, record label, and their own performing All-Stars group. In March 2010, Bang on a Can All-Stars debuted Louis… Read more »
Alumnus Robert Paterson receives CRF Composer of the Year Award
The Classical Recording Foundation (CRF) announced the 2011 winners of its tenth annual Classical Recording Foundation Awards. Four prizes will be presented at the Foundation’s Annual Awards Concert and Benefit at 8:00pm on Monday, November 21, 2011 at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital hall. The event, for which the public may purchase tickets, will feature Jacobs… Read more »
David Heuser (DM’95) appointed associate dean at The Crane School of Music SUNY Potsdam
After 14 years as a professor and associate chair at the University of Texas at San Antonio, David Heuser (DM’95) has relocated to become the associate dean at The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. He is looking forward to having seasons again. In other news, his string quartet, Small Blue Marble, was just… Read more »
BYU Awards Jacobs Alum With Prestigious Barlow Prize
BYU awards Ohio professor with prestigious Barlow Prize By sarah gambles Deseret News http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700185929/BYU-awards-Ohio-professor-with-prestigious-Barlow-Prize.html Published: Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 10:41 a.m. MDT When Clint Needham walked into his kitchen still wearing his pajamas to check his email, he never expected one of his messages would inform him he had won the $12,000 Barlow Prize from… Read more »
Jacobs Graduate to Compose Major Work for BYU
Needham wins endowment for woodwind piece http://www.owutranscript.com/prof-to-compose-major-work-1.2583202 Ohio Wesleyan University faculty member and composer Clint Needham has been selected as the winner of the 2011 Barlow Prize, an international award presented annually by the Utah-based Barlow Endowment for Music Composition. As the 2011 winner, Needham earns a $12,000 commission to compose a major new work… Read more »