Corey Rubin’s After the Dazzle of Day, for SATB chorus, wind ensemble, and strings, will be premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York City on February 7th. The concert will feature student ensembles from Duxbury High School in Duxbury, Massachusetts, which commissioned the piece. http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2014/2/7/0700/PM/Duxbury-High-School-Music-Department-Concert/
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Omaha Symphony to Perform Ben Taylor’s “Shooting Stars”
Benjamin Taylor is excited to travel to Nebraska where the Omaha Symphony will perform his newest orchestra work titled “Shooting Stars.” The work was commissioned by the Barlow Endowment and will be performed a total of five times on an educational outreach program. Mr. Taylor will speak to the audience about the piece and answer… Read more »
Update from Sang Mi Ahn
Sang Mi Ahn’s Narval has been selected for performance at the National Student Electronic Music Event (N_SEME). The conference will be held at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia on February 21-22, 2014.
Corey Dundee Wins Calefax Reed Quintet’s International Composer’s Competition
Corey Dundee was recently named winner of the Calefax Reed Quintet’s International Composer’s Competition for my work F.U.B.A.R. for reed quintet. The piece was premiered by Calefax during the PAN festival gala concert on December 28th, at the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ in Amsterdam. F.U.B.A.R. will additionally be performed by a consortium of seven reed quintets throughout… Read more »
Hungarian Festival with International Vocal Ensemble concert postponed
The Hungarian Festival with International Vocal Ensemble concert, scheduled for January 22 in Ford Hall, has been postponed. A new date has not yet been set.
Update from Kevin Hartnett
Kevin Hartnett’s new choral piece There Is a Flower was premiered by Kantorei of Kansas City in December. The ensemble, led by artistic director Chris Munce, performed the piece on two concerts in Kansas City as part of their “Meditations and Carols” Christmas program.
Melody Eotvos selected for Intimacy of Creativity 2014 in Hong Kong
Eotvos was one of six composers selected from an international pool of 200 applicants to participate in two weeks of Open Discussions, Preview Concerts, and World Premiere Concerts of their work in Hong Kong. Artistic Director and internationally-renowned composer, conductor, and pianist, Bright Sheng, will be joined by Distinguished Guest Artist, renowned cellist, and Rostropovich International… Read more »
Embrace the Wind: Chamber Music for the Native American Flute CD Released
A new CD has been released that features Jacobs faculty members James J. Pellerite (flute), Dominick DiOrio(conductor) and David Canfield (composer), as well as many students from the Jacobs School of Music. The CD is entitled, “Embrace the Wind: Chamber Music for the Native American Flute.” Amazon Review: “Captivated by the sound of the native American flute, virtuoso flutist James… Read more »
Texu Kim selected for the Mizzou International Composers Festival
Texu Kim (DM Composition) has been selected as one of the resident composers in Mizzou International Composers Festival 2014. He will receive lessons from Beat Furrer and Nico Muhly, as well as a premiere performance and a professional recording (with the ensemble Alarm Will Sound) of a new work. http://composersfestival.missouri.edu
Update from Nicole DiPaolo
Nicole DiPaolo (DM minor) is currently sailing the high seas as the pianist of the Duo del Mare aboard various Holland America cruise ships; nevertheless, she has remained actively involved in her compositional pursuits. Shortly after embarking on a pedagogical composition project for beginning piano students, Nicole was named a Studio Composer-in-Residence at the Joy… Read more »