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 »
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Elliott Bark wins Music Association of Korea composition prize
Elliott Bark’s flute concerto “Shalom” has received first prize in the Orchestral Category from the Music Association of Korea, one of the top composition awards in Korea, and will be performed Nov. 22 at the Aram Nuri Arts Center in Koyang, Korea.
Melody Eotvos wins Australian national composers award
Melody Eotvos was recently awarded first place in the Soundstream National Composers Award competition after the world premiere of a new work for the Soundstream Ensemble Collective (Adelaide, Australia). The award results in a commission for a new work to be premiered in 2013.
Nicholas Cline has composition released on SEAMUS album
Nicholas Cline has had a piece accepted for the SEAMUS Electroacoustic Miniatures 2012: Re-Caged album. It will be released for digital download along with about 20 other pieces. The work was based on an earlier toy piano piece.
Sang Mi Ahn wins Republic of Korea Composition Prize
Sang Mi Ahn won the 31st Republic of Korea Composition Prize with her piece “Loki’s Castle” (2010). This is one of the most prestigious awards given to Korean composers of traditional and western music. The competition this year was held for composers of western music, with prizes awarded to winners of orchestral/opera music, chamber music,… 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, .
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 »
Review: New Music Ensemble – 13 soloists make it work
13 soloists make it work By Peter Jacobi H-T Reviewer | pjacobi@heraldt.com March 8, 2012 click here for original article In Gyorgy Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto, the 13 required players — even though they constitute an ensemble — are treated as soloists. And there are occasions when the score calls for the 13 to head off… Read more »
Ryan Diefenderfer wins Eastern Trombone Workshop National Composition Competition
Ryan Diefenderfer, a junior at the Jacobs School, was recently announced as the winner of the 2012 Eastern Trombone Workshop’s National Composition Competition for his piece “Stephansdom.” The Eastern Trombone Workshop is an annual conference held in Ft. Meyer, Va., that is put together by the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” and has evolved into of the premier trombone… Read more »
Sang Mi Ahn compositions presented at Biennial Conference
Sang Mi Ahn’s two compositions “Convergence for Alto Saxophone and Electronics” and “Monologue for Tenor Saxophone” are going to be presented by saxophonist Heidi Radtke Siberz (doctoral student in saxophone) at the 2012 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference. The conference will be held March 15-18 at Arizona State University School of Music.