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‘David Copperfield’ world premiere features original student composition By Brian Welk | IDS POSTED AT 11:46 PM ON Feb. 2, 2012 click here for original article The image of a man flogging a young boy is not a pleasant sight, but until now, this horrific scene lacked the chilling sound to go with it. Ari Barack… Read more »

Congratulations to Tonia Ko, a master’s student in the Jacobs School of Music who won second prize in the 25th Annual Young Composer’s Competition at Austin Peay State University with her work “Wanderer Moon” for voice and chamber orchestra. Ko was born in Hong Kong and raised in Hawaii. Her music reflects and embraces her… Read more »

APSU announces Young Composers Competition winners January 18, 2012 click here for original article The Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts recently announced the winners of its 25th Annual Young Composer’s Competition. First prize was awarded to Ethan Greene, of Austin, Texas, for his “Dancing as may be Credible” for… Read more »

Elliott Bark’s “Three Musical Moments for Solo Violin” was chosen as a finalist in the International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition 2011 in Thessaloniki, Greece.

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.

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.

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 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 »

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 »