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 »
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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 »
Sink named winner of the 2013 Kuttner Quartet Competition
Phillip Sink’s “Lake Effect” has been named the winner of the 2013 Kuttner Quartet Composition Competition. His work will be included in their 2014 spring recital.
Ryan Chase wins Harvard Fromm Commission
Composer Ryan Chase has been awarded a 2013 Fromm Commission from the Harvard Fromm Music Foundation. The $12,000 commission will go towards the composition of a new work for the ensemble Lunatics at Large based on texts by Geoffrey Chaucer. Previous recipients of the Fromm Commission include such prominent composers as Luciano Berio, Elliott Carter,… Read more »
Update from Kenji Kuriyama
Kenji Kuriyama’s Redemption for flute, cello, and piano was selected as the winner of the 2013 Nina Elizabeth Nilssen Scholarship Fund award. http://ninasfund.org/scholarship-recipients/
MUSIC REVIEW: NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE AND LARSEN
The whole concert was a delight to hear By Peter Jacobi In a conversation prior to Thursday evening’s New Music Ensemble concert, guest composer Libby Larsen waxed enthusiastically about the ensemble and its director, David Dzubay. We did not meet again after the program, but I would guess that she was waxing again because the… Read more »
Winners of NOTUS Student Composition Contest Announced
Wallinga and Sink named winners of NOTUS Student Composition Contest Two Jacobs School composition students have been named prizewinners in this year’s NOTUS Choral Composition Contest. Patricia Wallinga is the first-prize winner for her work Portraits of Wartime for mixed chorus and cello. Wallinga is a first-year undergraduate composition student studying with Don Freund. She… Read more »
Composer Libby Larsen to speak in Master Class, serve as a guest composer
By Carolyn Crowcroft Composer Libby Larsen will take up a residency Wednesday and Thursday at the Jacobs School of Music as part of the music school’s “Five Friends Master Class Series.” Larsen will give a lecture at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Ford-Crawford Hall. She will also serve as guest composer for the New Music Ensemble’s… Read more »