Jacobs School student Tim Miller’s saxophone piece FIRU was performed at the NASA (North American Saxophone Alliance) Region 7 conference on March 15th. The performance was held at Middle Tennessee State University.
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Jay Hurst wins composition department Kuttner String Quartet competition with “Chekhov’s Gun”
Congratulations to Jay Hurst, the winner of the 2012-13 Composition Department “Kuttner String Quartet” Competition. His work Chekhov’s Gun will be performed in a concert at the Indiana University Grunwald Gallery, Saturday April 20 at 2pm. Performing Chekhov’s Gun will be Jacobs School of Music student quartet Michael Acosta and Jinty McTavish, violins; Josh Hunton, viola; and Andrew Bader, cello. “Chekhov’s Gun… Read more »
Hammer and Nail: Student Composer/Contemporary Choreography Collaboration
This Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington, Indiana University student dancers and musicians will perform two shows of original choreography and music—at 6:30 p.m. (Program A) and 8:30 p.m. (Program B)—in Hammer and Nail. Each program, exploring a wide range of ideas, is approximately one hour long… Read more »
Recent performances of Jeremy Podgursky’s compositions
Jeremy Podgursky’s MINDJOB (Version 2) was performed by NY-based ensemble CONTEMPORANEOUS in February. The ensemble performed Podgursky’s piece at Bard Conservatory and then the following day at P.S. 142 (NYC) as part of the neighborhood classics concert.
Recent performances of student Phillip Sink’s work
The Mid-America Wind Quintet, comprised of faculty members from Emporia State University, performed Phillip Sink’s Two Poems for Wind Quintet at the 2013 Kansas Music Educators’ Conference on February 22, 2013.
Chappell Kingsland has received a major commission from Roundabout Opera for Kids
Chappell Kingsland has received a major commission from Roundabout Opera for Kids to write a new work for performance during the 2014-2015 school year. The Discovery of Fire will be a half-hour chamber opera dramatizing myths from three ancient cultures (the Mayans, the Greeks, and the Chaga from Kenya). RoK will perform the work with… Read more »
Recent performances of student Jess Turner
Jess Turner’s Black Bolt! for wind ensemble was premiered by the University of Georgia Wind Ensemble at the American Bandmasters Association convention in Tampa, FL on Mar. 8. The same piece is on the program for the UGA Wind Ensemble’s tour of Europe in summer of 2013. Also the North Texas Wind Ensemble recorded her… Read more »
Recent commissions and performances by student Ben Taylor
Benjamin Taylor was commissioned by a consortium consisting of 16 collegiate and high school bands to write a new symphonic band piece titled Trailing Clouds Of Glory. The Symphony Band at Brigham Young University-Idaho will give the world premiere on April 4, 2013. Mr. Taylor will be a guest composer at BYU-I on April 3-4… Read more »
Samuel Wells recent performances
Samuel Wells performed his work minong at the EMM Mini-Festival at Western Michigan University and at Ball State University’s 43rd Annual Festival of New Music last month. In April, he will perform his composition, (dys)functions, at the 2013 SEAMUS National Conference in St. Paul, MN.
Francisco Cortés-Álvarez has new orchestral work programed in the XXXV Foro de Música Nueva Manuel Enríquez
Francisco Cortés-Álvarez’s Masters Thesis (Partículas en movimiento) for Orchestra and solo Flute has been programed in the XXXV Foro de Música Nueva Manuel Enríquez to be premiered next May in Mexico City.