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February 2022 Newsletter
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Recent Activities for Alex Berko (BM ’18) This past December, The Crossing, directed by Donald Nally presented a commissioning project entitled “Carols After a Plague” in which 12 composers wrote brief, yet deeply personal works in response to the past year. Alex Berko’s work, “Exodus” with original text adapted from the Old Testament was included among the 12 pieces. A commercial recording will be released later this year and a review of the concert is HERE.Also related to The Crossing, their album “Rising w/ The Crossing”, which includes Alex’s work Lincoln, has been nominated for a GRAMMY ® for Best Choral Performance! The award ceremony is on January 31st. |
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Orchestral Performances of Music by Texu Kim (DM’ 15) On February 3-5, Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs Dub-Sanjo by Texu Kim (with conductor Eun Sun Kim). Also in February, the San Francisco Symphony plays two pieces of his: Spin-Flip on the 5th (with conductor Yue Bao) and Bounce!! on 11-12 (West Coast premiere, with conductor Perry So). In addition, cellist Matt Haimovitz will release a new album, ‘Primavera II: the rabbits,’ on the 8th, which includes 1 3 2 3 (composed by Sky Macklay) and Texu’s piece Beseeching. |
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Upcoming performances and achievements for Anthony Lanman (MM ’07, DM ’08) Anthony Joseph Lanman will have performances of his Hommages to Hildegard of Bingen, Eddie Van Halen and Neil Gaiman for solo piano next month in Easton, PA by pianist Holly Roadfeldt. In addition, his works il dolce stile nuovo and Hammer & Nail will be performed by the Aperio Ensemble in Houston, TX in April. His podcast 1 Track recently reached 150 episodes, and Anthony has surpassed 800,000 plays and 425,000 followers on Soundcloud. He recently started a second podcast called This One Time, at Band Camp that features classical musicians sharing their stories of living life in the classical music world. |
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Student-Organized Satirical Recital in February Six IU composers will be presenting their music at The 🅱️ecital, an upcoming concert of new outside-of-the-box works. This event will feature quirky instrumentations, surreal humor, unusual concepts, and numerous ill-advised compositional decisions. Come hear works by Joe Chrisman, Evan Fontaine, Nick Penrod, Jonathan Rickert, Ari Schwartz and Walker Smith in Recital Hall on February 19th at 5 pm — 🅱️ there or 🅱️ square! |
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Elijah Buerk Premieres New “Crossover” Works Three of Elijah H. Buerk’s songs are planned to be performed at the February 23rd composition recital. The pieces take some familiar texts of the great Emily Dickinson and transform them into relatable, captivating, and dramatic settings that will leave any listener eager to hear more. Buerk sought in writing these songs to find a unique crossover style between opera, classical music, and popular music; his love for all music from Billie Eilish to Beethoven influenced his tenacious decisions. He notes that, “you’ll regret it if you miss it.” |
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Daniel Cueto’s music included in competition, opera premiere date announced Daniel Cueto’s work PRISMA has been selected as required repertoire for the Flute Symposium of Puerto Rico‘s 2022 Young Artist Competition. Also, the premiere date for his first opera has been confirmed: June 25, 2022 at the ACM Collaborative Arts Camp in California. |
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Ari Schwartz wins USAIHC Composition Contest Ariel Sol Bertulfo Schwartz’s piece self was announced as the winning composition of the 7th USA International Harp Competition Ruth Inglefield Composition Contest. Ari’s harp solo will become required repertoire in the USA International Harp Competition, taking place from June 29 – July 9 in Bloomington, Indiana. The USAIHC is a triennial performance competition founded in 1989 by Susann McDonald, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Harp at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. The Gold Medalist of this competition will perform self as part of their debut concert. For more information visit the USAIHC website or click here to listen to the piece. |
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Dmitri Volkov wins RIOCC 2022 Dmitri Volkov has received first prize in the young artist division of the 1st annual RiverWalk International Organ Composition Competition, for his piece Dream and Variations! A recording of the piece by Austin Philemon will be made available on March 18. More information can be found on the RIOCC Facebook page, and the recording, when released, will be available on Dmitri’s website: dmitrivolkov.com . Many thanks to Elijah Burke and Dr. Don Freund for their help with this piece! |
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