November 2022 Newsletter

Department News
		PRISM Quartet Comes to IU for the 48 Hours Project The Composition Department is delighted to welcome the PRISM Saxophone Quartet to the Jacobs School of Music on November 4 – 6 as the headlining ensemble for our 48 Hours project. Featuring Timothy McAllister, Taimur Sullivan, Matthew Levy, and Zachary Shemon, PRISM has commissioned over 300 compositions and performed at countless concerts, festivals and special events around the world. The quartet will be working with seven Jacobs School student composers: Jingyang Cui, Evan Fontaine, Ben Hoppe, Hunter Johnson, Eunji Lee, Edmund Song, and Linlin Wang. They will have 48 hours to write short works for the PRISM Quartet which will then be performed on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 7pm in Recital Hall. This concert will be livestreamed on IUMusicLive. The quartet will also perform a concert of contemporary works Saturday, Nov. 5 at 1pm, also in Recital Hall.


Alumni News
		Jason Bahr (DM ’03) sings and is sung Jason Bahr has been cast as Benvolio in the Opera Naples production of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet. His work Nose Pickers (written as a student at IU) was recently performed in Salzburg by baritone Juan P. Villanueva. Other composers on the concert included Mozart, Wagner and Verdi. He and his wife survived hurricane Ian with some damage to their home but they were not hurt.

		Marc Satterwhite (MM ’84, DM ’91) Concert Marc Satterwhite presented a concert of new works performed by his faculty colleagues at the University of Louisville School of Music Monday, Oct. 24. Included were PACSOG I for alto saxophone and piano, Lluvia en el desierto for baritone and piano, and Three Hellenic Dances for clarinet, guitar and cello. The concert is available for viewing here. For more information about Marc Satterwhite see: MarcSatterwhite.com.

		Ryan Beard (MM ’21) has premiere and residency at University of New Hampshire On October 13, Ryan Beard’s composition for wind ensemble (and IU master’s thesis), Arrival of Wingèd Victory, was premiered by the University of New Hampshire wind Ensemble under the direction of Andrew Boysen Jr. During his stay there, Mr. Beard also led part of the rehearsal and met with the composition students to discuss his approach to composition and orchestration, careers in music, and strategies to get your music published and performed.

		Yi-De Chen’s (DM ’22) music released by Phasma Music in Poland and performed in Spain Chen’s saxophone quartet, Do Question Marks Work Differently? was included in the album “SQ,” released by Phasma Music in Poland this summer. His string quartet Diffusion was performed by the Mivos Quartet at the Valéncia International Performance Academy and Festival in Spain this July. This piece was performed by the Julius Quartet this February and the Beo String Quartet last July.

Student News
		Alex Tedrow appointed as Music Arranger for “Pershing’s Own” Alex Tedrow has been appointed for a full-time Music Arranger position with the premier U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own”. The job will entail writing music for the U.S. Army Concert Band, Army Strings, Army Chorus, and a wide variety of chamber groups to perform at ceremonial and community engagement events to support leaders in government, military, and diplomacy across the Washington D.C. area, United States, and abroad.

		Daixuan Ai Premiere with Limestone Brass Quintet Daixuan Ai is collaborating with IU student chamber group Limestone Brass Quintet on the premiere of a new piece Jigu (击鼓) for brass quintet, percussion, and electronics. The premiere will take place on November 18^th at 5pm in Recital Hall.

		Dmitri Volkov releases Risset Metronome app Dmitri Volkov has released a new app, Risset Metronome, available on the App and Google Play stores. This app generates a Risset rhythm, which creates the auditory illusion of speeding up or slowing down infinitely. And more so, it allows any polyrhythm to be used as the basis for speeding up or slowing down! Given that there is almost no music which uses Risset rhythms in the first place, and even less music (was unable to find ANY) which uses basis ratios other than 2:1 or 1:2, Risset Metronome can literally bring you to the forefront of unexplored musical territory! More information here. Please contact Dmitri at dmitri.s.volkov@gmail.com for a promo code to get it for free! Also check out his free and open-source pitch shift game, available here, to mess with your own perception of pitch!

		Kian Ravaei selected for RED NOTE Composition Workshop and NATS Mentoring Program Kian Ravaei has been selected as one of nine composers to participate in the RED NOTE New Music Festival Composition Workshop at Illinois State University. He will compose a new work for Momenta Quartet and workshop the piece with guest composers Melinda Wagner and George Tsontakis. Ravaei has also been selected as one of ten composers to participate in the 2022-23 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Mentoring Program for Composers. As part of the program, he will compose a commissioned art song for the Cincinnati Song Initiative, while receiving one-on-one mentorship from composer Richard Pearson Thomas.

		Upcoming premiere of Sy Anderson’s High Expectations The upcoming premiere of Sy Anderson’s High Expectations, a brand new fanfare written for the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Trombone Choir, will be performed on November 3rd, 2022 at 7pm EST, located in Recital Hall (on the ground floor of Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third Street). This premiere and collaboration is in thanks to the efforts of Prof. Lenthe (Professor of Music, Trombone), Prof. Phan (Professor of Music, Composition), and the entire IU Trombone Choir ensemble and staff! Directed by Prof. Lenthe, the IU Trombone Choir consistently offers must-see concerts of exciting music for an ensemble of talented musicians. Click here for more information!

		Yeoul Choi’s work premiered in Germany at PHILHARMONIE ESSEN On October 28th, Yeoul Choi’s trio, Passenger 1 for Gayageum, Clarinet, and Cello was performed at Philharmonie Essen in Germany, at the opening concert of Essen NOW! Festival. Her piece will be professionally recorded by WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln) and broadcasted. Essen Now! Festival was held by Philharmonie Essen and Kulturabteilung der Botschaft der Republik Korea (Korean Cultural Center in Berlin) and K’ ARTS. Her piece Passenger 1 was selected for the Younghi Pagh-Paan International Composition Prize Concert.