I am on sabbatical leave this term, so mostly I am at home working feverishly to finish The wreck of former boundaries for its September premiere, though there are a few interesting, disparate events scattered through the winter and spring, including some work as a performer, as a conductor, as a CD producer, and miscellaneous other …
The final few months of 2015 are shaping up to be fairly busy. A few highlights: Performances Diego Castro, electric guitar. Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium, November 11, 2015. The Pleats of Matter Jason Hardink, piano. Spectrum NYC, New York, USA, December 14, 2015. ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist Guest Lectures Conversation/interview with Daryl Buckley about …
Video documentation of my Inaugural Professorial Lecture (23 March 2015) at the University of Huddersfield has been posted on YouTube. The full text can be downloaded here. Video Abstract Rhythm in Western music—particularly in notated music—operates under two basic and fundamental principles: subdivision and proportion. Notions of speed, duration, and pulse are all dependent upon …
Upcoming events for Spring 2015 … Carlos Cordeiro, bass clarinet. Spectrum NYC, USA, April 12, 2015. metallic dust Jeffrey Gavett, voice. 12 Nights concert series, Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL, April 21, 2015. I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips ekmeles. New Music New College, Sarasota, Florida, USA, April 25, 2015. A painter of …
The premiere of The Pleats of Matter is now just under two weeks away. Diego Castro and I have been meeting regularly — generally once a week or so — for the last few months, sometimes working through small practical details, sometimes working to focus and streamline the electronics, sometimes making decisions about gear (we’ve been through …
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Some upcoming events through the first few months of 2015 … Weston Olencki, trombone. permutations011415, Theatre of Yugen, San Francisco, California. January 14, 2015. Because they mark the zone where the force is in the process of striking Ekmeles. Dimenna Center, New York, 23 January 2015. A painter of figures in rooms Jeffrey Gavett. Dark Music Days festival, Iceland, …
Several miscellaneous autumn activities to report … 20 October 2014 Guest Lecture, Composers Forum, Magdalen College, University of Oxford 21 November 2014 Weston Olencki, trombone, Fonema Consort, Canvas Theater, Chicago. songs only as sad as their listener 28 November 2014 Guest Lecture, ‘Performing Voice‘ symposium, Hochschule de Künste Bern/Hochschule für Musik Basel, Switzerland.
Over the last several weeks, I’ve been working with the brilliant Chilean guitarist Diego Castro towards the premiere of my piece The Pleats of Matter, for electric guitar. The premiere is scheduled for mid-February 2015 at the Electric Spring Festival in Huddersfield, almost exactly 10 years to the day from the point at which I started …
The highlight of my summer activities was a research exchange and recruiting trip to Singapore and Malaysia in early September along with my University of Huddersfield colleague Liza Lim and Seth Woods, who is a final-year PhD student in Contemporary Music Performance. The trip included lectures, masterclasses, private lessons, concerts, and meetings with representatives from Yong …
Ryan Muncy, saxophone. Boston Conservatory. March 26, 2014. asphyxia Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass. Coup d’Oeil Art Consortium, New Orleans. April 12, 2014. The Crutch of Memory Ryan Muncy, saxophone. West Virginia University. April 16, 2014.  asphyxia Argento Ensemble. Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY. May 2 & 4, 2014. the green is where (world premiere) Leo Birtwhistle, voice. Rymer Auditorium, …