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, …
Mabel Kwan plays ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist at a concert curated by Ray Evanoff as part of the MATA Interval 7.1 programme. The concert is 20 December 2013 at Issue Project Room in New York. Ray has also produced an interesting blog that describes the thinking behind the concert: http://matafestival.org/2013/interval-7-1-blog-2/ The mam.manufaktur ensemble plays works TBC …
Very pleased that the ELISION ensemble, conducted by Carl Rosman, will give its second performance of And the scream, Bacon’s scream, is the operation through which the entire body escapes through the mouth on 18 March 2014 at Carriageworks, Sydney. The programme also includes works by my Huddersfield colleague Liza Lim and two former Huddersfield students, Timothy McCormack …
Ryan Muncy. Includes asphyxia. New Focus Recordings, September 2013.
I have just sent off the final proof for the book I have edited with my colleague Aaron Einbond, titled Noise In And As Music and published by Huddersfield University Press. The book will be formally launched at the Noise In And As Music Symposium at the Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM) at the University …
A few upcoming performances on the docket: The London Contemporary Music Festival features performances of What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile (2007-08) and songs only as sad as their listener (2006), 2 August, 7.30pm, in performances by Peter Yarde Martin (trumpet) and David Roode (trombone). On 7 September, Jeffrey Gavett performs I, purples, spat …
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EXAUDI. James Weeks, conductor. Includes: A painter of figures in rooms Recorded at Tonbridge School Chapel, August 2012. Supported by Huddersfield University Research Fund and CeReNeM. HCR06, May 2013.
There are four upcoming performances of I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips in April. Jeffrey Gavett performs the work at Southern Illinois University (5 April), OpenSound, Boston (27 April), and Framingham State University (29 April). Carl Rosman performs the work at University of Huddersfield (15 April). EXAUDI performs A painter of figures in rooms at Only Connect Theatre, Cubitt Street, London …
Jeffrey Gavett, voice. Ekmeles. Roulette, Brooklyn, New York. January 24, 2013. I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips ELISION (Ben Marks, trombone). University of Huddersfield. February 4, 2013. songs only as sad as their listener szene instrumental. Radio Ljubljana, Slovenia. February 6, 2013. songs only as sad as their listener Ryan Muncy, saxophone. University of Huddersfield. March 11, …