A number of exciting performances and projects coming up in the first few months of 2018 … In February I’ll be one of the featured composers (with Robert Normandeau) at the Florida Contemporary Music Festival in Gainesville, Florida. I’ll be giving some lectures and masterclasses, and the residency will conclude with a concert of six …
Austin residency ELISION ensemble. Big Medium Gallery, Austin, Texas, October 20, 2017. Ben Marks, trombone: Because they mark the zone where the force is in the process of striking and songs only as sad as their listener (my first performances in Texas since I was a high school student near Dallas, 25 years earlier). And performer (live …
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Performances Sarah Saviet, violin. Spectrum NYC. January 8, 2017. The Crutch of Memory Viola Yip, voice. Instrumentality/Vocality Conference, University of Huddersfield. January 14, 2017. I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Dejana Sekulic, violin. Art Base, Brussels, Belgium. March 5, 2017. The Crutch of Memory Ellen Fallowfield, cello. City University, London. March 7, 2017. The …
A very exciting autumn in store, with the premiere of The wreck of former boundaries, an ELISION European tour, a CD release, and a bit of performing as well. There are a few additional events that will be added as they are confirmed/un-embargoed. Performances ELISION. BIFEM (Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music), Australia, September 3, 2016. …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …