R a n d S t e i g e r 

news and events

Compositions:

premiere of new work for orchestra and electronics
American Composers Orchestra, George Manahan, conductor
Carnegie (Zankel) Hall, New York, February 20, 2009
Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, February 22, 2009

performance of Dreamscape
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
March 17, 2008

performance of Dreamscape
Mosaic at Cleveland Institute of Music
April 14, 2008

premiere of Maxine
Prism Saxophone Quartet
Symphony Space, New York City, September 27, 2007
Settlement House, Philadelphia, September 30, 2007

US premiere of Nested Etudes
Boston Musica Viva: Honoring Elliott Carter
Boston, November 9, 2007

premiere of Traversing
(Brunel Bicentenary Commission)
Mathew Barley, solo cello; Southbank Sinfonia, Peter Wiegold, conductor
Cadogan Hall, London, September 28, 2006

Recordings:

Mosaic received grants from the Copland and Argosy Foundations to record Dreamscape on a DVD for Bridge

EMF Media received a grant from the Copland Foundation to produce a CD/DVD including Ecosphere, Résonateur, and Traversing

Conducting:

Xenakis program on Monday Evening Concerts
Los Angeles, December 3, 2007

Ginastera Cantata para America Magica
with Steven Schick and Red Fish Blue Fish
Green Umbrella Series, Disney Hall
Los Angeles, March 25, 2008

Other News:

Future Project: New Work for the Arditti String Quartet (premiere in 2008/9)

Audio Recording of Conference Presentation: On the Future of Computer Music and Computer Musicians
RIM2007 Conference, IRCAM, June 2007

Ecosphere Documentation is being added to the Ircam Documentation Server project: http://mustica.ircam.fr

review of the New York Premiere of Ecosphere on Steve Smith's Night after Night blog: http://nightafternight.blogs.com/night_after_night/2006/05/remake_remodel.html

a goal for the past 20 years....finally coming to fruition:
a new building and concert hall at UCSD: