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news and events
Residency with ICE at Calit2, January 7-11, 2013
including a preview concert/discussion on 1/11 at 5PM in the Calit2 Auditorium
Recording sessions with the Talea Ensemble, conducted by James Baker, in NY January 14-21, 2013
tracking for new portrait CD to be released in Summer 2013 on the New World label (details below)
Composer-in-Residence at the 2013 Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice
performances will include the premiere of the revised version of Ecosphere
Work in Progress:Coalescence Cycle:
in collaboration with ICE (international contemporary ensemble)
8 new works for instruments and electronics, to be premiered in New York in Fall 2013
followed by performances in other cities, and a recording on CD and DVDEarth Cycle:
composing two additional movements to compliment Cryosphere (chamber
orchestra and electronics) for future performance and recording by Gil Rose
and BMOP (Boston Modern Orchestra Project)new portrait CD on the New World label
including A Menacing Plume, Elliott's Instruments, Ellusive Peace, Résonateur, and awhirl
performed by the Talea Ensemble
Release scheduled for Summer 2013festival of works for instruments and electronics
co-curating with Steven Schick
San Francisco, April 2014Recent performance:
Elliott's Instruments
London Festival of American Music
Odaline de la Martinez conducting LONTANO
The Warehouse, London, October 24, 2012Recent Premieres:
Recordings:premiere of A Menacing Plume
Talea Ensemble
Merkin Hall, New York, March 24, 2011premiere of Elliott's Instruments
Boston Musica Viva
Boston, MA, March 5, 2010
London, UK, March 26, 2010premiere of A Good Diffused
gala opening concert of the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
UC San Diego
May 7,8,9, 2009premiere of Cryosphere
American Composers Orchestra, George Manahan, conductor
Carnegie (Zankel) Hall, New York, February 20, 2009
Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, February 23, 2009Other News:Ecosphere, Music for instrument and electronics, EMF Media 078
CD/DVD including Dreamscape, Ecosphere and TraversingPrism Quartet has released a excellent recording of Maxine on their new CD Beneath Breath
John Fonville has released a wonderful recording of For Marnie Dilling on his new CD Flue on Einstein Records
Appointed Composer in Residence at Calit2
July 2010 - 2012Profile in Chronicle of Higher Education
Composer-in-Residence at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, May 2011
Tim Weiss will lead performances of Elliott's Instruments, A Menacing Plume and Double Concerto (can't wait! first performance in over 20 years!)Visiting Professor at Harvard University Department of Music, Fall 2009
New York Times review of Cryosphere
Review of Elliott's Instruments
Audio Recording of Conference Presentation: On the Future of Computer Music and Computer Musicians
RIM2007 Conference, IRCAM, June 2007Ecosphere 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.htmla goal for the past 20 years....finally comes to fruition:
a new building and concert hall at UCSD
