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Young Composers Workshop, June 8, 2013

UMBC composers Drs. Linda Dusman and Anna Rubin are offering the 3rd Young Composers Workshop. Students ages 8-18 are invited to apply. In the workshop, they will compose for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. Students will have the opportunity to meet at UMBC for one group lesson on June 8, 3-5 PM and receive three Skype lessons arranged individually with the instructors during the summer. The students' work will then be played by the well-known Strata Trio (Audrey Andrist, piano, Nathan Williams, Clarinet and James Stern, violin) as part of UMBC's Livewire Festival 4, on Sat., Oct 26, from 10AM-12:00PM. Professional level recordings will be made of all student compositions.

Option 1) A fee of $250 covers June 8, Skype lessons and Oct. 26 performance and recording.

Option 2) A fee of $125 covers the Oct. 26 performance and recording and is for students who are studying with other composition instructors.

Students who have been in the program previously are welcome to return. New students should submit a piece. Students who are new to composition are also encouraged to apply.
Please email Dr. Rubin at airubin@umbc.edu. Kindly include:

Student name

Age

Musical background (instrument, years studied, instructors, and any theory study)

Contact information (phone and email address of parent and student if applicable)

Any scores submitted should either be in Sibelius or in pdf format. We will accept up to 10 students.


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UMBC composers Anna Rubin on far left and Dr. Linda Dusman on far right
Rear - UMBC Brass Ensemble-Megan Zontek, trombone, Bentley Corbett-Wilson, trumpet, Shelly Purdy (MFA SUNY Purchase and UMBC grad), percussion, Prof. Kristin Jurkscheit, brass ensemble director, David Lamotey, euphonium, Eric Kuhn, horn
Young Composers in front,Tommy Lee, Benjamin Nagle, Henry Bar-Or, Abigail Selnick, Abby Fontana, and Eliza Triolo

ModernWorks - Thursday, February 7, 2013

The innovative music ensemble ModernWorks, featuring cellist Madeleine Shapiro, accordionist Bill Schimmel and violinist Airi Yoshioka, performs a program entitled “Strange Acquaintances” for an evening of contemporary music. ”Strange Acquaintances” will feature:

Stille Szenne (1991) by Wolfgang Rihm
Apparitions (2006) by Phillipe Hersant
Spiral Jetty (2006) by Anthony Cornicello
Grito del Corazon (2005) by Judith Shatin
Silenzio (1991) by Sofia Gubaidulina

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Livewire 3: Then And Now - October 24-28, 2012













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Wednesday - Sunday, October 24 - 28, 2012


Livewire 3: Then and Now

Imagine. Ignite passion. Get angry. Enter the mind of the composer. Join us in our second annual Livewire Festival, bringing together diverse composers and performers from the Baltimore-Washington area in programs designed to provoke discussion and engagement. In the words of one of our dedicated audience members, "Why should I listen to Mozart again when I can hear Tom Goldstein play flower pots?"

Presented by the UMBC Department of Music with support from InterArts.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Contact Tom Goldstein for more information.
Contact Tom Moore for Press information.

TRAVEL AND HOTEL INFORMATION
CALL THE HOTEL DIRECTLY AT
(443) 577-2100
to receive the $119 conference rate.

LIVEWIRE COMPLETE PROGRAM BOOKLET AVAILABLE SOON


Wednesday, October 24

1 pm (Forum) - Open rehearsal with guest composer Elliott Schwartz and UMBC Faculty contemporary ensemble Ruckus

8 pm - Concert by percussionist/composer Tom Goldstein,
featuring Wendy Salkind, Michelle Purdy, Will Redman, Rob Wolk (FA508)

Program

*Right Left Left Right (2000) Rachel Goldstein


He's Lost His Marbles Tom Goldstein


Quo (2001) Tom Goldstein


Read Your Assoff (1990) Tom Pierson


Genderang Senja (Evening Drums) (1990) Ben Pasaribu


Miss Fur and Miss Skeene (2010) Gertrude Stein/Linda Dusman


Evergreen (2005) Tom Goldstein


*World premiere

Thursday, October 25

7 pm - pre-concert talk; John Cage, then and Now. Panel discussion with David Revill, Elliott Schwartz and Tom Moore (FA215)


8 pm - Concert by RUCKUS, the faculty contemporary ensemble at UMBC featuring Lisa Cella, flute; Tom Goldstein, percussion; E. Michael Richards, clarinet; Airi Yoshioka, violin; Gita Ladd, cello; Audrey Andrist, piano, Lura Johnson, piano, Jacqueline Pollauf, harp (Recital Hall).

Program

An Insular Style (1980) Jo Kondo


Five (1988) John Cage


Voice of The Whale (1971) George Crumb


Elan (1991) Elliott Schwartz


Ice Age (1954) Henry Brant


and


Works of Fluxus


Friday, October 26



7:00 pm - pre-concert talk with composers Alexis Bacon, Farangis Nurulla-Khoja, Kate Soper and David Revill (moderator) (FA215).

10:30 am - Disklavier concert, (Recital Hall Lobby)

11:00 am - Concert of Electronic Music (FA508)


Program

Emannuel Ghent Phosphones (1970-71) computer-generated music, lighting and dance choreographed by Mimi Garrard

Laurie Spiegel East River Dawn (1976) computer-generated music

Pauline Oliveros Bye Bye Butterfly (1965) analog electronic devices

Elianne Lillios Arturo computer-generated music

Judy Klein railcar (2008) computer-generated music

12 noon - UMBC Student concert, (Recital Hall Lobby)

3:00 pm - Chamber Music Concert (Recital Hall)

Program

Two and One Daniel Adams

Audrey Andrist, piano; Lisa Cella, flute; Gita Ladd, cello

*Solo et + (2009) Farangis Nurulla-Khoja

(for violin and electronics) Airi Yoshioka, violin

Souvenir (1974) Elliott Schwartz (1936)

E. Michael Richards, clarinet; Kazuko Tanosaki, piano

Four Maine Haiku (1984) Elliott Schwartz (1936)

Kazuko Tanosaki, piano

Snare Drum for Camus (1982) Joseph Celli (1944)

Umbilicus (Tom Goldstein, Michelle Purdy, Will Redman, Rob Wolk), snare drum

*World premiere

7:00 pm - pre-concert talk with composers Alexis Bacon, Kate Soper and David Revill (moderator) (FA215)

8:00 pm - Concert by Due East: Erin Lesser, flute; Greg Beyer, percussion (Recital Hall)




Program

Among Fireflies (2010) Elainie Lillios


Yodeling Song (2012) Alexis Bacon


Cowboy Song (2008) Alexis Bacon


Capoeirista (2011) Chester Udell


Incantations (2010) Michel Galante


Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say (2010/11) Kate Soper/text by Lydia Davis

I. Go Away
II. Head, Heart
III. Getting to Know Your Body

Purl (2006) Kate Soper


Ligare (2006) Alexandre Lunsqui


Saturday, October 27

9:00 am-12 noon - Young student composers workshop (FA508)

1:30 pm - Due East workshop with Gregory Beyer and Erin Lesser (FA508)

3:30 pm - Disklavier concert, (Recital Hall Lobby)

4:00 pm - Concert "Neil Feather and Eric Franklin are Elephantitans" (Recital Hall)

Program
Former Guitar duet

Wiggler Solo

Vibrowheel duet

8pm - Concert by Stephen Drury, piano. "American Musical Genius" (Recital Hall)

Hay Una Mujer Desaparecida Christian Wolff

Etudes Australes, Book III John Cage

Carny John Zorn

Piano Sonata No. 2, "Concord, Mass. 1840-1860 Charles Ives



Sunday, October 28



12:30pm - Pre-concert talk (FA215)

1:30 pm - Ensemble Pi: Annual Concert of the International Alliance for Women in Music

Inner Space (cello and electronics) Kyong Mee Choi

Oh, Death, Rock me Asleep (violin and voice) Jerry Casey

Illuminated Shadows of Louise Levelson (cl, vl, and piano) Molly Joyce

Generation (piano and electronics) Maureen Reyes Lavastida

Tracing (trombone and electronics) Frances White

Inori-Prayer (piano and cello) Kanako Okamoto

Butterfly Mirrors (voice, piano, and cello) Mara Helmuth

Three Stones (clarinet and electronics) Heather Stebbins

Ticket Prices: $25.00 for festival pass.




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Posted by Susan Vell on July 26, 2012 12:23 PM |

Summer Composition 2012

COMPOSITIONS

Together We Can Plant Trees (flute, violin, clarinet) - Abigail Selnick

Together We Can Plant Trees (flute, violin) - Abigail Selnick

Abbey's Adventure - Abigail Fontana

We Are All Very Different (flute, violin, clarinet) - Bar-Or

We Are All Very Different (flute, violin) - Bar-Or

The Rain and the Rainbow (flute, clarinet, violin) - Benjamin Selnick

The Rain and the Rainbow (flute, violin) - Benjamin Selnick

Diversity of the Animals - Benjamin Nagle

Haunted House - Tommy Lee

Join Together (flute, clarinet, violin) - Shane Devine

Join Together (flute, violin)

Spring - Lara Cahow

Spring (flute, violin) - Lara Cahow

Untitled

Winter Wind - Jeanne Ahn


ANALYSIS

Beethoven Op 87 Trio

Beethoven Trio - Excerpts Op 87


VIDEOS

View or download from Youtube using the folling login information:

Login: composerworkshopumbc@gmail.com
Password: finearts212

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UMBC Jazz in Concert - Thursday, May 3, 2012

The Department of Music presents UMBC Jazz in Concert under the direction of Matthew Belzer and Tom Lagana.

7 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free, suggested donation $15.

Funds raised through ticket sales for this event will be administered by the UMBC Foundation for the benefit of UMBC.

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UMBC Camerata - Saturday, April 28, 2012

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Camerata under the direction of Stephen Caracciolo. The Camerata is a select chamber choir of 35-45 singers that performs great choral literature in a variety of styles, from Renaissance motets to avant-garde contemporary works. Their program will feature:

Missa "O magnum mysterium" - Tomas Luis de Victoria
A short mass from Renaissance Spain based on the composer's own famous motet of the same name.

Music for Evening Prayer
O Come and Worship (from All-Night Vigil) – Sergei Rachmaninoff
Psalm 145 (Anglican chant) – Douglas Major
Let My Prayer Rise Before You as Incense – Stephen Caracciolo
Hail Gladdening Light (for double choir) – Charles Wood

How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps – Stephen Caracciolo
A performance of UMBC Faculty Fellowship research. The text is drawn from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, which begins, "How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank. Here will we sit and let the sound of music creep inn our ears."

Lighter Fare
Vita de la mia vita - William Hawley
The Gift To Be Simple – arr. Bob Chilcott
Danny Boy – arr. Joseph Flummerfelt
Wade in the Water – arr. Moses Hogan

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.

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Certificate Students Peform at An Die Musik April 26th

FEATURED STUDENTS
Nicholas White, guitar, Justin Mann, composition, and Jacob Housand,composition, present their works:

An Die Musik, Charles St, Baltimore
Apr. 26 – 8:00 PM White, Mann and Housand
Featuring UMBC performers Dr. Michael Richards, Dr. Lisa Cella


More Info Here

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Soundscape - Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Department of Music presents Musicians from SoundSCAPE, featuring Aiyun Huang, percussion; Tony Arnold, voice; Thomas Rosenkranz, piano; with Lisa Cella, flute. Their program of contemporary music will be announced soon.

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets will be available at the door, cash or check only.

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Maryland All-State Jazz Band & UMBC Jazz Faculty Ensemble - Saturday, March 31, 2012

UMBC Department of Music presents the Maryland All-State Jazz Band under the direction of Fred Irby, Howard University. Also performing will be the UMBC Jazz Faculty Ensemble, including Matt Belzer, saxophones, Tom Lagana, guitar, Harry Appelman, piano, James Fowler, bass (special guest), Scott Tiemann, drums and Barry Dove, vibes and percussion.

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UMBC Jazz Ensemble & Blount-Tucker Big Band - Friday, March 30, 2012

7pm
Fine Arts Recital Hall
Admission is free, donations accepted.
Funds raised for this event will be administered by the UMBC Foundation for the benefit of UMBC.

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