04/03/2012

Alex Mincek’s Pendulum IX: “Machina/Humana” Premieres With Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

The world premiere of Alex Mincek’s Pendulum IX: “Machina/Humana” this month marks the final premiere of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s innovative Project 440. A commissioning collaboration with New York City’s WQXR radio in celebration of Orpheus' 40th anniversary, Project 440 has featured new ...

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02/09/2012

Andrew Norman Across America

Andrew Norman’s music is featured in the heartland and on both coasts this month with performances by the Cincinnati and Modesto Symphonies, and the Ensemble ACJW at Carnegie Hall in New York.  Histories , a new work composed jointly by Andrew Norman, Christopher Cerrone, Robert Honstein ...

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01/17/2012

Andrew Norman Named Composer-in-Residence at BMOP and LACO

Andrew Norman has been named Composer-in-Residence at both the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO). BMOP has named Norman their 2011-2013 Music Alive Composer-in-Residence. The residency will culminate with a large-scale symphonic commission scheduled for ...

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12/23/2011

schott aktuell - the journal 1/2012 online

For Schott it is with particular pride that we look forward to the world’s celebrations of Wagner’s bicentenary in 2013. In anticipation of this event, we have been busy adding to our Richard Wagner Complete Edition: new urtext-vocal scores based to the Complete Edition of The Flying Dutchman in ...

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10/24/2011

schott aktuell - the journal 6/2011 online

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA As orchestras continue to focus on innovation in the concert hall, chamber orchestra repertoire is increasingly becoming a fixture in concert programming. Perhaps one reason for this is clear: a smaller, more nimble ensemble opens up endless possibilities for alternative ...

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04/06/2011

Andrew Norman’s Concerto for Theremin and Orchestra Premieres in Heidelberg

Andrew Norman sees his next world premiere on April 13 in Germany when Carolina Eyck (photo) and the Heidelberg Philharmonic perform his new concerto for theremin and orchestra, Air , conducted by Cornelius Meister. The concert completes Andrew’s tenure of Composer for the City of Heidelberg for ...

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12/06/2010

Andrew Norman’s Light Screens in New York Performance by Laura Falzon and the ISSA Sonus Ensemble

Andrew Norman’s Light Screens is heard on December 9 in a performance by flutist Laura Falzon’s ISSA Sonus Ensemble at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space in New York City. Scored for flute and string trio, the work takes as its main inspiration Frank Lloyd Wright’s stained glass ...

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11/04/2010

Gabriel Kahane Debuts Andrew Norman's Don't Even Listen at MATA Interval 4.1

Gabriel Kahane premieres Andrew Norman’s new work for voice and piano, Don’t Even Listen , on the MATA Interval concert series on November 17 at the Issue Project Room in Brooklyn. Taking as its text a quote from Kafka, Don’t Even Listen is described by its composer as a “short, declamatory song” ...

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10/14/2010

Andrew Norman’s …toward sunrise and the prime of light… Premieres at USC

On October 15, the Calder Quartet performs the world premiere of Andrew Norman’s …toward sunrise and the prime of light... In the new work, the composer has selected musical themes and motifs from his works Sabina and The Companion Guide to Rome and arranged them for string quartet. The quartet ...

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06/24/2010

schott aktuell - the journal 4/2010 online

Marimbas, Maracas and More - New Percussion Repertoire p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-6: World Premières: Fazil Say: Variationen · Benjamin Schweitzer: Weikersheimer Wirbel · Joe Duddell: Skotos Variations · Morton Subotnick: Jacob's Room · Huw Watkins: Violin ...

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