05/14/2012

Work of the Week - Enjott Schneider: At the Edge of Time

The Beijing Modern Music Festival 2012 opens on 19 May with the Chinese premiere of At the Edge of Time - Reflections on Mozart's Requiem KV 626 by Enjott Schneider who has been named as the festival’s Composer in Residence. The opening concert will be given by the China National Centre ...

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05/03/2012

The Music of Robert Beaser in Beijing and Munich

Robert Beaser continues his run of international performances and residencies in May, starting in Munich, Germany, where he is in residence at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. While in residence from May 13-15, Beaser leads master classes in composition, focusing on his work for Guitar ...

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03/29/2012

Tobias Picker Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Many congratulations to Tobias Picker on his election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The composer joins an esteemed list of musicians in the Academy that includes John Adams, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Charles Wuorinen, Stephen Sondheim, Elliott Carter and Schott composers Bernard ...

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03/06/2012

Music of Robert Beaser in Austin and Grand Rapids

The music of Robert Beaser sees several US performances in March 2012, including at the University of Texas-Austin and in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On March 23, Beaser’s Manhattan Roll , in the recently new version for concert band, is performed at UT-Austin by the University of Texas Wind Ensemble ...

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10/07/2011

Music of Beaser and Ligeti Featured at University of Arizona School of Music

The curtain rises on the Fourth Annual Music+ Festival at the University of Arizona on October 21, with a focus this year on contemporary music luminaries Robert Beaser, Béla Bartók, and György Ligeti. Jointly produced by The University of Arizona School of Music, The Hanson Institute for Film, ...

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09/19/2011

Robert Beaser’s Manhattan Roll at University of Southern California

Commissioned by a consortium of 25 university wind ensembles across the country, Robert Beaser’s Manhattan Roll continues its tour throughout the US this month with a performance by the University of Southern California Thornton Wind Ensemble in Bovard Auditorium at USC’s Thornton School of Music. ...

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03/04/2011

Robert Beaser’s Ground “O” Premieres to Critical Acclaim at Seattle Symphony

Robert Beaser’s Ground “O”, composed for the Seattle Symphony's Gund/Simonyi Farewell Commissions project for Maestro Gerard Schwarz, received rave reviews after its premiere in Seattle on February 17. Bernard Jacobson writes in The Seattle Times : As its title would presage, Ground ...

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01/18/2011

Robert Beaser’s Manhattan Roll Debuts in New Wind Band Transcription

Robert Beaser’s Manhattan Roll premiered in its new wind ensemble transcription on December 18 at the Midwest Band Clinic in a performance by the University of Missouri-Kansas City Wind Ensemble led by Steven Davis. Already beloved in its original orchestral version which premiered at the New ...

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12/23/2010

schott aktuell - the journal 1/2011 online

CHORSINFONIK  p 3: Editorial · Contents  pp 4-6: World Premières: Krzysztof Penderecki: "Powiało na mnie morze snów..." · Robert Beaser: Ground "O" · Rodion Shchedrin: Double Concerto · Gavin Bryars: New full length ballet · Chaya Czernowin: The Quiet ...

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12/06/2010

Douglas J. Cuomo’s Black Diamond Express Train to Hell Premieres with Maya Beiser and the American Composers Orchestra

The American Composers Orchestra continues the innovative Orchestra Underground series on Friday, December 3 in a program that features the world premiere of Douglas J. Cuomo’s Black Diamond Express Train to Hell . Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Swan, ...

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