Cornell University Department of Music http://music.cornell.edu department website Tue, 19 May 2009 16:43:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Composers Eric Nathan and Jesse Jones to study at Aspen http://music.cornell.edu/study-at-aspen200/ http://music.cornell.edu/study-at-aspen200/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:35:49 +0000 kevinernste http://music.cornell.edu/?p=520 Composers Eric Nathan and Jesse Jones were selected for study at the Aspen Summer Music Festival this summer.  Both will be in Aspen for the Full Session, June 17 - August 23, 2009.  Aspen offers an unparalleled opportunity for an exchange of ideas with some of the world’s foremost composers and performers of contemporary music. Students observe guest composers performing their established repertoire and world premieres, as well as consult with them on performance problems of works in progress. Student composers will also have the opportunity for public readings of their approved works in scheduled recitals, orchestral readings, or with the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble.

]]> http://music.cornell.edu/study-at-aspen200/feed/ Composer Chris Gendall wins 2008 SOUNZ Contemporary Award http://music.cornell.edu/composer-chris-gendall-wins-2008-sounz-contemporary-award/ http://music.cornell.edu/composer-chris-gendall-wins-2008-sounz-contemporary-award/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:02:46 +0000 kevinernste http://music.cornell.edu/?p=519 Graduate student composer Chris Gendall has won the 2008 SOUNZ Contemporary Award, the most prestigious annual award for ‘contemporary classical’ composition in New Zealand for his Wax Lyrical, an octet of flute, clarinet, harp, piano, and string quartet.

Chris is the youngest composer to win the prestigious award since it was instituted in 1998. The announcement was made and award presented to the composer as part of the APRA-hosted event in Auckland Town Hall which included announcement of the 2008 Maioha and 2008 APRA Silver Scroll Awards.

He was commissioned to write Wax Lyrical by American ensemble Brave New Works with funding from the Mellon Foundation and it was first performed by the ensemble in a series of concerts across New York State in April this year. “The title ‘wax lyrical’ refers to an exuberant and energetic sensibility in the work.”

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