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Upcoming Events – March
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(* Starred events are REQUIRED for IU composition students.)
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NOTUS: Contemporary Vocal Ensemble & Chamber Orchestra
“O, Fallen Star: Depictions of Death in Air and String”
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Dominick DiOrio, conductor; Connor Lidell, baritone soloist
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Sunday, March. 5| 4:00pm | Auer Hall
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Higdon: Dooryard Bloom for baritone and orchestra (2004, rev. 2005)
MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross – Cantata
for chamber choir and strings (1993)
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Double Exposure
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A collaboration between IU composers, musicians, audio engineers, filmmakers and the IU Cinema
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Sunday, March. 5 | 6:30pm | IU Cinema
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Guest Composer Lessons
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Mischa Zupko, guest composer
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Tuesday, March. 7 | 9:00am | JS311
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Guest Composer Lecture
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Mischa Zupko, composer
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Wednesday, March. 8 | 4:00pm | MAC066
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New Music Ensemble
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David Dzubay, director; Mischa Zupko and Sean Shepherd, Alumni Guest Composers;
Sang Mee Lee, guest violin
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Thursday, March. 9 | 8:00pm | Auer Hall
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Oliver Knussen:
Three Little Fantasies (1983 ver.)
Steven Snowden:
A Man With a Gun Lives Here (2011)
Zupko: Violin Concerto (2016, premiere)
Shepherd:
Blur (2011)
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Faculty/Guest Recital
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Kathleen McLean, bassoon; Chiel Meijering, guest composer
Ian Passmore, conductor
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Friday, Mar. 10 | 8:00pm | Auer Hall
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Music of Chiel Meijering:
Caixa de dolços (Candy Box) (2009; version for
string orchestra, 2016)
Red Priest Reversed Mastery for bassoon and
string orchestra (2016)
Now! Part 2: Red Summer Sunset (2012; version
for string orchestra, 2016)
Message from the Clan of the Battle Axe
for bassoon and string orchestra (2017)
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Student Composition Recital
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Tuesday, March. 21 | 8:30pm | Recital Hall
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Faculty Composition Recital
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Don Freund, composer
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Friday, March. 24 | 8:00pm | Auer Hall
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Don Freund: Life Goes On for violin and piano (1988)
Stefan Freund: Life Still Goes On for violin and piano (2015)
Don Freund: Fantasie for Madame McD for harp (2016)
Don Freund: Giraffe Study for marimba (2011)
Don Freund: Sudden Spring for winds (2015)
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Percussion Ensemble
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John Tafoya and Kevin Bobo, directors
featuring works by IU composers
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Sunday, March. 26 | 1:00pm | Auer Hall
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Wind Ensemble
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Stephen W. Pratt, conductor; Kevin Bobo, marimba & composer
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Tuesday, Mar. 28 | 8:00pm | Musical Art Center
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Bernstein/Grundman:Candide Suite (1993)
Bobo: Architecture of a Dream for marimba and
wind ensemble (2016, consortium premiere)
Reed:‘Variations on the ‘Porazzi’ Theme by Wagner’
from “Symphony No. 3 for wind ensemble” (1988)
Basler: Mangulina (2001)
Bolcom: First Symphony for band
(2008)
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IU Global Arts & Humanities Festival: China Remixed
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New Music Ensemble; David Dzubay, director; Wu Man, pipa; Vera Quartet
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Friday, Mar. 31 | 7:30pm | Buskirk-Chumley Theater
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Solo pieces for pipa
Tan Dun: Concerto for string quartet and pipa (1999)
Zhou Long:Tian Ling (Nature and Spirit) for pipa and
fourteen players (1992)
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News – Current Students
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Bloomington Symphony Orchestra premiered Grant Luhmann Flute Concerto
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Grant Luhmann's Flute Concerto was premiered February 19th by soloist Karen Baumgartner and the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra (of Minnesota). Conductor Manny Laureano, also principal trumpet of the Minnesota Orchestra, commissioned the work for a concert showcasing early works of composers past and present. Read more:
Bloomington Symphony
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News – Alumni
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Matthew Peterson (MM '08)
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Peterson's chamber opera Voir Dire , libretto by Jason Zencka, will receive its world-premiere production with
Fort Worth Opera in April. He had an
interview about the opera with the director David Gately and conductor Viswa Subbaraman. My chamber opera Lifeboat , commissioned by Washington National Opera and with libretto by Emily Roller, received its Kennedy Center premiere in January as part of the American Opera Initiative. He Also was recently commissioned by Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir to compose a 10 minute a cappella work for double choir, Lux Aeterna, for premiere fall 2017 on their Vietnam tour. The commission is funded by a grant from the Swedish Arts Council. Furthermore, Peterson's And all the trees of the field will clap their hands will be performed by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra during their 2018-19 season.
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Stefan Freund (BM '97)
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Stefan Freund, JSoM Composition Alum and Music Professor at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO is honoring his father’s "70th year” with the following concerts:
The Columbia Civic Orchestra, Stefan Freund, Artistic Director and Conductor, performed Don Freund’s PRELUDES for Orchestra on Feb 26, 2017.
The Mizzou New Music Ensemble, Stefan Freund, Director, performed Don Freund's MIXED BLOOD on Feb 27.
And then this summer, Alarm Will Sound will perform Don Freund’s HARD CELLS on July 27 at the Mizzou International Composers Festival, Stefan Freund, Artistic Director and Coordinator.
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Regards,
David Dzubay, Chair
Composition Department
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
ddzubay@indiana.edu
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