Summer residency, 2010 at Wintergreen Performing Arts
New Commissions
Fromm Commission for a piece for amplified string quartet and electronics for the Cassatt Quartet
The Peninsula Women's Chorus, conducted by Martin Benvenuto, has commissioned a setting of The Jumblies, by Edward Lear, for SSA+ piano, to premiere on 12/4/10 in honor of Mary Ager, who was a wonderful singer and a section leader in the chorus.
Jefferson, In His Own Words
Four orchestras commissioned In Jefferson's Words , for narrator and orchestra. The orchestras include the lead Charlottesville and University Symphony, the Illinois Symphony, the Richmond Symphony, and the Virginia Symphony. The premieres started in the spring of 2010, starting with the Illinois Symphony on March 12, 2011, and are continuing with the Richmond Symphony on 11/13-14, 2010, and the Virginia Symphony the following season. The piece is dedicated to Richmond-based Mr. Gerald Morgan, a great friend to musicians, and a descendent of Thomas Jefferson.
Premiere of Tower of the Eight Winds
The premiere of Shatin's Tower of the Eight Winds,, commissioned by the Library of Congress, took place at the Library on December 11, 2008. The Washington Post said "Both Library of Congress concerts juxtaposed Carter's work with that of other living composers. Of Thursday's two world premieres and Friday's two D.C. ones, Judith Shatin's "Tower of the Eight Winds," in four movements for violin and piano, stood out for its acuity and engaging vivacity as music one would like to hear again."
Recent CD's!
Etcetera Records just released Ockeghem Variations on The Dutch Connection, a CD of Dutch-related and Dutch music recorded by the Hexagon Ensemble.
Innova Records recently released Tower of the Eight Winds a CD of Shatin's music for violin, piano and electronics, performed by the Borup/Ernst Duo.
Innova Records has also released In Two Worlds, a CD of music for saxophone and electronics performed by the noted Susan Fancher, featuring Shatin's Penelope's Song
North/South Records released Spin (fl, cl, bssn, vln, vla, vc) on Reflections, Music for Mixed Ensembles by American Composers, (N/S R 1046). Commissioned by the Chamber Music and Composer Conference of the East at Bennington, Spin is a short, snappy piece that plays with the meaning of the word "spin" at both the macro and micro level. I'm delighted by the fine performance on this recording!
Project News
Rotunda
This film collaboration with Robert Arnold is now completed! The fifteen minute film, based on 300,000 + images of the Lawn and sound collected in and around the Rotunda over an entire year, is now complete. The form of the film maps a trajectory of one day, from dawn to dusk, to the traversal of one year. The film was premiered at Sweetwater Sound's Theatre in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as part of the national meeting of the Society for Electroacoustic Music in the US. Its Charlottesville premiere scheduled for fall, 2009.
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