Summer Residencies, 2010
New Commissions
The Peninsula Women's Chorus, conducted by Martin Benvenuto, has commissioned a new piece to premiere in 2010 in honor of Mary Ager, who was a wonderful singer and a section leader in the chorus.
Scottish Voices, directed by Graham Hair, has commissioned a setting of Hebrew Psalms for women's voices and harp, to premiere in the summer of 2010.
Jefferson, In His Own Words
Four orchestras have joined together to commission 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 will take place in the spring and fall of 2010, starting with the Illinois Symphony on March 12, 2010. The piece is dedicated to 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!
Innova Records has just released In Two Worlds, a CD of music for saxophone and electronics performed by the noted Susan Fancher.
North/South Records recently 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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