COMPOSITION DEPARTMENT – IMPORTANT EVENTS – Spring, 2012
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EVENT
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DATE AND TIME
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LOCATION
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| Musica Nova Brad Lubman, Principal Conductor; Geoffrey Pope, Assistant Conductor – Votive Adès – Chamber Symphony; Xenakis – ST 10 (other works TBA) |
1/30/12 |
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Ossia
Zs – I Can’t Concentrate Tristan Perich – qsqsqsqsqqqqqqqqq; Louis Andriessen – Bells for Haarlem; Don Byron – Eugene |
2/2/12
8:00 p.m. |
Kilbourn Hall
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Eastman Philharmonia, Brad Lubman guest conductor;
Ligeti – Atmospheres; Stravinsky – Le Sacre du Printemps |
2/6/12
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Symposium guest: Karen Tanaka
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2/9/12
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ESM 209 |
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ECMC concert, featuring the work of John Chowning
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2/15/12
8:00 p.m. |
Kilbourn Hall
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Composers Forum
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2/23/12
12:30-1:30 p.m. |
Kilbourn Hall
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| Eastman Wind Ensemble ReadingReading of Weijun Chen’s piece titled: “Distance (Romance II)” Conductor: Mark Scatterday |
2/27/12 3:45-5:25 |
EEW 415 |
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Composers Forum
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3/8/12
12:30-1:30 p.m. |
Kilbourn Hall
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Composers Sinfonietta
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3/23/12
8:00 p.m. |
Kilbourn Hall
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Ossia;
Edo Frenkel – New Work*; Ossia International Prize Winning Work; Ruben Seroussi – Jazz…. à propos de Matisse; Frederic Rzewski – Attica |
4/5/12
8:00 p.m. |
Kilbourn Hall |
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Composers Forum
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4/10/12
8:00 p.m. |
Kilbourn Hall
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| Joint “production” of Musica Nova, Ossia, Percussion Ensemble and some members from Signal: Reich – Drumming Part One Reich – Double Sextet Reich – Tehillim (part of the 75th birthday clebrations for Reich during the 2011-12 season) |
4/11/12
12:30 p.m. |
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| Rachel Seah – Rarely played piano pieces and three of Rachel’s own works – a piece for solo clarinet, a piece for vocal octet, a piece for flute, and a cello and piano trio | 4/14/12 6:30 p.m. |
Ciminelli Lounge |
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Warren and Patricia Benson Forum on Creativity
Special Guest: Anna Schuleit, artist Works by Eastman composers |
4/17/12
8:00 p.m. |
Hatch Hall |
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RPO performance
Premiere of work by Eastman composition student |
5/10/12 – 5/12/12
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| Eastman BroadBand Ensemble Music of Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez | 5/31/12 8:00 p.m. |
Eastman East Wing, Room 415 |
COMPOSITION SYMPOSIUM SPRING 2012
THURSDAYS, 3:30 TO 5:00 P.M., ESM 209
*(Unless otherwise noted)
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| Guest Speaker: Barry Conyngham | 1/19/12 |
| Guest Speaker: Brad Lubman | 1/26/12 |
| Guest Speaker: Allan Schindler | 2/2/12 |
| Guest Speaker: Karen Tanaka | 2/9/12 |
| Guest Speaker: John Chowning (3:30 to 5:00 pm, ESM 404) | *2/15/12 (Wed) |
| Guest Speaker: Lisa Bielawa | 2/16/12 |
| Discussion, 2/23 Forum (Moderated by Lisa Bielawa) | 2/23/12 |
| Discussion Forum | 3/8/12 |
| SPRING BREAK | 3/15/12 |
| Guest Speaker: Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon | 3/22/12 |
| Discussion, 3/23/12 Composers Sinfonietta Concert | 3/29/12 |
| Discussion, 4/10 Forum | 4/12/12 |
| JURY WEEK | 4/26/12 |
| Guest Speaker: Carlos Sánchez-Gutiérrez | 5/3/12 |
Readings for Winter, 2012
Choral/Wind Ensemble Reading Deadline for all composers: Scores submitted to the Composition Office (ET 201) by January 20, 2012, (Fri).
Wind Ensemble deadline for chosen composers: Parts submitted to the Composition Office by February 8, 2012 (Wed).
Choral Reading deadline for chosen composers: Multiple scores (60) submitted to the Composition Office by February 8, 2012 (Wed).
Wind Ensemble Reading: February 27, 2012 (Mon).
Choral Readings will be held in the middle of February through early March, dates TBA
Orchestral Reading Deadline for all composers: Scores submitted to the Composition Office by February 20, 2012 (Mon).
Orchestral Reading Deadline for chosen composers: Parts submitted to the Composition Office by March 12, 2012 (Mon).
Orchestral Readings (by PCO): March 28 (Wed) & March 30 (Fri), 2012. (On the basis of these readings one piece will be chosen to be performed by the Philharmonia Concert in the fall of 2012)
OTHER IMPORTANT DATES IN SPRING, 2012
| Deadline for Submission of Composition Portfolios for Sophomore Review | April 9, 2012 (Mon) | by 3:00 p.m. | Composition Office |
| Deadline for Submissions for Composition Department Prizes | April 9, 2012 (Mon) | by 3:00 p.m. | Composition Office |
