Elliott Carter Studies Online
Volume 3 of Elliott Carter Studies Online is out, with contributions by Nancy Black, Marguerite Boland, Guy Capuzzo, Elliott Carter, Laura Emmery, and Gregor Herzfeld. You can find it at studies.elliottcarter.org.
Bonkers world premiere
The amazing Glen Velez and the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Payton MacDonald, will give the world premiere of Bonkers for solo frame drum and six percussionists:
Saturday, November 18, 2018, 2:00pm
PASIC18
Indianapolis, IN
Lamed Lamed Hey world premiere
My contribution to the Chorus 72 project – a series of 72 choral pieces by 72 composers, inspired by Ranier Gross's painting "72 Names" – will receive its world premiere by the CompCord Chorus, conducted by Peter Jarvis.
Monday, September 24, 2018, 7:00pm
Shea Center for the Performing Arts
300 Pompton Rd, Wayne, NJ
Ranier Gross, "Lamed Lamed Hey," 2013 - 2014, oil and pigments on paper, 20 x 20", 51 x 51cm
Silex Variations in NYC
The wonderful pianist Mari Asakawa will be playing my Silex Variations on her NYC recital in September, with a full slate of pieces by two of my musical heroes: Elliott Carter (Night Fantasies, Matribute, 90+, Two Diversions, Caténaires) and Milton Babbitt (Post-Partitions; Overtime). The recital celebrates the U.S. release of her new CD The Flow of Music on Centaur Records.
Saturday, September 22, 2018, 8:00pm
(I’ll be giving a pre-concert talk at 7:30pm)
Benzaquen Hall, The DiMenna Center
450 West 37th Street, New York, NY
For information and to reserve tickets, please write to tickets9222018@gmail.com
MTSMA & MTSNYS
I’ll be giving two talks on “Harmony in Elliott Carter’s Late Music”:
Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic
Sixteenth Annual Meeting
March 23-24, 2018
William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
(Session on Sat. Mar. 24, 9:30-11:00am)
Music Theory Society of New York State
47th Annual Conference
April 14-15, 2018
Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY
(Session on Sat. Apr. 14, 9:00am-12:00pm)
Silex Variations in Tokyo
Pianist Mari Asakawa plays my Silex Variations
on a program that also includes Babbitt (Post-Partitions; Overtime) and Carter (Night Fantasies, Matribute, 90+, Two Diversions, Caténaires) to celebrate the release of her new CD The Flow of Music on Centaur Records.
Friday, January 26, 2018, 7:00pm
(I’ll be giving a pre-concert talk with Yuriko Hase Kojima at 6:30pm)
Suginami Koukaidou, Tokyo, Japan
Like Minds Performance
Daniel Lippel - guitar
Saturday, December 9, 2017, 7:00pm
Spectrum, 70 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Clarinet Concerto world premiere
The world premiere of my Clarinet Concerto with Marianne Gythfeldt as soloist and Paul Hostetter conducting the Schwob Philharmonic will take place at Columbus State University in Columbus, GA on Sunday, October 1st, 2017.
UPDATE: ...and there‘s video:
“The Late Elliott Carter”
My article “The Late Elliott Carter” is up at NewMusicBox.org. Part of their series “Elliott Carter: An Anniversary Celebration of his Life and Legacy.”
Elliott Carter Studies Online
JUL 7, 2017
Volume 2 of Elliott Carter Studies Online is out, with contributions by Jonathan W. Bernard, Elliott Carter, Felix Meyer, Brenda Ravenscroft, and Douglas Rust. Check it out at studies.elliottcarter.org.
“Lost Jewelry” at Spectrum
FEB 21, 2017
The fabulous Nina Berman and Steven Beck will be performing my song “Lost Jewelry” – a setting of Hilda Raz‘s poem – along with music by Milton Babbitt and Roger Stubblefield on Sat Mar 18, 2017 at Spectrum, 121 Ludlow St, New York, NY, 7:00pm.
What Next?
JUN 26, 2016
A longer version of my essay “Sense and Sensibility: Music on Stage in What Next?” is out in the collection In Search of the “Great American Opera”: Tendenzen des amerikanischen Musiktheaters, edited by Frédéric Döhl and Gregor Herzfeld, available from Waxmann.
Piano Quartet performance
APR 8, 2016
I’ll be a guest on the Mannes Faculty Composers concert on Wed. April 13, 2016 at 5:00pm at the Mannes Concert Hall, 55 W 13 Street, New York, NY. A terrific group of Mannes students and alumni will be performing my Piano Quartet along with pieces by David Loeb, Lowell Liebermann, and a world ememiere by Robert Cuckson. All are invited!
Elliott Carter Studies Online
MAR 15, 2016
The first issue of Elliott Carter Studies Online is out, with contributions by Joe Barron, Richard Derby, Jake Johnson, Andrew Mead, Jeff Nichols, Nancy Yunhwa Rao, and Helen C. Thomas. Check it out at studies.elliottcarter.org.
Visiting Scholar at Mannes
JAN 23, 2016
I‘ve been asked to be the first Visiting Scholar at the Mannes School of Music at The New School for the Spring semester 2016. I’ll be giving a talk on my Elliott Carter research and presenting some of my own music as well.
Like Minds performances
JAN 23, 2016
Daniel Lippel - guitar
Monday, February 1, 2016, 7:00pm
New Music Series at William Paterson University
300 Pompton Road, Wayne, NJ
Thursday, January 28, 2016, 12:30pm
Midday Artist Series at William Paterson University
300 Pompton Road, Wayne, NJ
Like Minds Performance
JAN 7, 2016
Daniel Lippel - guitar
Sunday, January 10, 2016, 8:00pm
Frequency Series at Constellation, curated by Peter Margasak
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL
Like Minds Performance
OCT 5, 2015
Daniel Lippel - guitar
Sunday, October 11, 2015, 7:00pm
Spectrum NYC, 121 Ludlow Street, New York, NY
Like Minds Performance
FEB 17, 2015
Daniel Lippel - guitar
Outside the Box Festival
University of Southern Illinois Carbondale
Thursday, April 2, 2015, 7:30pm
Like Minds Performance
FEB 17, 2015
Daniel Lippel - guitar
Spectrum NYC, 121 Ludlow Street, New York, NY
Thursday, March 29, 2015, 5:00pm
Like Minds Performance
FEB 17, 2015
World premiere of Like Minds for guitar and two-channel audio, written for the wonderful guitarist Daniel Lippel
Midday Artists Series, Shea Center at William Paterson University
Thursday, March 12, 2015, 12:30pm
What Next?
AUG 20, 2014
My essay “Sense and Sensibility: Music on Stage in What Next?” is out in the Summer 2014 issue of The Chicago Review.
Teleplay II Performance
OCT 13, 2014
August 21, 2014, 7:30 PM
Birmingham New Music Festival 2014 – Opening Concert
Moonlight on the Mountain, 585 Shades Crest Road,
Birmingham, AL
60x60 (2012) 10th International Mix
Talk at Juilliard
APR 16, 2014
I’ll be giving a talk on Elliott Carter‘s late music at the Juilliard Graduate Forum on Tues. Apr. 22 at 5pm in Morse Recital Hall.
Like Minds
JAN 24, 2014
Very pleased to announce a new piece: Like Minds for guitar and two-channel audio, written for the wonderful guitarist Daniel Lippel. Thanks for your patience Dan!
Teleplay II Performance
JAN 24, 2014
January 29, 2014, 8:00 PM
Gerald R. Daniel Recital Hall, Long Beach, CA
60x60 (2012) 10th International Mix
Teleplay II Performance
JAN 24, 2014
January 29, 2014, 8:00 PM
Earlids Sound Festival at The New School
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
60x60 (2012) New York Minutes Mix
Teleplay II Performance
NOV 15, 2013
Big Apple Bytes
November 15, 2013, 4:30 PM
Ives Hall, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
60x60 (2012) New York Minutes Mix
Elliott Carter Studies review
NOV 12, 2013
Elliott Carter Studies review by Mark Sealey on ClassicalNet.
“…a collection of over a dozen expertly-wrought essays amounting to a highly useful in-depth survey and summary of Carter‘s achievement.”
Teleplay II selected
NOV 1, 2013
for the 60x60 (2012) 10th Annual International Mix
Electronic Music Midwest Festival
October 24, 2013, 8:00 PM
Performing Arts Center, Kansas City, KS Community College
Teleplay II Performance
SEP 20, 2013
September 23, 2013, 8:00 PM, Clarke Recital Hall, Frost School of Music, University of Miami, 60x60 (2012) Presenters Mix
Elliott Carter Studies review
AUG 29, 2013
Elliott Carter Studies review by Laura Emmery in Twentieth-Century Music 10, no. 2 (September, 2013).
“Elliott Carter Studies is an extraordinary volume and a vital contribution to Carter scholarship.”
Elliott Carter Studies review
AUG 9, 2013
Elliott Carter Studies review by Edward Jurkowski in Music Library Association Notes, September, 2013.
“In sum, this is a most valuable addition to the growing body of Elliott Carter literature.”
Teleplay II Performance
MAY 27, 2013
May 31, 2013, Webster University Film Series, Winifred Moore Auditorium, 470 E. Lockwood, St. Louis, MO, 60x60 (2012) Presenters Mix
Elliott Carter tribute concert at Juilliard
MAY 18, 2013
Wed. May 22, 2013, 5pm, Peter Jay Sharp Theater (155 West 65th Street). NY premiere of Carter‘s song cycle What Are Years (poems by Marianne Moore), along with Mad Regales (poems by John Ashbery), and a few surprises. Pick up an invitation on my Facebook page or Twitter feed and RSVP so you won‘t have to wait in line on the day of the show.