Con tentáculos [cl, e-guit, vc, pn, perc]

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Clarinet, electric guitar, cello, piano, quarter-tone vibraphone and small percussion.

Staubach Honoraria commission to be performed by the Norwegian ensemble ASAMISIMASA at the 2010 Darmstadt Internation Summer Course July 24th, 21:30 at the Orangerie Bessunger Str. 44, 64285 Darmstadt, Germany.


Julia MacLaine at ICMC Stony Brook, NY

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Julia MacLaine will perform To what depths of dark pigment for cello and diffused audio at the International Computer Music Conference in Stony Brook, New York on June 3rd.


Psappha Ensemble : The Educatable Rush

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The Educatable Rush / La Prisa Educable (2005)
for clarinet, cello, piano and electronics

Friday 30th April 2010
Psappha: Beat the Rush Hour concert
University of Manchester
www.psappha.com

Venue: The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Time: 17:00
Admission Price: FREE


New work [mandolin, harp and electronics]

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to be written for Joseph Brent and Bridget Kibbey who will premiere it in Savona (IT) and New York
Fall, 2010.


Staubach Honoraria for composition

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In 2008 Harry and Alice Eiler donated the Staubach Prize for the first time. Within the 45th International Summer Courses for New Music Darmstadt this prize has been changed into five Staubach Honoraria and his amount doubled.

The jury of three consisting of Hans Thomalla, Martin Iddon and Thomas Schäfer came to a decision in November 2009. The five by the Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation donated awards went to: Stefan Prins (Belgium), Aaron Einbond (USA), Malin Bång (Sweden), Evan Gardner (USA/Norway) and Mauricio Pauly (Costa Rica).

–I will be writing a new piece for the Norwegian ensemble Asamisimasa [cl, elec. gtr, pn, perc, vc] to be rehearsed and premiered during the 2010 Darmstadt International Summer Course.


JACK Quartet : áltaVoz Composers

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Americas Society presents an entire program of exciting new music by the áltaVoz composers, performed by the JACK Quartet.

Praised for its “powerhouse playing” by The Chicago Sun-Times and “extraordinary precision” by The Boston Globe, the JACK Quartet has quickly established a reputation for giving high-energy performances of today’s most demanding works for string quartet.

áltaVoz, described as “a group to watch” by New Music Connoisseur, is a group of five Latin American, cutting-edge composers living in United States and Europe who work together to organize concerts, lectures and workshops around the world.

Programme
L’ardito e quasi stridente gesto — José Luis Hurtado
Cuarteto No. 3, Música fúnebre y nocturna — Jorge Villavicencio Grossman
Every new volition a mercurial swerve, Cuarteto No.3 — Mauricio Pauly
Corde Vocale — Felipe Lara


Francesco Dillon : new music for cello and electronics

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As part of the University of Manchester’s MANTIS Festival, Mauricio Pauly and Sam Salem present a collaboration with Italian virtuoso Francesco Dillon in an evening of contemporary music for cello and electronics in the heart of Manchester’s vibrant Northern Quarter.

Programme
To what depths of dark pigment, for cello and diffused audio — Mauricio Pauly and Sam Salem
Double Contour, for cello and computer — Kumiko Omura
Psalm, for cello and electronics — Juste Janulytė
Oog, for cello and soundtrack — Michael Van der Aa
Curve with plateaux, solo cello — Jonathan Harvey


One Lukas Epigram [mixed octet]

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performed by Alea III, conducted by Theodore Antoniou
as part of 19 Epigrams written by students of Lukas Foss.
March 2nd 2010, Boston


Raise Your Voice Ensemble @ Centro Bar

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Raise Your Voice Collective’s very own in-house band perform their very first concert, featuring new works from acoustic and electroacoustic, Manchester-based composers, and an improvisatory collaboration with special guest Richard Scott. All this and more in the cosy confines of Centro Bar in the Northern Quarter (next door to Matt & Phred’s).

Programme
Laptop set – Heather Bamforth
focus in focus out focus in focus out, for flute, clarinet, drum kit and cello – Hannah Ashman
Public Bodies, fixed media – Sam Salem
New work, for ensemble – Steve Pycroft
Waves on the ebb, for ensemble – Francesca le Lohé
This is Water!, for ensemble and tape – Chris Swithinbank
Clinamen clinamen clinamen, for clarinet and string quartet – Mauricio Pauly
Onomatopoeia, improvisations for ensemble & electronics – Richard Scott

To what depths of dark pigment [cello and diffused audio]

Collaboration with Manchester-based acousmatic composer, Sam Salem.
Written for Francesco Dillon. First version premiered at the Nexus Art Café in Manchester on February 27th 2010.