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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To what depths of dark pigment [cello and diffused audio] from Fatal Error on Vimeo.

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