Solti Foundation grant

awarded to attend Centre Acanthes, France 2009 and the New York premiere of Every new volition a mercurial swerve by the JACK Quartet in 2010.

Clinamen clinamen clinamen [mand, accord, vln, vla]

This performance now available on CD/download as part of the Altavoz Composers compilation album released October 2010. You can get it here: CDBaby, Amazon, iTunes.
(current score 20090101)

Joseph Brent – mandolin, Lidia Kaminska – accordion, Jennifer Curtis – violin, Margaret Dyer – viola at the Galapagos Art Centre in DUMBO, NY, January 30, 2009
Closing concert of the Brooklyn Philharmonic‘s Nuevo Latino Festival

Clinamen clinamen clinamen [cl + sq]

Written for and premiered by the Ikarus Chamber Players at the WMP Concert Hall in New York. October 30th, 2008.
Sarah Beaty – cl
Julia MacLaine – vc
Margaret Dyer – vla
Owen Dalby, Jonathan Chu – vlns

PRS Foundation/Bliss Trust award

to attend the premiere of Clinamen clinamen clinamen by the Ikarus Chamber Players in New York, 2008.

La Prisa Educable – open version

for cl, pn, electric bass and drumkit

arranged for If Version Linger in 2008 from the original 2004 version. This was, amongst other things, a first experiment into the kind of notation and ensemble performance devices which lead to Clinamen clinamen clinamen and the string quartets.

LISTEN to If Version Linger’s performance
Hannah McCabe, clarinet
Josh Kopecek, piano
Mauricio Pauly, electric bass
Daniel Jones, drums

The Shutter Fails [2 cl, bsn]

written in 2007 for the Trio Lignum.

Forebe Aneba [harpsichord]

written in 2005.
performed by Dalma Cseh at the Small Hall of the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Budapest and then in live broadcast from the Hungarian Radio studios.
also performed by Nikolas James (Nexus Ensemble) at the University of Las Vegas

awarded 1st prize by the Clavicembalo Foundation Composition Competition 2005

Carta [solo cello]

Performed by Leo Eguchi at the Boston University Concert Hall. May 2004.

Cuarteto Alberto [string quartet n.1]

Composed in 2001 this piece was awarded first prize at the Pablo Sorozabal Composition Competition 2005 and premiered by the Iturriaga Quartet in at the Quincena Musical 2006 in San Sebastián, Spain.

Mauricio Pauly’s music has been performed in numerous cities across Europe and the Americas by ensembles and soloists including L’Arsenale, JACK Quartet, Iturriaga Quartet, Asamisimasa, Eunoia Quinttet, Dal Niente, ACME, Ikarus Chamber Players, Vertixe Sonora and Francesco Dillon, among others. He received a Staubach Honoraria commission for the 2010 Darmstadt Courses; a new octet for Dal Niente Ensemble will be premiered at Darmstadt 2012 in July. In August he will attend the Harvard University Residence for Composers and present a new piece for Talea Ensemble. A new piece for violin and guitar pedals will be premiered by Karin Hellqvist at the Ultima Festival in Oslo in September. A recording of his latest string quartet by the JACK Quartet will be released at the end of the year. In 2011, Mauricio was awarded the Costa Rican Authors and Composers Association Composition Prize. He is co-artistic director of the Distractfold Ensemble. Mauricio lives in Manchester, UK and teaches at the Royal Northern College of Music. He is an electric bass player and currently performs with his trio A Greater Horror.