2015 UMKC Summer Composition Workshop Residence – Recitals and Lectures
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
I am delighted to be returning as a featured performer for the third summer at the UMKC Summer Composition Workshop in Kansas City. This is one of the most enriching composition workshops in the country featuring outstanding faculty composers and performers. Included this year are:
Mara Gibson: Composition Workshop Director and Teacher
James Mobberley: Rome Prize Winner, 1990
Paul Rudy: Rome Prize Winner, 2010
newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
Zach Shemon, PRISM Saxophone Quartet
I’ll be performing on two concerts during the workshop – one a featured recital and the second as guest artist with the newEar Ensemble.
June 17th Solo Recital
Caroline Shaw: in manus tuas, solo viola (2009)
Toru Takemitsu: A Bird Came Down the Walk (1995)
Chester Biscardi: The Viola Had Suddenly Become A Voice (2005)
Adam Greene: Sibyl, for solo viola (2015) World Premiere
Nico Muhly: Keep in Touch (2005)
Mara Gibson: Folium Prime (2015) US Premiere
Marta Ptaszynska: Elegia: in memorium John Paul II (2005)
Stacy Garrop: Torque, for viola and piano (2006)
Jacob TV: TATATATA, viola and boom box (1999)
June 20th Concert with newEar Ensemble
Sarah Kirkland Snider: Thread and Fray, for bass clarinet, viola and marimba (2005)
Michelle McQuade Dewhirst: Ottava Rima, clarinet, viola and piano (2010)
Pauline Oliveros: The Well