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February 3, 2013

Updates

By Chris

Despite the appearances, I have been quite busy since my last update! I have been slowly working on a new design for the site which is perhaps why I have been reluctant to update. I just returned from a great trip to Tallahassee, Florida for the Florida State University New Music Festival where Scotty Philips performed a thing of dream and mist for soprano saxophone and electronics. The past year has been exciting and quite packed including:

  • Music: Cognition, Technology, and Society Conference at Cornell in May
  • June in Buffalo 2012
  • American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France in July
  • Traveling around France for 2 weeks in August
  • Beginning teaching at the Eastman Community Music School in September
  • First performances with the [Switch~ Ensemble] in October and November
  • Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival in November
  • Performances by: Argento Chamber Ensemble, Ensemble Interface, and Keith Kirchoff
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August 5, 2012

Nadia Boulanger Composition Prize

By Chris

Fontainebleau has ended, and I am really thrilled to have been awarded the Nadia Boulanger Composition Prize at the final awards ceremony. The past four weeks have been incredible. I’ve met so many great people and such had a wonderful so I’m really sad to see it end. Now that Amy (my wife) is here, we’ve rented a car and we’ll spend the next two weeks driving all around France. Check out my pictures from Fontainebleau as well as pictures from our trip here.

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April 1, 2012

June in Buffalo

By Chris

I am really excited to have been accepted to participate in this summer’s June in Buffalo festival! I am currently writing a new work  for flute, clarinet, percussion, harp, piano, violin, viola, and cello for Ensemble Interface conducted by Scott Voyles.

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March 9, 2012

American Conservatory in Fontainebleau

By Chris

This summer I’ll be travelling to France to take part in the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau summer program! As part of the festival, I will spend 4 weeks studying composition and harmony with Allain Gaussin, François Paris, and Isabelle Duha.  I’ll also write a new work for small ensemble while there!

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February 13, 2012

Second Prize in ASCAP/SEAMUS Commission Competition

By Chris


I had a great week at Lawrence University for SEAMUS! I was able to hear some new music, catch up with old friends, and make some new ones. The trip was especially exciting as I was awarded Second Prize in the 2012 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Competition! Congratulations to the First Prize recipient, Eli Fieldsteel, and the other finalists Erik DeLuca and Lanier Sammons. As part of the award, SEAMUS has commissioned me to write a new work of my own choosing for the 2013 conference at McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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January 9, 2012

2012 ASCAP/SEAMUS Commission Finalist

By Chris

I am honored to have been nominated as one of four finalists in the 2012 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Composer Commission Competition! The winner and second place composers will receive cash prizes and commissions to be premiered at the 2013 SEAMUS Conference. The final decision and awards will be announced at the February 2012 SEAMUS Conference and Festival in Appleton, WI.

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April 28, 2011

Cleveland Chamber Symphony

By Chris

A chamber orchestra version of my Masters thesis Shifts has been selected for the Cleveland Chamber Symphony’s Young and Emerging Composer’s Concert. The concert will take place at 7:30pm on May 9, 2011 in Glick Recital Hall at the Music School Settlement in Cleveland, OH.

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April 9, 2011

First Prize in OFMC Contest

By Chris


My quartet deep in liquid indigo for alto flute, bass clarinet, harp, and piano has been awarded First Prize in the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs annual composition contest!

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March 18, 2011

Eastman School of Music

By Chris

I am very excited to announce that I have been accepted to the Eastman School of Music to begin my doctoral studies in composition in the fall of 2011!

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December 11, 2010

BGSU Composition Competition Finalist

By Chris

My orchestral piece Shifts was selected as one of three finalists for the Bowling Green State University 44th Annual Competition in Music Composition. Congratulations to the winner Chin Ting Chan whose trio will be performed on the 2011 New Music Festival!

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September 7, 2010

AME 2009 Composition Competition

By Chris

The resonance after… has been honored as the winner of the American Modern Ensemble’s Fifth Annual Composition Competition. AME is a new music ensemble based in New York City and directed by composer Robert Paterson. As part of the award, I will receive a cash prize, a performance on AME’s upcoming Pieces of Eight concert, and an archival recording!

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June 17, 2010

SCI/ASCAP Commission Competition Regional Finalist

By Chris

The resonance after… has been selected as one of two finalists for Region V East in the 2010 SCI/ASCAP Commission Competition. The piece now moves on to the national level among 18 total scores competing for a $1500 commission and a $1000 commission.

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May 4, 2010

Accent10 Summer Festival

By Chris

I’ve been accepted to the Accent10 summer music festival held at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. I will have daily composition seminars and private lessons with composer Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, and the resonance after… has been chosen for performance on their new music concert!

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March 31, 2010

Music10 Composition Competition Finalist

By Chris

I am one of 16 finalists for the Music10 summer festival’s Composition Competition.

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March 2, 2010

Midwest Graduate Music Consortium New Music Concert

By Chris

The resonance after… has been selected for performance at the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium 2010 Conference at the University of Chicago. The University of Chicago New Music Ensemble will perform the piece under the direction of Barbara Schubert on Saturday, April 17 as part of the new music concert at 7:30pm.

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March 1, 2010

ICMC 60×60

By Chris

Splinter has been chosen for performance at the 2010 International Computer Music Conference’s 360 Degrees of 60×60. My one minute piece will be on one of six concerts containing 60 works that are one minute or less. The conference takes place in June at Stony Brook University in New York.

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February 18, 2010

Honorable Mention: MMTA Composer Commissioning Program

By Chris

I received an honorable mention in the 2010 Michigan Music Teachers Association Composer Commissioning Program! The winners were Eric Guinivan from USC, who received first prize, and Steve Snowden from UT Austin, who received second prize.

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February 5, 2010

MGMC 2010 Finalist

By Chris

The Midwest Graduate Music Consortium has selected the resonance after… as a finalist for programming consideration on their new music concert at the conference in April on the campus of the University of Chicago. I will know their final decision within a few weeks.

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January 15, 2010

New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival

By Chris

I will be traveling to New York City in late March to attend the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival and present The Spark of Opposites.

The festival has been kind enough to provide performers for some of the pieces, and I am extremely excited that cellist Madeleine Shapiro will be performing my piece!

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December 21, 2009

Ball State University 2010 New Music Festival

By Chris

The Spark of Opposites has been selected to be programmed on the 2010 New Music Festival at Ball State University! The festival takes place February 11-13, 2010.

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September 21, 2009

First Prize: APSU Young Composers Competition

By Chris

I was just notified that the resonance after… has won first prize in the Austin Peay State University Young Composer’s Competition! As part of receiving the award, I will attend a performance of the piece on February 1, 2010 alongside a concert of works by guest composer Chen Yi.

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