New Music New Haven features faculty composer Aaron Jay Kernis in Apr. 30 concert
Correction 4/15/2013: This concert will take place at Trinity Lutheran Church, 292 Orange Street, New Haven. Kernis draws inspiration from the Italian Renaissance in his “da L’Arte dalla Dansar” The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The concert features faculty composer Aaron Jay Kernis and his 2011 piece da L’Arte della Danssar, written for the [...]
Yale in New York announces 2012–2013, its sixth season at Carnegie Hall
“Many magnificent evenings of inventive programming.” — The New York Times Yale in New York, the concert series directed by David Shifrin, announces its 2013–2013 season. At the center are celebrations: of composers, performing artists, and musical forms. Four concerts presented in Zankel Hall and Weill Recital Hall explore the deep, creative, and exciting collaborations [...]
Aaron Jay Kernis Wins 2012 Nemmers Prize
Composer Aaron Jay Kernis, a member of the Yale School of Music faculty, has been selected as the 2012 winner of the Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition. The announcement came today from Dean Toni-Marie Montgomery of the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, which awards the prize. In connection with the Nemmers [...]
New Music New Haven concert features solo works by Aaron Jay Kernis & Christopher Theofanidis
Performers in March 1 concert include Wesleyan University Balinese Gamelan The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, March 1 at 8 pm. Faculty composers Aaron Jay Kernis and Christopher Theofanidis are featured on the program, as are several graduate composers. The concert will take place in Morse Recital [...]
New Music New Haven features the Pulitzer Prize-winning String Quartet No. 2 by Aaron Jay Kernis
“A composer of real mastery and individuality.” –The New York Times The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 8 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church (292 Orange Street, New Haven). The concert will feature faculty composer Aaron Jay Kernis, whose String Quartet No. 2, musica [...]
Composers Aaron Jay Kernis and Martin Boykan elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters
The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced earlier this month that Aaron Jay Kernis ’83MM, a graduate of the Yale School of Music and a current member of the composition faculty, and alumnus Martin Boykan ’53MM are among the ten people recently elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The [...]
Saturday Seminar 3/26: Navigating New Media and Digital Rights
On Saturday, March 26, the Yale School of Music will host a Saturday Seminar featuring James Kendrick, a highly respected copyright lawyer and leader in the wider conversation on new media. Kendrick will be joined by composer Aaron Jay Kernis, a faculty member at the School of Music. The seminar will take place from 11 [...]
Aaron Jay Kernis is DePauw University’s Composer-in-Residence for 2011
The DePauw University School of Music announced that composer Aaron Jay Kernis, a member of the Yale School of Music faculty, will begin a residency under the auspices of the “Music of the 2st Century” series on Wednesday, March 2. During his residency, Kernis will participate in classes, sit in on rehearsals, and spend time [...]
New Music New Haven features an extended piano quartet by Aaron Jay Kernis
Program also presents the rescheduled US premiere of Jack Vees’s “Party Talk” FEB. 5, 2010 | The New Music New Haven concert series presents a program of new music by Aaron Jay Kernis, Jack Vees, and other Yale composers on Thursday, March 4 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall. The program opens with Reena Esmail’s [...]
Poet, translator Peter Cole to give pre-concert talk
The poet and translator Peter Cole will give a free talk on Friday, November 6 at 7 pm about the texts for Aaron Jay Kernis’s Symphony of Meditations. The talk precedes the 8pm performance, which features Kernis himself conducting the Yale Philharmonia, Yale Camerata, Yale Glee Club, and Yale Schola Cantorum in the symphony’s East [...]
East Coast premiere of new Aaron Jay Kernis symphony
Yale presents the East Coast premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis’s major new work, the “profoundly spiritual” Symphony of Meditations The Yale School of Music, Institute of Sacred Music, and Glee Club will present the East Coast premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis’s Symphony of Meditations, a major new work in the repertoire for orchestra and chorus, [...]
Sō Percussion receives grant from Chamber Music America
Faculty composer Aaron Jay Kernis among those commissioned by CMA grant recipients Chamber Music America (CMA) announced today that it will award $181,500 in grants for ten commissioning projects in six states. The commissions, made through CMA’s Classical Commissioning Program, are funded by a generous multi-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Since its [...]
New Music New Haven features Aaron Jay Kernis
The Yale School of Music features faculty composer Aaron Jay Kernis in a New Music New Haven concert at 8:00 pm on Thursday, March 5 in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall. The program features Kernis’s Two Movements (with Bells), performed by violinist Wendy Sharp and pianist Julie Nishimura. Also on the program is [...]
