Andy Akiho wins eighth blackbird’s composition contest
Eighth Blackbird announced last week that Andy Akiho ’11MM has won the new music ensemble’s inaugural composition competition. The final round of the competition was held at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Akiho was one of three finalists selected from an initial pool of 504 applicants. The finalists each received a cash prize and were [...]
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 [...]
New Music New Haven features Ezra Laderman’s Piano Sonata No. 2
The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). The concert will feature faculty composer Ezra Laderman and his Piano Sonata No. 2, written in 1956. The four-movement work will be performed [...]
Yale Philharmonia offers Mahler, Berg, and Akiho’s new steel pan concerto January 21
The Yale School of Music presents the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale and conductor Shinik Hahm on Friday, January 21, 2011 at 8 pm in Woolsey Hall. The concert will open with Andy Akiho’s new Concerto for Steel Pans, which received its premiere December 9 in Sprague Hall. Akiho, a trained percussionist as well as composer [...]
Yale Philharmonia features composer Martin Bresnick in concert of New Music for Orchestra Dec. 9
Other works in the Sprague Hall concert include Andy Akiho’s concerto for steel pans and Reena Esmail’s Aria with Hindustani vocalist Meena Shivram The Yale School of Music presents its annual New Music for Orchestra concert with the Yale Philharmonia on Thursday, December 9 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 [...]
Ellington Jazz Series presents the second “Homegrown on Common Ground ” Concert November 12
New Haven’s Ben Allison, bassist and composer for NPR’s “On the Media,” is featured with his band; St. Luke’s Steel Band and Andy Akiho return After the success of the first “Homegrown on Common Ground” concert last April, the Ellington Jazz Series at the Yale School of Music revisits the theme of having musicians from [...]
YSM student & alumni composers and Project 440
Several Yale School of Music composers will participate in WXQR’s groundbreaking Project 440, where composers from all over the country will compete for a commission from the world-famous Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in New York City. Sixty candidates were posted in the month of June, including several YSM alumni and students: Andy Akiho ’11MM, Timothy Andres [...]
“Home Grown on Common Ground” concert features local stars
St. Luke’s Steel Band and Christian Sands, along with Yale performers Andy Akiho and friends For the spring concert on the Ellington Jazz Series, artistic director Willie Ruff has gathered together an unusual array of talent from the New Haven area and Yale University for an exciting program. The concert is called “Home Grown on [...]
