Professor David Lang receives 2013 Doris Duke Award
Awards recognize twenty vital American contemporary artists On April 29, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation recognized twenty of America’s most vital artists working in the fields of contemporary dance, jazz, and theatre. David Lang ’89DMA, a faculty member of the School of Music, is among the 2013 recipients. Lang will receive an unrestricted, multi-year grant, [...]
Alumna Caroline Shaw wins 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music
Caroline Shaw ’07MM has been named the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music. She receives the prestigious award for her “Partita for 8 Voices,” written for the vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth and released on New Amsterdam Records. The award citation calls “Partita for 8 Voices” a “highly polished and inventive a cappella work [...]
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 [...]
Music by Christopher Theofanidis featured in Feb. 28 concert
Henschel String Quartet and pianist Donald Berman perform chamber music The Yale School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series presents the Henschel Quartet Munich and pianist Donald Berman in a concert of chamber music by faculty composer Christopher Theofanidis on Thursday, February 28. The concert takes place at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall, located in Sprague Hall at 470 College [...]
Ashley Smith wins 2012 Freedman Fellowship for Classical Music
The Music Council of Australia and the Freedman Foundation named Ashley Smith ’13MM the winner of the 2012 Freedman Fellowship for Classical Music by the Music Council of Australia. Roland Peelman, Artistic Director of the Song Company, commented: “Ashley is a very gifted musician – articulate, musical, and committed. The judges were impressed by his [...]
New Music for Orchestra features works by student composers Dec. 6
The Yale School of Music presents the annual New Music for Orchestra concert on Thursday, December 6, 2012. The program features the music of five up-and-coming composers performed by the Yale Philharmonia, conducted by Shinik Hahm. The concert presents five new pieces for chamber orchestra: “Guess That Shape” by Stephen Feigenbaum; “Arion” by William Gardiner; “Sinfonia [...]
New Music New Haven hosts renowned composer George Crumb Nov. 15
“One of the most distinctive compositional voices to emerge in the second half of the twentieth century.” –AllMusic The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert featuring the music of George Crumb on Thursday, November 15, 2012. One of today’s most-performed composers, Crumb is the winner of a Pulitzer Prize, a Grammy Award, [...]
Roomful of Teeth releases debut album
Roomful of Teeth, a new music vocal group founded and directed by Brad Wells ’98MM, ’05DMA, released its debut album on New Amsterdam Records on October 30, 2012. The ensemble includes a rich cast of Yale alumni: Estelí Gomez ’08BA, Caroline Shaw ’07MM, Eric Dudley ’03MM, ’04MMA, ’11DMA, and Dashon Burton ’11MM as well as current [...]
Kevin Puts ’96MM wins 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Music
Andrew Norman ’09AD, also a YSM graduate, among Pulitzer finalists Yale School of Music graduate Kevin Puts ’96MM is the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his opera Silent Night, it was announced today. The Pulitzer Prize in Music is awarded to a “distinguished musical composition by an American that has had [...]
Former YSM composers among Grammy winners
Awards for alumnus Robert Aldridge, former faculty member Joseph Schwantner Robert Aldridge ’97MMA, ’00DMA won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony last Sunday in Los Angeles. Aldridge is a professor at the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University. Along with librettist Herschel [...]
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 [...]
Feb. 13 concert features music of Martin Bresnick
“Bresnick is a major voice.” –Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times The Faculty Artist Series at the Yale School of Music presents a concert of music by the award-winning composer Martin Bresnick on Monday, February 13. Featuring performances by pianist Robert Blocker, the acclaimed piano-cello duo TwoSense, and alumni of the School of Music, the [...]
January 26th concert features Matthew Barnson’s three violin sonatas
“His work is fresh and arises from a distinct personality.” – San Francisco Classical Voice The Yale School of Music presents a concert featuring the music of Matthew Barnson on Thursday, January 26, 2012. The concert, which is Barnson’s Doctor of Musical Arts recital, will feature his three sonatas for violin and piano, performed by [...]
January 19th concert features music of Martin Suckling
“A young composer… whose star is resolutely in the ascendant.” – The Times The Yale School of Music presents a concert featuring the music of Martin Suckling on Thursday, January 19, 2012. The concert, which is Suckling’s Doctor of Musical Arts recital, will feature live performances of intimate works as well as recordings from critically-acclaimed [...]
BMOP names Andrew Norman ’09AD as new composer in residence
Andrew Norman ’09AD has been named the new Composer-in-Residence for the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP). BMOP is dedicated to commissioning, performing, and recording new orchestral music. It was one of five orchestras nationwide selected for an extended Music Alive residency, a program of Meet the Composer and the American Symphony Orchestra League. Andrew Norman [...]
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 [...]
Yale Philharmonia performs new music Dec. 8
The Yale School of Music presents the Yale Philharmonia in a concert on Thursday, December 8, 2011. Shinik Hahm will conduct the orchestra in new music by graduate students in the School of Music’s composition program. The concert takes place at 8 pm in Woolsey Hall (500 College Street, New Haven). The program will open [...]
New Music New Haven features music of Martin Bresnick, Ingram Marshall Nov. 3
The Yale School of Music features the music of two of its faculty composers in a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, November 3, 2011. Guest performers, including the Double Entendre music ensemble and violinist Todd Reynolds, will perform works by faculty composers Martin Bresnick and Ingram Marshall. The concert will also include music [...]
Concert features music of David Lang Oct. 6
The Yale School of Music presents the first New Music New Haven concert of the year on Thursday, October 6, 2011. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, a faculty member and graduate of the School of Music, is the featured composer. The concert will take place at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall (located in Sprague [...]
Aaron Hodgson performs contemporary trumpet music
Doctor of Musical Arts recital Sep. 22 features music written in the last 50 years The Yale School of Music presents Aaron Hodgson, trumpet, in a Doctor of Musical Arts recital on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall. Hodgson will be joined by trumpeters Tom Bergeron and Paul Murphy, who [...]
Garth Neustadter ’12MM wins Emmy Award
Original score to PBS documentary was recorded at Yale with student musicians Composer Garth Neustadter ’12MM has won an Emmy Award for his score for the PBS documentary John Muir in the New World, an episode of American Masters. The score was recorded at Yale with members of the Yale Philharmonia, the Yale Symphony Orchestra, [...]
Yoshi Onishi ’07MM, ’08AD wins Gaudeamus Prize
Composition alumnus Yoshiaki Onishi ’07MM, ’08AD won the 2011 Gaudeamus Prize, it was announced yesterday. The prestigious prize was awarded after the closing concert of the Gaudeamus Music Week at Museum Speelklok in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The international jury unanimously selected Onishi, born 1981 in Japan, from the thirteen nominees. The prize was awarded by [...]
Jacob Cooper ’10MMA wins Carlsbad Music Festival Composers Competition
The Carlsbad Music Festival, in partnership with ArtPower@UCSD, announced the selection of Jacob Cooper as the 2011 winner of the annual Carlsbad Music Festival Composers Competition. Cooper Cooper was selected from a pool of 134 highly-qualified applicants from around the world. The selection panel included the four members of the Calder Quartet and Festival director [...]
Playing David Lang’s the so-called laws of nature
This is the last in a series of three guest posts by Michael Compitello ’11MMA, a member of the Yale Percussion Group. Part I Part II Playing the so-called laws of nature During the spring semester and into the summer, we in the Yale Percussion Group have been working with David Lang, one of the [...]
