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Work side-by-side with professional instrumentalists during the entire
compositional process.
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Compose and revise your music - all under the guidance of award-winning
film, concert, and multi-media composers.
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Collaborate with faculty and students from
The Short Film and Guitar/Music Composition
classes on film scores and guitar music.
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Get the inside story on how to get your music performed.
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Understand how instruments work and how performers think.
- Be mentored by faculty from Germany, Paris, and the United States.
This course is designed for beginning to advanced composers interested in an intense one-on-one collaboration with world-class new music performers. Students should have a basic understanding of music composition and be able to produce highly legible and clear music scores.
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Submit a brief resume which includes composition courses taken, year in
school, a list of completed compositions, and a list of performances of
compositions; a 200-300 word personal statement describing your
interest in the workshop; and one sample composition (score and a
recording).
- Send the materials listed in Step One and your completed Registration Form to the Summer Arts Registration Office by Monday, June 2, 2008. The deadline has passed for this course
Professor Benjamin Boone
CSU Fresno
bboone@csufresno.edu
559-278-7717
Undergraduate: MUSIC 424, 3 units
Graduate: MUSIC 624, 3 units
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The Kronos Quartet
For more than 30 years, the Kronos Quartet - David Harrington, John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola), and Jeffrey Zeigler (cello) - has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to expanding the range and context of the string quartet. In the process, Kronos has become one of the most celebrated and influential groups of our time, performing thousands of concerts worldwide, releasing more than 40 recordings of extraordinary breadth and creativity, collaborating with many of the world's most eclectic composers and performers, and commissioning hundreds of works and arrangements for string quartet. Kronos' work has also garnered numerous awards, including a Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance (2004) and "Musicians of the Year" (2003) from Musical America.
Kronos' adventurous approach dates back to the ensemble's origins. In 1973, Mr. Harrington was inspired to form Kronos after hearing George Crumb's Black Angels, a highly unorthodox, Vietnam War-inspired work featuring bowed water glasses, spoken word passages, and electronic effects. Kronos then began building a compellingly diverse repertoire for string quartet, performing and recording works by 20th-century masters (Bartuk, Shostakovich, Webern), contemporary composers (Sofia Gubaidulina, Arvo Pdrt, Alfred Schnittke), jazz legends (Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk), and artists from even farther afield (rock guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, Indian vocal master Pandit Pran Nath, avant-garde saxophonist John Zorn). (www.kronosquartet.org)
For more than 30 years, the Kronos Quartet - David Harrington, John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola), and Jeffrey Zeigler (cello) - has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to expanding the range and context of the string quartet. In the process, Kronos has become one of the most celebrated and influential groups of our time, performing thousands of concerts worldwide, releasing more than 40 recordings of extraordinary breadth and creativity, collaborating with many of the world's most eclectic composers and performers, and commissioning hundreds of works and arrangements for string quartet. Kronos' work has also garnered numerous awards, including a Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance (2004) and "Musicians of the Year" (2003) from Musical America.
Kronos' adventurous approach dates back to the ensemble's origins. In 1973, Mr. Harrington was inspired to form Kronos after hearing George Crumb's Black Angels, a highly unorthodox, Vietnam War-inspired work featuring bowed water glasses, spoken word passages, and electronic effects. Kronos then began building a compellingly diverse repertoire for string quartet, performing and recording works by 20th-century masters (Bartuk, Shostakovich, Webern), contemporary composers (Sofia Gubaidulina, Arvo Pdrt, Alfred Schnittke), jazz legends (Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk), and artists from even farther afield (rock guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, Indian vocal master Pandit Pran Nath, avant-garde saxophonist John Zorn). (www.kronosquartet.org)
Kurt Rhode
International award-winning composer and violist. He is the Artistic Director of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and Co-Director of the Empyrean Ensemble. He has received the Charles Ives Fellowship, the Hinrichsen Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin, as well as commission awards from the Koussevitzky Foundation of the Library of Congress, the Fromm Foundation of Harvard University, the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Hanson Institute for American Music.
International award-winning composer and violist. He is the Artistic Director of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and Co-Director of the Empyrean Ensemble. He has received the Charles Ives Fellowship, the Hinrichsen Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin, as well as commission awards from the Koussevitzky Foundation of the Library of Congress, the Fromm Foundation of Harvard University, the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Hanson Institute for American Music.
Jeff Atmajian
Orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music for over 140 films, including Hairspray, King Kong, The Lakehouse, The Manchurian Candidate, The Passion of the Christ, Peter Pan, Runaway Bride, South Park, Star Trek, Striptease, and Chocolat. Twelve of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards. He has worked with all the London Orchestras on classical, popular and film recordings as well as film recordings with the excellent studio orchestras in Los Angeles and New York. Mr. Atmajian lectures on film scoring at the Royal College of Music in London and at USC.
Orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music for over 140 films, including Hairspray, King Kong, The Lakehouse, The Manchurian Candidate, The Passion of the Christ, Peter Pan, Runaway Bride, South Park, Star Trek, Striptease, and Chocolat. Twelve of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards. He has worked with all the London Orchestras on classical, popular and film recordings as well as film recordings with the excellent studio orchestras in Los Angeles and New York. Mr. Atmajian lectures on film scoring at the Royal College of Music in London and at USC.
Stefan Poetzsch
German violinist, violist, and composer. He specializes in the electronic manipulation of acoustic sounds and in improvisation. He performs across Europe, Africa, Asia, and The United States with a variety of different performing ensembles. He also writes experimental works with other artists, including dancers, actors, and painters. One critic was prompted to write that Mr. Poetzsch's performance was "of technical brilliance. Was it the notes that guided the hands or was it the spirit? Only when this question cannot be clearly answered, one speaks of mastership."
Having been awarded the prestigious "Amadeus in Bronze" prize at the European-wide Musik Kreativ Competition, the Culturprize of the city Erlangen and the first prize at the Konstanz performance competition, Mr. Poetzsch brings a mastery of the violin, electronic know-how and a compositional perspective to our Summer Arts team. (hometown.aol.de/essaka/homepage/musiker.html)
German violinist, violist, and composer. He specializes in the electronic manipulation of acoustic sounds and in improvisation. He performs across Europe, Africa, Asia, and The United States with a variety of different performing ensembles. He also writes experimental works with other artists, including dancers, actors, and painters. One critic was prompted to write that Mr. Poetzsch's performance was "of technical brilliance. Was it the notes that guided the hands or was it the spirit? Only when this question cannot be clearly answered, one speaks of mastership."
Having been awarded the prestigious "Amadeus in Bronze" prize at the European-wide Musik Kreativ Competition, the Culturprize of the city Erlangen and the first prize at the Konstanz performance competition, Mr. Poetzsch brings a mastery of the violin, electronic know-how and a compositional perspective to our Summer Arts team. (hometown.aol.de/essaka/homepage/musiker.html)
Howard Frazin
President of Composers in Red Sneakers , a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based composer's collective. His recent commissions include working with the Boston Classical Orchestra and the Wellesley Symphony. He began his formal musical training at the New England Conservatory , and subsequently studied at the University of Minnesota with Dominick Argento . Since 1991, he has taught Composition at the Longy School of Music .
Mr. Frazin's works have been performed throughout the United States, Canada, France, and Russia, including festivals at Aspen , the Banff Centre for the Arts , the Gamper Contemporary Music Festival, Yellow Barn Summer Music Festival, the Janus 21 Ensemble Summer Series, the Composers' Forum of New York, the Society of Composers National Conference, and elsewhere. Recent commissions include those from the Claremont Trio, the Boston Classical Orchestra, the Fromm Foundation, World-wide Concurrent Premieres, the PALS children's chorus, Andover Chamber Players, the Wellesley Symphony, and Snappy Dance among others.
Mr. Frazin's Oratorio , The Voice of Isaac, commissioned by PALS Children's Chorus, premiered at Boston's Jordan Hall in March 2003 and was praised by The Boston Globe as "...clear in design and Brittenesque in texture...ingeniously scored...(having an) almost unbearable poignancy." His work is published by Peters Editions. (www.composersinredsneakers.org/sneakers.html#howie)
President of Composers in Red Sneakers , a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based composer's collective. His recent commissions include working with the Boston Classical Orchestra and the Wellesley Symphony. He began his formal musical training at the New England Conservatory , and subsequently studied at the University of Minnesota with Dominick Argento . Since 1991, he has taught Composition at the Longy School of Music .
Mr. Frazin's works have been performed throughout the United States, Canada, France, and Russia, including festivals at Aspen , the Banff Centre for the Arts , the Gamper Contemporary Music Festival, Yellow Barn Summer Music Festival, the Janus 21 Ensemble Summer Series, the Composers' Forum of New York, the Society of Composers National Conference, and elsewhere. Recent commissions include those from the Claremont Trio, the Boston Classical Orchestra, the Fromm Foundation, World-wide Concurrent Premieres, the PALS children's chorus, Andover Chamber Players, the Wellesley Symphony, and Snappy Dance among others.
Mr. Frazin's Oratorio , The Voice of Isaac, commissioned by PALS Children's Chorus, premiered at Boston's Jordan Hall in March 2003 and was praised by The Boston Globe as "...clear in design and Brittenesque in texture...ingeniously scored...(having an) almost unbearable poignancy." His work is published by Peters Editions. (www.composersinredsneakers.org/sneakers.html#howie)
Guy Livingston
Pianist and producer. He is one of the foremost performers and promoters of George Antheil's music today. Based in Paris, he organized the Paris Antheil Centennial Concert, and was Artistic Director for the 2003 George Antheil Festival in Trenton. His articles have been published in NewMusicBox, Amsterdam Weekly, and Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik. He has been featured in three television documentaries on Mr. Antheil, including Bad Boy Made Good, recently released on DVD by EMF.
Mr. Livingston has given recitals at the Louvre, Chatelet, and the Centre Pompidou. His performances have also taken him to Holland (De IJsbreker, Paradiso, Korzo, Vredenburg), Russia, Italy, Poland, Germany, and South Africa. In the United States, he has performed in New York at Lincoln Center, the Knitting Factory, the Cooper Union, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and Columbia University. Recent concerto appearances have been with the Orchestre Nationale de France, the NCRV Radio Orchestra of the Netherlands, the Philadelphia Virtuosi, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Livingston's interest in the promotion of contemporary music has led to a number of media projects. He co-founded and edited the Paris New Music Review from 1992 to 1995, launched Paris Transatlantic Magazine in 1995, which he published for ten years, produced a radio opera in 2000, and has consulted on numerous publishing and promotional projects. Currently he is a contributor to the Amsterdam Weekly and is creating a new radio show to highlight the latest in modern music.
He holds degrees from Yale University (BA Music 1988), the New England Conservatory of Music (MM Piano 1991), and the Royal Conservatory of the Netherlands (Uitvoering Musicus 1997). Prizes and awards include the Huntington Beebe Scholarship, the Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition, the Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship, in addition to finalist at the Orlyans Twentieth Century Piano Competition and the Sitges-Barcelona Concorso de Piano Segolo XX.
Mr. Livingston's first recording Don't Panic contained 60 one-minute premieres by composers from eighteen countries, and was featured in Le Monde, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, and on NPR's Weekend Edition. His release The Lost Piano Sonatas of George Antheil, was praised in Le Monde as "dazzling" and in Diapason as "fascinating in every way." His third CD, featuring the 1926 piano concerto by George Antheil, is on New World Records. (www.guylivingston.com)
Pianist and producer. He is one of the foremost performers and promoters of George Antheil's music today. Based in Paris, he organized the Paris Antheil Centennial Concert, and was Artistic Director for the 2003 George Antheil Festival in Trenton. His articles have been published in NewMusicBox, Amsterdam Weekly, and Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik. He has been featured in three television documentaries on Mr. Antheil, including Bad Boy Made Good, recently released on DVD by EMF.
Mr. Livingston has given recitals at the Louvre, Chatelet, and the Centre Pompidou. His performances have also taken him to Holland (De IJsbreker, Paradiso, Korzo, Vredenburg), Russia, Italy, Poland, Germany, and South Africa. In the United States, he has performed in New York at Lincoln Center, the Knitting Factory, the Cooper Union, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and Columbia University. Recent concerto appearances have been with the Orchestre Nationale de France, the NCRV Radio Orchestra of the Netherlands, the Philadelphia Virtuosi, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Livingston's interest in the promotion of contemporary music has led to a number of media projects. He co-founded and edited the Paris New Music Review from 1992 to 1995, launched Paris Transatlantic Magazine in 1995, which he published for ten years, produced a radio opera in 2000, and has consulted on numerous publishing and promotional projects. Currently he is a contributor to the Amsterdam Weekly and is creating a new radio show to highlight the latest in modern music.
He holds degrees from Yale University (BA Music 1988), the New England Conservatory of Music (MM Piano 1991), and the Royal Conservatory of the Netherlands (Uitvoering Musicus 1997). Prizes and awards include the Huntington Beebe Scholarship, the Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition, the Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship, in addition to finalist at the Orlyans Twentieth Century Piano Competition and the Sitges-Barcelona Concorso de Piano Segolo XX.
Mr. Livingston's first recording Don't Panic contained 60 one-minute premieres by composers from eighteen countries, and was featured in Le Monde, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, and on NPR's Weekend Edition. His release The Lost Piano Sonatas of George Antheil, was praised in Le Monde as "dazzling" and in Diapason as "fascinating in every way." His third CD, featuring the 1926 piano concerto by George Antheil, is on New World Records. (www.guylivingston.com)
Ken Froelich
Assistant Professor in Music Composition at CSU Fresno. He has received several national awards and recognitions for his compositions from ASCAP, the National Association of Composers/USA, the California Association of Professional Music Teachers (in conjunction with MTNA), the New York Youth Symphony, the American Composers Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Society of Composers, Inc., and IDEAS (Interactive Digital Environments Arts and Storytelling).
His music has been performed by many world renowned performing ensembles, including the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra, the Fresno State Wind Ensemble, the University of Southern California Symphony Orchestra, the California EAR Unit, the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, and the Orpheus Ensemble of Fresno. Works of his have been recently programmed on the Bakersfield Symphony New Directions Concert Series and the Ashland, Oregon New Music Festival, and currently has upcoming performances with Duo 46, the Jolles Duo, and the University of New Mexico Percussion Ensemble.
Prior to his appointment at CSUF, Professor Froelich taught at Ball State University in Muncie, IN, and at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival in Sewanee, TN. (www.kennethfroelich.com)
Assistant Professor in Music Composition at CSU Fresno. He has received several national awards and recognitions for his compositions from ASCAP, the National Association of Composers/USA, the California Association of Professional Music Teachers (in conjunction with MTNA), the New York Youth Symphony, the American Composers Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Society of Composers, Inc., and IDEAS (Interactive Digital Environments Arts and Storytelling).
His music has been performed by many world renowned performing ensembles, including the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra, the Fresno State Wind Ensemble, the University of Southern California Symphony Orchestra, the California EAR Unit, the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, and the Orpheus Ensemble of Fresno. Works of his have been recently programmed on the Bakersfield Symphony New Directions Concert Series and the Ashland, Oregon New Music Festival, and currently has upcoming performances with Duo 46, the Jolles Duo, and the University of New Mexico Percussion Ensemble.
Prior to his appointment at CSUF, Professor Froelich taught at Ball State University in Muncie, IN, and at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival in Sewanee, TN. (www.kennethfroelich.com)
