Recent activites of
Divisional Faculty Members
(2004–present)
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| Composition |
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| Michael Fiday |
| Recent Compositions |
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It Shakes My Teeth - 2 electric guitars and 3 percussion (work in progress)
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Three Winters - soprano, flute and piano (2006)
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Dharma Pops for violin duo (2006) |
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9 Haiku for flute and piano (2005)
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| Recent Commissions |
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American Composers Orchestra, Orchestra Underground Series: new work for 2009-2010 season
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University of Cincinnati Research Council, guitarists Seth Josel and Wiek Hijmans: It Shakes My Teeth - 2 electric guitars and 3 percussion
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Irene Maessen – soprano, Eleonore Pameijer – flute: Three Winters - soprano, flute and piano
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Duo Gelland: Dharma Pops for violin duo
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Marcel Worms – piano, Eleonore Pameijer – flute: 9 Haiku for flute and piano |
| Recent Performances |
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9 Haiku for flute and piano: National Flute Convention, Albequerque, NM, August 10, 2007, Bart Feller, flute; Linda Mark, piano
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Dharma Pops for violin duo: Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, August 1, 2007, Carla Kihlstedt and Graeme Jennings, violins; Matthias Bossi, narrator
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Three Winters for soprano, flute and piano, Dharma Pops for violin duo: New Music Symposium, Colorado College, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO, July 13, 2007, Virginia Hansen, soprano; Paul Naghem, flute; Susan Grace, piano; Veronika Afanassieva, Karine Garibova, violins
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Dharma Pops for violin duo: Music 07 Festival, Werner Recital Hall, College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH, June 13, 2007, Christopher Karp, Augusto Vismara, violins
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9 Haiku for flute and piano: Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, March 7, 2007; Western Illinois University, College Recital Hall, Macomb, IL, March 5, 2007, John McMurtery, flute; Ashlee Mack, piano
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"Music of Michael Fiday," featuring performances of 9 Haiku, Three Winters, Slapback for electric guitar and delay unit, Automotive Passacaglia for piano and percussion, and Protest Song for mezzo soprano and four instruments: Music at St. Paul’s, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newport, KY, February 25, 2007
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Three Winters: Amstelkerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 20, 2007; Irene Maessen, soprano; Eleonore Pameijer, flute; Marja Bon, piano
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Automotive Passacaglia (orchestral version) performed by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (cond. Michael Morgan), 2004. |
| Recent Recordings |
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Slapback for electric guitar and delay unit, Seth Josel, guitar; New World Records: to be released December 2008/January 2009.
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Same Rivers Different—Music of Michael Fiday, to be released on Innova label during fall of 2008, featuring performances of Automotive Passacaglia, 9 Haiku, Dharma Pops, Same Rivers Different for solo percussion, and Hands on for percussion quartet by James Tocco, Percussion Group Cincinnati, Bart Feller, Carla Kihlstedt and Graeme Jennings, Christopher Froh, among others. |
| Recent Publications |
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5 Monochromatic Dances for flute quartet and Three Winters for soprano, flute and piano to be published by Dinsic Publicacions Musicals, Barcelona, Spain in October/November 2008. |
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9 Haiku published by Dinsic Publicacions Musicals, Barcelona, Spain |
| Recent Prizes |
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Residency at Headlands Center for the Arts, summer 2007 |
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University Research Council Summer Grant, University of Cincinnati, summer 2007
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Friends of CCM Faculty Projects Pool Grant, College-Conservatory of Music/University of Cincinnati, 2006-2007
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Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Excellence Award, 2006 |
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| Mara Helmuth |
| Recent Compositions |
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“Lifting the Mask” (2008) video |
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“Where is My Voice?” (2008) fixed format stereo digital audio |
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“Improvisation with Qin and Percussion, No. 3” (2007), for qin and live electronics
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“String Paths” (2007) graphic score for 1-6 percussionists |
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“Coyote on the Runway” (2007) for flute, saxophone and computer |
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“Butterfly Within” (2006) flute and digital audio
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Installation: "Hidden Mountain" (2007) interactive computer music installation using Tibetan sources at the SinoNordic Arts Space in Beijing.
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"Crystals" (in progress, with C. Woodman, K. Burleigh, 2004), video. |
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"Emei Shan Resonance I" (in progress, 2003) qin and digital video. |
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"Moon Shine" (with Alan Bern, 2004), interactive computer system and accordion. |
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"No. 7 for Gyil and Computer" (with A. Otte, 2004), computer, Ghanian xylophone, log drums. |
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"Smoke" (with R., A. VanMatre, 2004), interactive computer, saxophones, artwork. |
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"The Edge of Noise" (2004), flute, percussion, electric guitar, soprano, piano, violin, violoncello, computer. |
| Recent Performances |
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“The Man and the Moon” Queens University, Sonic Arts Research Center, Belfast, 2008. |
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Interactive improvisation collaboration for dance, music and sensor system, CCM, 2008.
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Improvisation between qin at CCM, violin in Montana and percussion in Indiana over Internet 2, 2008.
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“Improvisation with Qin and Percussion, No. 3” Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, 2008. |
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“No. 7 for gyil and computer” and “Mellipse 2” at the North Carolina Computer Music Festival, 2008. |
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“Device & Devices” Videotheque Ephemere 2007, VIDEOFORMES, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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"Smoke", "No. 7 for Gyil and Computer", "Mountain Wind", and "The Edge of Noise" Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, 2004. |
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"bugs and ice: A Question of Focus," and "Abandoned Lake in Maine," Minneapolis, 2004. |
| Recent Recordings |
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“Where is My Voice?” on the 50th Anniversary University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios commemorative collection. 2008.
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Sound Collaborations, compact disk, Centaur Records, Consortium to Distribute Computer Music, v. 36, CRC 2903. 2007.
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"Meeting the Free Dreamer," Open Space (not yet released). |
| Recent Software |
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"Soundmesh," Rtcmix-based network improvisation application for Internet2, OSX update, 2003. |
| Recent Publications |
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“Intercultural Exploration” proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, 2008. |
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"Multidimensional Analysis of Barry Truax's Riverrun," in Analytical Methods of Electroacoustic Music, Routledge: Taylor and Francis, 2006. |
| Recent Presentations |
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“Intercultural Collaboration” International Computer Music Conference, Belfast, 2008. |
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On recent music at Tamagawa University, Tokyo, 2007.
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On recent music at the China Conservatory of Music, Beijing, 2007.
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| Recent Research |
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Wireless sensors and music research in collaboration with the Computer Science department |
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"Soundmesh," Rtcmix-based network improvisation application for Internet2, updates, 2008. |
| Other Recent Activities and Services |
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International Computer Music Association: President 2008-2010. |
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International Computer Music Association: Vice President for Conferences, 2004-2006. |
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Faculty composer at June in Buffalo Festival, 2004. |
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| Joel Hoffman |
| Recent Compositions |
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"For Bill" (2004), piano solo; publ. Onibatan Music. |
| Recent Commissions |
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Work for piano and accordion; commissioned by the Ohio Music Teachers Association. |
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Work for violin and orchestra; commissioned by Philippe Graffin, violinist. |
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Piano Trio 3 (2004), for violin, cello and piano; commissioned by the Karp Trio. |
| Recent Performances |
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"Self-Portrait with Mozart," Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, 2004. |
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"For Bill," Cincinnati, 2004. |
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"Hands Down," Cincinnati, 2004. |
| Recent Recordings |
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"Self-Portrait with Gebirtig," rec. by Slovenian Radio Symphony and Milan Hudnik, cello solo (not yet released). |
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"Self-Portrait with Gebirtig" rec. by Berlin Radio Symphony and Gary Hoffman, cello solo, Chandos (not yet released). |
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The Three Piano Trios, rec. by Karp Trio (not yet released). |
| Recent Publications |
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"Each for Himself" for solo piano, RAI Trade, Rome, Italy 2004. |
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"Self-Portrait with Mozart," RAI Trade, Rome, Italy 2004. |
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"Fantasia Fiorentina" for violin and piano, RAI Trade, Rome, Italy 2004. |
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"Cubist Blues" for piano trio, RAI Trade, Rome, Italy 2004. |
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"Portogruaro Quartet," RAI Trade, Rome, Italy 2004. |
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"String Quartet no. 2," RAI Trade, Rome, Italy 2004. |
| Recent Prizes |
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Ohio Music Teachers Association: "Ohio Composer of the Year, 2004." |
