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Recent activites of
Divisional Faculty Members
(2003–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 2008-2009 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. |
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Elektra, theatrical production (dir. Nick Mangano) featuring incidental music composed by Dr. Fiday, CCM, 2003. |
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Automotive Passacaglia for piano and percussion, performed by James Tocco (piano) and Percussion Group Cincinnati, CCM, 2003. |
| Recent Recordings |
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Slapback for electric guitar and delay unit, Seth Josel, guitar; New World Records – to be released during 2008
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Music of Michael Fiday, 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. Release date: summer 2008; label to be announced.
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| Recent Publications |
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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 |
| Other Recent Activities and Services |
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Guest composer at New Music Symposium, Colorado College, 2003. |
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| Mara Helmuth |
| Recent Compositions |
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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. |
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"Mountain Wind" (2003) version 1: pipa, flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, violoncello, computer. Version 2: flute, flute/alto flute, bassoon, violin, 2 violoncellos. |
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"Staircase of Light" (2003) interactive computer music installation. |
| Recent Performances |
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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. |
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"Mountain Wind," 2 performances, Cincinnati, 2003. |
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"Staircase of Light," Sino-Nordic Performance Arts Space, Beijing, 2003. |
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"bugs and ice: A Question of Focus," Tempe, AZ, 2003. |
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Origins of a Fantastic Dream," Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra, Tempe, AZ, 2003. |
| Recent Recordings |
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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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"Multidimensional Analysis of Barry Truax's Riverrun," (Lisse: Swets and Zeitlinger, forthcoming). |
| Recent Presentations |
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"Recent Computer Music," at Columbia University Computer Music Center, 2003. |
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"Origins of a Fantastic Dream and StochGran," Tokyo Univ. of Technology and Tamagawa University, Tokyo, 2003. |
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"Recent Computer Music," China Conservatory of Music, Beijing, 2003. |
| Other Recent Activities and Services |
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International Computer Music Association Officer: Vice President for Conferences, 2004-2006. |
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Faculty composer at June in Buffalo Festival, 2004. |
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International Computer Music Conference 2003 Music Jury Coordinator. |
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| Joel Hoffman |
| Recent Compositions |
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"For Bill" (2004), piano solo; publ. Onibatan Music. |
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"Portogruaro Quartet" (2003), for 2 pianos and percussion; publ. RAI Trade. |
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"Brave Old Mordechai" (2003), for the Jewish new-music group Brave Old World and string orchestra; publ. Onibatan Music. |
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Piano Trio 2: "Lost Traces" (2003), for violin, cello and piano; publ. Onibatan Music. |
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"to listen, to hear" (2003), for orchestra; publ. Onibatan Music. |
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"Coast to Coast" (2003), for violin, banjo, mandolin and percussion; 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. |
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"Portogruaro Quartet" (2003), for 2 pianos and percussion; commissioned by RAI Trade (Rome, Italy). |
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"Brave Old Mordechai" (2003), for the Jewish new-music group Brave Old World and string orchestra; commissioned by the Amsterdam Sinfonietta. |
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Piano Trio 2: "Lost Traces" (2003), for violin, cello and piano; commissioned by the Karp Trio. |
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"to listen, to hear" (2003), for orchestra; commissioned by the Prince William Symphony Orchestra. |
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"Coast to Coast" (2003), for violin, banjo, mandolin and percussion; commissioned by the Cincinnati Art Museum. |
| 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. |
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"Brave Old Mordechai," Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Utrecht, Enschede and Leiden, The Netherlands, 2003. |
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Piano Trio 2, Karp Trio, Madison, WI; and Cincinnati, OH, 2003. |
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"to listen, to hear," Prince William Symphony Orchestra, Manassis, 2003. |
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"Self-Portrait with Gebirtig," Slovenian Radio Symphony, Lubliana, Slovenia, 2003. |
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"The Memory Game," CCM Opera Department, 2003. |
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"Coast to Coast," Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra members, Cincinnati, 2003. |
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"Transcendental Blues," Amsterdam, Cincinnati, and Paris, 2003. |
| 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. |
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"Millennium Dances" for orchestra, RAI Trade, Rome, Italy 2003. |
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"ChiaSsO" for orchestra, RAI Trade, Rome, Italy 2003. |
| Recent Prizes |
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Ohio Music Teachers Association: "Ohio Composer of the Year, 2004." |
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Ohio Arts Council: Individual Artist Fellowship, 2003. |
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ASCAP annual award: 2003. |
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