Composition and Theory News

Here are recent and upcoming events in the Composition/Theory area.

Endowed Chair in Music Composition
In residence: Tristan Murail. All students and faculty are invited to attend all of the events.
	Composition Seminars. Wednesdays, 3:00-5:00 p.m., in room 257 (unless otherwise indicated):
	February 25
	March 3
	March 10 (5:30 in the recital hall)
	April 7
	April 12 (7:30)
	April 28
	Technology Classes. Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m., in the Electronic Music Studios:
	February 24
	March 9
	April 6
	April 13
	April 27
	An Evening with Tristan Murail. Monday, April 28, 2004.
	Lecture 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall.
	Reception following lecture

Endowed Chair in Music Theory
In residence: Joseph Straus. All students and faculty are invited to attend all of the events.
	Wednesday, October 8, 2003
	Schenkerian Analysis Lecture. 11:00 a.m., in room 257
	Lecture: "Compositional Process in Stravinsky's Late Music" 4:00 p.m., in the Recital Hall
	Reception following lecture

Endowed Chair in Music Theory
In residence: William Rothstein. All students and faculty are invited to attend all of the events.
	Thursday, October 23, 2003
	Schenkerian Analysis Lecture. 11:00 a.m., in room 257
	Lecture: "Clash of the Titans: Schnabel, Tovey, and Hypermeter in Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas." 4:00 p.m., in the Recital Hall
	Reception following lecture

Endowed Chair in Music Theory
In residence: Carl Schachter. All students and faculty are invited to attend all of the events.
	Wednesday, April 14, 2004
	Schenkerian Analysis Lecture. 11:00 a.m., in room 257
	Lecture: "The Scherzo from Schubert's Piano Sonata in B flat: Analysis and Performance" 4:00 p.m., in the Recital Hall
	Reception following lecture

Festivals and Symposia
3rd Annual Southeast Student Composers Symposium
participants: University of Florida, Louisiana State University, University of Alabama

March 12: Concert I. 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall
March 13:
Concert II. 10:00 a.m. in the Recital Hall
Concert III. 11:00 a.m. in the Recital Hall
Concert IV. 1:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall
Panel Discussion. Pluralism in the Twenty-First Century 2:45 p.m. in the Recital Hall Panel: Chan Ji Kim, University of Florida Samuel J. Hamm, Jr, University of Florida William Price, Louisiana State University Brian Willkie , Louisiana State University Mark Chambers , University of Alabama Moderator: Douglas O'Grady, University of Alabama
Concert V. 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall
Reception in Alumni Hall to follow Concert V

People
Mark Chambers (D.M.A. Composition candidate)
	"das, das in mir liegt" for piano trio will be performed at Duke University this season and also at the Florida State University Festival of New Music in February 2005. "Surface Tension" for two-channel tape will be performed at the Imagine2 Festival of New Music at the University of Memphis in November. "Winter Nocturne" for two-channel tape was released on CD this summer by the Internacional de Miniaturas Electroacústicas Spain. Finalist in the International Confluencias competition for electroacoustic works. Received prizes and performances at the following composition competitions and festivals:
	Electric Rainbow Coalition Competition, Dartmouth College, 2003 MAXIS II Festival, University of Leeds, England, 2003 Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the U.S. Competition, Arizona State University, 2003 Southeastern Composers League Festival, University of Georgia, 2003 PULSEFIELD International Exhibition of Sound and Art, 2003
Douglas O'Grady (D.M.A., 2004)
	2004 SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Commission, second prize Commission by P. Kellach Waddle of the Austin (TX) Symphony Orchestra to compose a solo work for contrabass. First Prize winner of the Frederic Goosen Composition Prize, for Irradiations for orchestra Composition performances:
	Canticle, Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI), Arkansas, January 2004 Primordia, 12th Annual Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, Florida, April 2003 Interference Patterns for solo flute, 2nd Annual Southeastern Composers Symposium, Baton Rouge, LA, November 2002
Kwai Shiu (D.M.A. Composition)
	Received special commendation in the 6th Annual Vienna Modern Masters' orchestral Recording competition. Winner of the SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Award (Southeast region) Winner of the ASCAP Annual Standard Award Music released on CD by Composers Recordings
Stephen Zolper (D.M.A. Composition candidate)
	Hope for soprano and piano included on the CD Songs of Emily Dickinson by Sally Ahner, soprano Composition performances:
	Remembrance, Mary Nelson at Oberlin College Conservatory, Oberlin, 2002 Lake Song, Interlochen Institute, 2002
Denise Gilson (M.M. Composition Student 2003)
	Received a scholarship from the State University of New York at Stony Brook where she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Composition
Rick Snow (M.M. Composition 2003)
	Pursuing a Ph.D. in Composition at the University of California San Diego on scholarship Awarded the Kurt Weil Fellowship in Composition, University of California at San Diego 2002 Composition was performed at the Society of Composers Incorporated National Student Conference (Indiana University) 2002 Selected to attend the Brevard Music Center Program (Brevard, North Carolina) 2003 Composition performances:
	Performances at the Ostrava New Music Days (Ostrava Czech Republic) 2003 The International Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival (University of Florida) 2003 Southeastern Composers Festival (Louisiana State University) 2003
Allen Clements (M.M. Music Theory 2000)
	Received his Ph. D. in 2003 from the University of Missouri - Kansas City. Currently an Assistant Professor at Southern Arkansas University
Maxwell Dulaney (B.M. Composition 2002)
	Pursuing a Ph.D. in Composition at Brandeis University on full scholarship Finalist in the 2002 International Competition of Contemporary Music, City of Udine (Italy) His composition, Hinge of the Way for piano, flute, clarinet, violin and cello will be performed at the 2004 ICSM World Music Days, Switzerland Attended the Darmstadt Summer Composition Institute, 2002


Concerts and Other Activities
February 29, 2004: Lecture: Stephen Zolper. Recital Hall, 6:00 pm.
April 22, 2004: Lecture: Douglas O'Grady. Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
April 24, 2004: Recital: Douglas O'Grady. Recital Hall, 6:00 pm

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