Website updates all around, the Blog is working great now, and I'll be
posting to it more often.
Preparing for the performances at ICMC performances, including
"Saturations III-C" that is being choreographed by the Tulane Dance Department.
The 2006
Minnesota Orchestra Composers Institute session is over. It was a great yet exhausting
experience. My piece, Sunder, went well and the orchestra played it
amazingly. Here is some write-ups:
Blog postings by Sean Shepherd
Minnesota Public Radio Documentary
Received the University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Grant. This
is a competative grant awarded to a student in order to fund a year of
work on their dissertation. From the UofMN website:
The purpose of the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) program is to give
outstanding final-year Ph.D. candidates who are making timely progress toward the
degree--typically those entering their fifth year of graduate study--an opportunity
to complete the dissertation within the upcoming academic year by devoting full-time
effort to the research and writing of the dissertation. Candidates must be nominated
by their graduate program's Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) to an all-University
competition. Up to 50 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are awarded annually.
Coursework done.
I've completed by 20th consecutive semester of college, landing in the pergatory
of the "ABD" status of my PhD. (All But Dissertation).
Work continues on both the Ballet Méchanique studio album as well
an album of my acoustic works.
Performances of Saturations III-A, III-B, and III-C at a local
coffee shop in Minneapolis. Also, the recorded version of XB, a new track
by Ballet Méchanique (the band).
The premiere of Electra and Ipheginia postponed due to illness of one
of the pianists.
December 21, 2005: New commission from the Renegade Ensemble of Minneapolis.
The work will be for 2 pianos, with premiere in April 2006. Working title:
Electra and Imphegenia
Minnesota Orchestra New Music Reading Sessions: The Minnesota Orchestra will be
presenting a new orchestra work titled "Sunder" in their New Music Reading Sessions
program in April of 2006.
SEAMUS Electro-clips Contest: This year the Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United
States (SEAMUS) had a contest for the best 120 second piece using some provided samples.
My piece, "Rhapsody," was selected to be one of the 7 winners, and will be presented at
their national conference in Eugene, Oregon in March.
SEAMUS National Conference: "Lazarus," a collaboration with video artist Kajsa Brown,
has been selected for presentation in the 2006 SEAMUS National conference in Eugene,
Oregon.
Performance of the 60x60 project this weekend in Chicago. This project features a short work of mine titled "Baby". This Friday the concert will be at Lewis University in the Chicago area. Upcoming performances of this "show" will be in Kansas City (October), and Minneapolis (late October).
New things: String Quartet No. 3 audio clip now available online, here. New publication: an interview I conducted with composer Sydney Hodkinson will be published in the next issue of the Living Music Journal. New work for flute and marimba going on tour soon. Details forthcoming. I'll be performing on data gloves at the 2006 Third Practice Festival in Richmond, VA. I'm assistant director of the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art again this year. Looks like its going to be a good one! A new collaborative project with visual artist and computer wiz Christopher P. Baker. titled "Sub Rosa", has been given a grant by the Arts Quarter Collective, to be premiered on Friday, Sept. 23 as part of their ArtsMosis festival.
Life in Paris was a hoot, met some good people and heard some amazing lectures. Ironcially, I wrote an acoustic piece while working in the CCMIX studios, for flute and marimba. Aspen is beautiful as usual. The second movement of my third string quartet was premiered last night by a very good quartet, and was well received. Look for the posting of the entire quartet soon.
Official Summer plans: I'll be spending most of July in Paris, France at the Centre de Creation Musicale Iannis Xenakis (CCMIX), followed by a month at the Aspen Music Festival and School in Aspen, Colorado. Premieres in Paris and Aspen.
Society of Electro-Acoustic Composers (SEAMUS) has posted a "Member Focus" article on me. Check it out here.
The Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs interviewed me for their interesting work on the hidden contributions of artists to local economies. Read some of their research titled "The Artistic Dividend" and "The Artistic Dividend Revisited here.
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