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Marcos Balter (composition) saw the Chicago
premiere of his composition "Portmanteaux" by the International
Contemporary Ensemble in December. His work "delete/control/option," commissioned
by the New Galery Concert Series, premiered in Boston in January
and was presented at the Boston Conservatory's 2008 Hard Stuff
New Music Festival; "insertspace" premiered
by the New Millennium Orchestra at Chicago's Millennium Park
in February. "Ut" for solo viola was performed by Nadia
Sirota at the VIM-TriBeCa concert series in NYC,
and by Dominic Johnson at the Lake Shore Chamber Music Series
in Chicago. He also received a commission to write the compulsory
work for the 2008 HAMS International Violin Competition in May.
David Cubek (conducting and ensembles) served
as music director for an alternative production of Orphée (Gluck/Berlioz)
last fall in Montreal.
Shawn Jaeger (composition) was one of nine winners in the 56th
annual BMI Student Composer Awards. The award recognizes superior
creative talent and winners receive scholarship grants to be
applied toward their musical education. Music alum Gilbert
Galindo (06) was also honored for the same award. Read
the press release from BMI Foundation.
Sergiy Komirenko (piano), a student of James
Giles, took first prize in the Music Teachers National Association
East Central Regional competition.
Joshua Moshier (composition) was invited to
present his composition "Who Shall Excel Them?" at
the 2008 International Jazz Composers Symposium in Tampa, FL.
Johnny Salinas, Sean Hurlburt, Luke
Gay, and Zachary Pfau (all
saxophone), under their ensemble moniker the Amethyst Quartet,
were Gold Medal Winners at the Fischoff National Chamber Music
Competition, which was held on the campus of the University of
Notre Dame in South Bend, IN. The same quartet also
won the Coleman-Saunderson Prize for Woodwinds and Brass at the 62nd Annual Coleman
Chamber Ensemble Competition in Pasadena,
CA. They were also national winners of the Music Teachers National
Association (MTNA) Collegiate Chamber Music Competition, held
in Denver, CO. Read press statement
about MTNA award.
Nikolas Wenzel (voice and opera) was selected to sing the National
Anthem at
as part of the festivities at "Northwestern University Day" at
Wrigley Field in May.
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