Penn State University 2021 New-Music Festival and Symposium

Friday March 19, 2021

9:30-11:00am – RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS 1 (Webinar) Link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/96476719073

1:00pm-2:00pm – CONCERT 1 (pre-recorded broadcast) Link: https://musicmedia.psu.edu/livestream/

3:00-5:00pm – RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS 2 (Webinar) Link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/96476719073

7:30pm – CONCERT 2 (Live Streamed: Recital Hall) Link: https://musicmedia.psu.edu/livestream/

Saturday March 20, 2021

9:30-11:00am – RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS 3 (Webinar) Link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/96476719073

1:00pm-2:00pm – CONCERT 3 (pre-recorded broadcast) Link: https://musicmedia.psu.edu/livestream/

3:00-5:00pm – RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS 4 (Webinar) Link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/96476719073

7:30pm – CONCERT 4 (Live Streamed: Recital Hall) Link: https://musicmedia.psu.edu/livestream/

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Festival Program Booklet Contents (click/touch content title to view section)

Schedule Overview and Links

Complete Festival Schedule

Concert 1 Program

Concert 2 Program

Concert 3 Program

Concert 4 Program

Presentation Session 1

Presentation Session 2

Presentation Session 3

Presentation Session 4

Biographies & Program Notes

About Living Music

About Penn State Composition & Technology

Official Concert Programs

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Complete Schedule (return to contents)

DAY 1 - FRIDAY March 19, 2021

9:30-11:00am – RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS 1 (Webinar) Link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/96476719073

9:30-10:00am: Marie Jocelyn Marfil, My Works as Inspired by the Mansaka Culture 10:00-10:30am: Kai-Young Chan, From Constraints to Creativity: Musical Inventions through the Cantonese Contour 10:30—11:00am: Minato Sakamoto, Piano Is Chinese

1:00pm-2:00pm – CONCERT 1 (pre-recorded broadcast) Link: https://musicmedia.psu.edu/livestream/

Emily McPherson, Chatter Marks Red Wierenga, aptsiclodet Leah Reid, Reverie Bradley Mikesell, Scalene Motion Tyler Kline, Orchard (selections) Richard Pressley, Tau Hendel Almetus, Nwayo for Solo Guitar Christopher Kaminski, Feedback

3:00-5:00pm – RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS 2 (Webinar) Link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/96476719073

3:00-3:30pm: John Clay Allen, A Spectromorphological Approach to Understanding Narrative in Electronic Music 3:30-4:00pm: João Pedro Oliveira, Gesture Interaction Between Sound and Image 4:00-4:30pm: Logan Barrett, Examining an Interview Between Pierre Boulez and Michel Foucault 4:30-5:00pm: Aine Nakamura, Voice As Body, Voice And Body

7:30pm – CONCERT 2 (Live Streamed: Recital Hall) Link: https://musicmedia.psu.edu/livestream/

7:30-8:00 Oliver Caplan, Krummholz Variations Ivan Božičević, Circling, Three Evolving Landscapes

8:00-8:30 – Conversations with Composers: Caplan, Hancock, Cueto, and Shaheed.

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8:30-9:00 Susanna Hancock, platforms Daniel Cueto, Puma Josiah Tayag Catalan, Aperture Perpetuum Nicholas Shaheed, Moment

9:00-9:30 – Conversations with Composers: Caplan, Hancock, Cueto, Catalan, and Shaheed.

DAY 2 - SATURDAY March 20, 2021

9:30-11:00am – RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS 3 (Webinar) Link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/96476719073

9:30-10:00am: Linda Bouchard, Live Structures with Ocular Scores™ " Graphical Notation and Perceptible Architecture 10:00-10:30am: Alex Apostolopoulos, Game theory as an approach to musical indeterminacy 10:30-11:00am: Drake Andersen, Indra Virtual Score Software

1:00pm-2:00pm – CONCERT 3 (pre-recorded broadcast) Link: https://musicmedia.psu.edu/livestream/

Akari Komura, Elapsed Brianna Wiegand, Rarefaction John Liberatore, Telarañas Leah Mullen, The Hartford (1894) Han Hitchen, Ursus maritimus Panayiotis Kokoras, Mosaicing Tucker Johnson, Wears and Tears Kristina Warren, Eight Paces Eric Lemmon, toy_5

3:00-5:00pm – RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS 4 (Webinar) Link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/96476719073

3:00-3:30pm: Hesam Abedini, A post Intercultural path: As wide as Iranian music, Jazz, and Western contemporary music 3:30-4:00pm: Haiqiong Deng, An encounter of East meets West — “Mackay” for 21 strings Chinese zheng solo 4:00-4:30pm: Federico Garcia-De Castro, Introduction to the Harmonic Profile Project 4:30-5:00pm: Robert Morris, Discrete Musical Forms in General, and Pitch-Class Derived Forms in Particular

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7:30pm – CONCERT 4 (Live Streamed: Recital Hall) Link: https://musicmedia.psu.edu/livestream/

7:30-8:00 (first half) Keane Southard, Lamentation Roydon Tse, Down the Rabbit Hole Adeline Wong, Crossings

8:00-8:30 – Conversations with Composers: Southard, Tse, and Wong.

8:30-9:00 (second half) Rodrigo Camargo, The Quintet Ryan Blauvelt, Blood Moon Laura Pettigrew, Selene (Goddess of the Moon) Joshua Mallard, Logogriph

9:00-9:30 – Conversations with Composers: Camargo, Blauvelt, Pettigrew, and Mallard.

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CONCERT 1 PROGRAM (return to contents)

1:00pm – March 19

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Chatter Marks …………………………………………………Emily McPherson

-fixed media video and saxophone- Shannon Donahoe, saxophone

aptsiclodet ……………………………………………….…………….Red Wierenga

(world premiere) Dieter Hennings, Guitar

Reverie ………………………………………………………………………….Leah Reid

-fixed media audio-

Scalene Motion ……………………………………..……………Bradley Mikesell

Amber Lucas, clarinet

Orchard (selections) ……………………………………………………..Tyler Kline

Eunmi Ko, piano

Tau ………………………………………………………………………Richard Pressley

Lisa Cella, flute, Patrick Crossland, trombone

Nwayo for Solo Guitar…………………………………………Hendel Almetus

(world premiere) Dieter Hennings, guitar

Feedback ……………………………………………………Christopher Kaminski

Christopher Kaminski, clarinet

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CONCERT 2 PROGRAM (return to contents)

7:30pm - March 19

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7:30-8:00 Krummholz Variations ..……..…………………………………….Oliver Caplan

Members of the Penn State Symphonic Wind Ensemble Dr. Tonya Mitchell-Spradlin, director

Cecilia Leskowicz, flute; Jennifer Rocco, clarinet; Annie Liu & Bradley Sarmiento, bassoons; Corey Hermens & Kieffer Quandel, trumpets; Connor Frederick, trombone; Mason Donnohue, bass trombone

Circling, Three Evolving Landscapes.. …………..…………..Ivan Božičević

II. Prayer Wheel III. Coiling Clouds

Michael Dirnberger, Amber Lucas, Geneva Maldonado, clarinets; Jennifer Rocco, bass clarinet

8:00-8:30 Conversation with Composers

8:30-9:00 platforms …………………………………………………………..Susanna Hancock

Penn State Graduate String Quartet Carolina Pedroza and Kristina Sharra, violins; Andrea Alvarado, viola Ambrynn Bowman, cello

Puma ………………………………………………………………………….Daniel Cueto

Penn State Graduate Wind Quintet Cecilia Leskowicz, flute; Tabitha Hanson, oboe; Jennifer Rocco, clarinet; Kyle Schober, horn; Bradley Sarmiento, bassoon

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Aperture Perpetuum ………………..……………………Josiah Tayag Catalan

James Lyon, violin Professor of Violin, Penn State

Moment ……………………………………………………..………Nicholas Shaheed

Collin Bankovic, soprano sax.; Eric Villalta, alto sax.; Justin Del Vecchio, tenor sax.; Marshall Henry, baritone sax.

9:00-9:30 Conversation with Composers

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CONCERT 3 PROGRAM (return to contents)

1:00pm - March 20

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Elapsed ……………………………………………………………………Akari Komura Hudson Webber, cello Penn State ROARS, video production

Rarefaction …………………………………………….……………Brianna Wiegand -fixed media video-

Telarañas ………………………………………………….……………John Liberatore Dieter Hennings, guitar

The Hartford (1894) ……………………………….…………………..Leah Mullen Leah Maines and Sarah Buzalewski, violins; Samuel Rothermel, viola; Isaac McNulty, cello

Ursus maritimus …………………………………………….…………..Han Hitchen Eunmi Ko, piano

Mosaicing ……………………………………..………………….Panayiotis Kokoras -score-following video- Ensemble Holophony Project, Panayiotis Kokoras

Wears and Tears ……………………………………………………Tucker Johnson (world premiere) Amber Lucas, clarinet

-clarinet & electronics-

Eight Paces ……………………………………………..……………Kristina Warren -fixed media video-

toy_5………………………………………………………………………….Eric Lemmon

Ensemble Decipher -laptop ensemble-

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CONCERT 4 PROGRAM (return to contents)

7:30pm – March 20

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7:30-8:00

Lamentation …………………………………………………………. Keane Southard

Penn State Philharmonic Strings Gerardo Edelstein, director

Down the Rabbit Hole…………………………….……………………… Roydon Tse

Penn State Philharmonic Strings Gerardo Edelstein, director

Crossings ……………………………………………………..……………. Adeline Wong

(world premiere)

Melody Quah, piano Assistant Professor of Piano, Penn State

8:00-8:30 Conversations with Composers

8:30-9:00

The Quintet ……………………………………………………………Rodrigo Camargo

Penn State Graduate Brass Quintet Corey Hermens & Josie Stalcar, trumpets; Janie Aspinwall, horn; Connor Frederick, trombone; Meredith Fuller, tuba

Blood Moon ………………………………………………………………..Ryan Blauvelt

Penn State Graduate Brass Quintet Corey Hermens & Josie Stalcar, trumpets; Janie Aspinwall, horn; Connor Frederick, trombone; Meredith Fuller, tuba

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Selene (Goddess of the Moon)…………………………..……..Laura Pettigrew

(USA Premiere) Polyphonic Flutes Rachel Schwabenbauer, Kevin Palm, Kahley Mitchell, Joshua Benitez

Logogriph ………………………………………………………..………. Joshua Mallard

Penn State Trombone Choir Mark Lusk, director

Connor Frederick , Jeremiah Rodgers, Ryan Shuey, Andy Zall, David Wilson, Allie Biancoviso, Britney Bidding, Mason Donnohue

9:00-9:30 Conversations with Composers

Penn State Philharmonic Strings Personnel

Keane Southard Roydon TSE

Violin I Violin I Kristina Sharra, Concertmaster Carolina Pedroza, Concertmaster Henry Rublein Ian Duh Sarah Buzalewski Celeste Belknap Celeste Belknap Leah Maines Rosa Padt Henry Rublein

Violin II Violin II Carolina Pedroza, Principal Kristina Sharra, Principal Spencer Stover Dalia Schvartzman Shannon Quinn Spencer Stover John Neary Mike Shia Leo Goubet McCall Leo Goubet McCall

Viola Viola Sam Rothermel, Principal Taylor Shea, Principal Andrea Alvarado Andrea Alvarado Taylor Shea Sam Rothermel Isabel Healy Isabel Healy

Cello Cello Ambrynn Bowman, Principal Hudson Webber, Principal Hudson Webber Ambrynn Bowman Isaac McNulty Annabelle Lecy Barrell Davis Chris Gorman

Bass Bass Alex McLaughlin, Principal Alex McLaughlin, Principal Frank Cloke Isander Fernandez PENN STATE UNIVERSITY 2021 NEW-MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM

RESEARCH PRESENTATION SESSION 1 (return to contents)

9:30am – March 19

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Marie Jocelyn Marfil My Works as Inspired by the Mansaka Culture

Kai-Young Chan From Constraints to Creativity: Musical Inventions through the Cantonese Contour

Minato Sakamoto Piano Is Chinese

RESEARCH PRESENTATION SESSION 2 (return to contents)

3:00pm – March 19

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John Clay Allen A Spectromorphological Approach to Understanding Narrative in Electronic Music

João Pedro Oliveira Gesture Interaction Between Sound and Image

Logan Barrett Examining an Interview Between Pierre Boulez and Michel Foucault

Aine Nakamura Voice As Body, Voice And Body

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RESEARCH PRESENTATION SESSION 3 (return to contents)

9:30am – March 20

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Linda Bouchard Live Structures with Ocular Scores™ " Graphical Notation and Perceptible Architecture

Alex Apostolopoulos Game theory as an approach to musical indeterminacy

Drake Andersen Indra Virtual Score Software

RESEARCH PRESENTATION SESSION 4 (return to contents)

3:00pm – March 20

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Hesam Abedini A post Intercultural path: As wide as Iranian music, Jazz, and Western contemporary music

Haiqiong Deng An encounter of East meets West — “Mackay” for 21 strings Chinese zheng solo

Federico Garcia-De Castro Introduction to the Harmonic Profile Project

Robert Morris Discrete Musical Forms in General, and Pitch-Class Derived Forms in Particular

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COMPOSER AND PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES (return to contents)

Hesam Abedini (return to presentation 4 listing)

Hesam Abedini is an Iranian-American composer and improviser whose works cross the boundaries between idioms as wide as contemporary music, classical Iranian music and free improvisation. He is the founder of the Intercultural creative ensemble, Sibarg. Hesam’s music has been performed by various musicians and ensembles such as Atlas Ensemble, Del Sol Quartet, Loadbang, NMCE, Amalgama Ensemble, and Mark Dresser. He is the director of the NEA-sponsored Documentary film “From Isfahan to Irvine”. A graduate of the Tehran Music Conservatory and UCSD, Hesam has studied composition with Lei Liang, Chinary Ung, Anthony Davis and improvisation with Mark Dresser. Currently, Hesam is a Ph.D. candidate in ICIT at UCI under the supervision of Prof. Christopher Dobrian.

Presentation: A post Intercultural path: As wide as Iranian music, Jazz, and Western contemporary music

John Clay Allen (return to presentation 2 listing)

Originally from Ruidoso, New Mexico, John Clay Allen is an American composer and pianist. His music is a synthesis of post-minimalist and spectralist styles, with an underlying predilection for the romantic. His body of work ranges from pieces for soloist and chamber ensembles to full orchestra, wind symphony, and opera. Clay’s compositions have been performed across the United States and internationally at festivals including SEAMUS, CICTeM in Buenos Aires, the Cortona Sessions in Italy, and the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival. His debut album Asnières was released June 2020. Clay is on faculty at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Presentation: A Spectromorphological Approach to Understanding Narrative in Electronic Music

Hendel Almetus (return to concert 1 program)

Hendel Almétus is a Haitian composer. His music has been performed and read by many prominent artists including soprano Tony Arnold, Guitarist Magnus Andersson, and ensembles such as the Empyrean Ensemble, the Wet Ink Ensemble, and Alarm Will Sound. He held residency with the BAU Institute at Camargo in Cassis, France. He attended the Freie Universität Berlin International Summer program and the Wellesley Composers Conference. He is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Theory and Composition at the conservatory of music, University of the Pacific and the coordinator of Pacific Community Music School.

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Nwayo for Solo Guitar Nwayo for solo guitar is an exploration of elements from Caribbean music that I grew up with rooted in west African musical traditions. Those elements are composite regular and irregular rhythmic layers, a reflection of our culture. They are combined with traditional melodic gestures to form multiple musical objects that are used both at the background structural level of the piece and also at the surface. The interaction of contrasting objects at the surface creates multiple linear trajectories in time. Together with the constant interruption of goal-oriented motions, time is perceived to be shaped in a very interesting way.

Drake Andersen (return to presentation 3 listing)

Drake Andersen is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music at Vassar College, where he teaches electronic music. Areas of research include twentieth-century experimental music, virtual scores, and open-source software communities. Forthcoming publications include an article on technological mediation in the music of Pauline Oliveros in Organised Sound and an account of Earle Brown’s encounters with minimalist aesthetics in the 1960s and 1970s in Perspectives of New Music. He is also a composer and an improviser with live electronics.

Presentation: Indra Virtual Score Software

Alex Apostolopoulos (return to presentation 3 listing)

I graduated from Athens university of economics and business in 2015 and was awarded my Master’s in music from Newcastle University in 2019. I completed my Master of Philosophy at Newcastle University in 2020 and I am a PhD student at the University of Manchester. I have collaborated with Distractfold and had pieces workshopped by Opera North, Psappha and Solem Quartet. I presented a paper in the Theory and Analysis Graduate Students’ Conference 2019, organised by the Society for Music Analysis. I presented my research and had a solo piano piece workshopped and recorded in the BFE-RMA Research Students’ Conference 2020.

Presentation: Game theory as an approach to musical indeterminacy

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Logan Barrett (return to presentation 2 listing)

Logan Barrett is a composer, electronic musician, and pianist currently based in Rochester, New York. His compositional interests include the use of formal processes in compositional technique, extended just intonation systems, and electroacoustic improvisation using Pure Data. His music is often stylistically diverse, with each piece embodying a unique compositional process and sound world. Logan is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the Eastman School of Music studying composition with Carlos Snachez-Gutierrez, and electronic music with Matthew Barber.

Presentation: Examining an Interview Between Pierre Boulez and Michel Foucault

Ryan Blauvelt (return to concert 4 program)

Ryan Blauvelt (b. 1991) graduated from Indian University-Purdue University Fort Wayne with a Bachelor of Science in Music Technology, as well as a Bachelor of Music in Guitar Performance. He received a Masters of Music Composition at Butler University in Indianapolis. Ryan is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Music Composition the University of Hawaii, Manoa, focusing on intercultural composition His creative focus has recently shifted towards the blending of music cultures. His recent works have mixed traditional Western instruments with instruments of the East, including the pipa (Chinese), the ajaeng (Korean), and the shakuhachi and koto (Japanese).

Blood Moon While composing Blood Moon, I was captivated and inspired by Pasibutbut, an eight-part polyphonic prayer sung by the Bunun, one of the aboriginal tribes of Taiwan. The Bunun sing the prayer during the annual Millet Harvest Festival to please their god, "Dihanin", so that the tribe may have a bountiful harvest, good health, safety, and peace. In the prayer, a lead voice gradually slides upwards as the lower voices enter in a cascading dissonant cloud. The prayer continually grows in tension until the lead voice arrives at its final note to create a beautiful harmony with the other voices.

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Linda Bouchard (return to presentation 3 listing)

Born in Val d’Or, Québec, Canada Linda lived in New York City between 1979 to 1991 where she worked as a composer, orchestrator, conductor, teacher and producer. She was composer-in- residence with the National Arts Center Orchestra (1992-1995) n Ottawa, Canada. She has been living in San Francisco since 1997, she is the founder of NEXMAP.org and was the acting director from 2005 to 2015. In 2015. Her works have received awards in the US and in Canada, including a Prix Opus Composer of the Year in Quebec, Fromm Music Foundation Award, Princeton Composition Contest, SOCAN Composition awards and residencies from the Rockefeller Foundation, Civitella Ranieri, Camargo Foundation and others. Bouchard’s music is recorded in Germany, the USA and in Canada.

Presentation: Live Structures with Ocular Scores™ " Graphical Notation and Perceptible Architecture

Ivan Božičević (return to concert 2 program)

Ivan Božičević (*1961), Croatian composer, organist, pianist, arranger and jazz musician. He studied composition in Belgrade and organ in Frankfurt. His opus encompasses four symphonic works, as well as numerous chamber, choral, soloistic and electronic compositions. He is interested in a variety of genres (baroque, electronic, jazz, world music) and the possibility of “cross-fertilizations“ between those genres. His works are performed, awarded and recorded all over Europe, the USA and Australia , issued at 17 CD-s, printed by several US publishers (Walton Music, EC Schirmer, Abundant Silence, Manhattanbeach) and in Germany (Schott). Ivan leads the composition class at the Split Academy of music (Croatia).

Ivan Božičević, Circling, Three Evolving Landscapes The three movements of this composition are all based on variants of the 6/8 meter (also known as the "circling" meter). They explore and elaborate on the enchantingly subtle facets of mood, expression and constructive possibilities which this deceptively simple rhythmic frame has to offer.

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Rodrigo Camargo (return to concert 4 program)

Rodrigo Camargo is a Brazilian composer. He studied Composition (BM) at Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ), and is pursuing his Master's degree at Loiusiana State University. His music has been played at major events such as Panorama da Música Brasileira Atual (Brazilian contemporary music panorama), Série Compositores and Atlantic Music Festival. His works have been performed by important Brazilian classical music groups like Quinteto Lorenzo Fernandez, Quarteto Kalimera and Orquestra de Sopros da UFRJ.

The Quintet In The Quintet I tried to explore specific musical parameters such as rhythm, different colors and timbre. Each of the 3 movements has its own personality, but also referencing each other. Influences of rock, classical music and brazilian traditional music can be heard throughout the piece. In the first movement, a syncopated pattern is the seed for the structure, explored until the end of the piece; the second movement, a passacaglia in 2/4 shows a more calm spirit; and the third movement concludes the piece with very energic motion.

Oliver Caplan (return to concert 2 program)

Award-winning American composer Oliver Caplan writes melodies that nourish our souls, offering a voice of hope in an uncertain world. Inspired by the resiliency of the human spirit and beauty of the natural world, his music celebrates stories of social justice, conservation and community. Mr. Caplan’s works have been performed in over 175 performances nationwide. He has been commissioned by the Atlanta Chamber Players, Bella Piano Trio, Bronx Arts Ensemble and New Hampshire Master Chorale, among others. Winner of a Special Citation for the American Prize in Orchestral Composition, additional recognitions include two Veridian Symphony Competition Wins and the Fifth House Ensemble Competition Grand Prize. Recordings of Mr. Caplan’s music include his 2017 release You Are Not Alone, which has been featured on Apple Music’s Classical A-list and streamed over 200,000 times; and tracks on Trio Siciliano’s Exploring Music (2018, U07 Records) and the Sinfonietta of Riverdale’s New World Serenade (2016, Albany Records).

Krummholz Variations Krummholz Variations is a tone poem that recalls aspects of life in the alpine zone, expressed through a set of short, connected variations: Dawn, Marmots, Alpine Meadow, Ptarmigan, The Summit, Headwaters, Cloudburst and Dusk. Krummholz, German for “crooked wood,” are twisted trees that serve as gateways to the alpine zone and mountaintop sentinels. These stunted trees are shaped through constant exposure to severe weather and treasured for their unique deformities. High altitude landscapes are a paradigm for beauty in the face of harshness, filled with moments of joy and serenity that blossom amidst extremes.

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Josiah Tayag Catalan (return to concert 2 program)

Josiah Tayag Catalan is a Filipino-American composer born in New York City and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Recently, his compositional interests have become centered around the intersects of merging alternative modes of temporality and harmony by fusing elements that stem from influences in traditional, avant-garde, popular, and Southeast Asian musics. He has been awarded prizes from NACUSA, the Sacramento State Festival of New American Music, the Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra, and the American Prize, and has been a finalist in the Thailand International Competition Festival and ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer's Awards. Josiah's music has been commissioned and performed internationally by individuals and groups such as the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Earplay, Empyrean Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, Ensemble Mise-en, Lydian and Arditti String Quartets, the MANA saxophone quartet, The Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra, violinist Miranda Cuckson, and soprano Helena Sorokina.

Aperture Perpetuum This piece is a perpetuum mobile that takes its name from the fluctuation between the hollow sounding timbres of the violin that is produced through left hand harmonic pressure and bow techniques.

Kai-Young Chan (return to presentation 1 listing)

Kai-Young Chan integrates nuance and relevance in music that converses with societies and cultures, with a focus on the creative potential of tonal languages. Published by Editions Peters and released on Ablaze and PARMA Records, his works are presented internationally by groups including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and Daedalus Quartet at venues such as ISCM World Music Days and International Rostrum of Composers. He earned his Ph.D. in Music Composition from the University of Pennsylvania and currently serves as Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Presentation: From Constraints to Creativity: Musical Inventions through the Cantonese Contour

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Daniel Cueto (return to concert 2 program)

Born and raised in Lima to a Peruvian father and American mother, Daniel Cueto´s work is reflective of his broad cultural experiences within European, North American and South American music. His compositions have been described as “cleverly melding rich traditional Peruvian melodies and rhythms with a contemporary flair, creating a style that is both pleasing and accessible to the listener and performer”. To date, his works have been performed in seventeen countries, including Germany, France, Spain, Norway, Malta, Argentina, Brazil and the USA.

Puma The puma is one of the largest and strongest felines native to the Americas. It was a powerful symbol and the object of deep veneration for several ancient civilizations of South America. The puma possesses a beautiful build and great strength; its amazing speed and precision of movement make it a flawless hunter. It is also a solitary animal, making it all the more enigmatic as a character. I found this combination of qualities quite intriguing. Guided by these aspects, I started to explore the ritual figure of the puma through music. The result was this work.

Haiqiong Deng (return to presentation 4 listing)

Haiqiong Deng is a scholar of Chinese music and a master player of the 21-string guzheng. Her honors include the Florida Cultural Heritage Award, Ruby Chao Yeh Research Award, Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, Master Artist of the Florida Folklife Apprenticeship Award, and the Outstanding Performance Prize at the 1995 Chinese National Guzheng Competition. Since her professional début in Beijing in 1997, she has developed an international reputation as a guzheng soloist. Deng earned a Ph.D. in Musicology, two master’s degrees in arts administration and Ethnomusicology from the Florida State Univ. and a BM (guzheng performance) from Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Presentation: An encounter of East meets West — “Mackay” for 21 strings Chinese zheng solo

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Federico Garcia-De Castro (return to presentation 4 listing)

Federico Garcia-De Castro has lived in the US since 2001, and enjoys a international career as a composer and conductor. His music has been performed in programs and festivals around the world, and as founder and Artistic Director of Alia Musica Pittsburgh he has conducted fourteen seasons of music by living composers and modern classics from the 20th century. Among his commissions are pieces for ensembles like Dal Niente, Quince Vocal Quartet, and NY's Anagram Ensemble. He is the creator of the Harmonic Profile Project, a computer analysis tool for triadic harmony, and of the YouTube channel First Sight Analysis.

Presentation: Introduction to the Harmonic Profile Project

Susanna Hancock (return to concert 2 program)

Susanna Hancock is an Asian-American composer whose music explores color, process, and acoustic phenomena. Plurality, ambiguity, juxtaposition, transience, and impermanence are currents that move throughout Susanna’s work as a reflection on identity and “place” - or lack thereof. platforms So many late evenings of mine have been spent on subway platforms, desperately waiting for a local train to take me home.

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Han Hitchen (return to concert 3 program)

Han Hitchen (b. 1997) writes for a wide range of genres, including various acoustic settings and electroacoustic music. Hitchen is presently pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Acoustic and Electronic Composition at the University of South Florida, where they study with Benjamin D. Whiting and Paul Reller, and previously with Baljinder Sekhon. Their electronic music has been presented internationally at several festivals, including Electronic Music Midwest, International Computer Music Conference, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, and Electroacoustic Barn Dance. Hitchen serves as Technical Director and Treasurer for the New Music Consortium at USF.

Ursus maritimus Ursus maritimus was commissioned by pianist Eunmi Ko, as a part of the Compose for Eunmi project. This work is inspired by the composer’s struggle with “artist’s block” during summer 2020, as a result of stress surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The composer would find it difficult to stay on task, and continue working on their projects. This is demonstrated by the separation of varying compositional material into their own brief sections, each being interjected with the performer fidgeting in distraction.

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Tucker Johnson (return to concert 3 program)

Currently based in State College, Pennsylvania, Tucker's musical practice includes works for soloists, ensembles, and electronic media. He seeks to draw connections between philosophy, mathematics, design, and social justice through his work. These ideas are often synthesized through a blend of experimentation and highly organized systems. Recent explorations in Tucker's music have included prescriptive applications of mathematical relationships/number sequences, the reorganization of improvised materials, integral conceptual structures, and various attempts to combat phenomenologies of timelessness and placelessness. Tucker is pursuing the BM in music composition at Pennsylvania State University, where his composition teachers are Baljinder Sekhon and Steven Rice.

Wears and Tears The automaton mimes the living. The Thing is neither dead nor alive, it is dead and alive at the same time. It survives. At once cunning, inventive and machine-like, ingenious and unpredictable, this war machine is a theatrical machine. (Derrida) The ‘war machine’ in Wears and Tears presents another future—the duet is between ours and another. Not an alternate direction in time, but an alternate direction of psychological perception and expectation. An alternate methodology. The effects and relationship of the alternate are only there when we listen. When we are “hearing what is not there, the recorded voice...Not phonocentrism but phonography, sound coming to occupy the dis-place of writing.” (Mark Fisher) We are lucky, as it is easiest to hear in the most radically contracted space and time—cyberspace. Here, hauntology latches to all culture as it is distributed and consumed. “nothing here but us recordings...” (Mark Fisher) What one has just seen cross the stage is an apparition, a quasi divinity... (Derrida)

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Christopher Kaminski (return to concert 1 program)

Christopher A. Kaminski (b. 1994) writes music that focuses on weaving heavy metal, rock, jazz, minimalist, southern Indian, and improvised music together on the concert stage. His music has been performed at the fresh inc festival, Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival, Connecticut Summerfest, the Iowa Great Lakes Music Festival, and various universities. Christopher recently received two Master’s, in Composition and Music Theory, at Michigan State University. He is also an active clarinetist, improviser, theorist, and educator. His most significant work in progress is a heavy metal opera about a cult that worships quesadillas, called The Church of Quesadeity.

Feedback During my undergraduate degree at Rutgers, my clarinet teacher, Dr. Maureen Hurd Hause, showed me the first multiphonic I ever heard, and it sounded like feedback from an amplifier. My life was changed for the better that day. I went on to attempt to learn some clarinet music from Eric Mandat and William O. Smith, like Mandat’s Preludes Book II and Smith’s Variants. After I got more comfortable with these techniques, I began incorporating them into my improvisations, which then ended in a piece for myself that used some of the techniques I learned from those composers and my teacher.

Tyler Kline (return to concert 1 program)

Tyler Kline is a composer, arranger and audio engineer currently residing in Cincinnati, OH. An ongoing focus of Kline’s work is the use of extended sounds/techniques in order to create timbral similarities or differences, as well as textures, between instruments, voices and/or electronics. Kline is co-artistic director of Terroir New Music, an event series that combines the music of living composers with the work of local chefs and brewers. In addition to his work in composition, Kline is a classical music radio announcer at WSMR, where he also produces and hosts a weekly contemporary-music program called “Modern Notebook.”

Orchard (selections) Orchard is a collection of fifty solo piano pieces, ranging from 45 seconds to just over three minutes, all titled after, and, in one way or another, inspired by botanical fruit. When composing each piece, I considered the various features of a particular fruit in order to arrive at compositional decisions. In essence, the music takes on my interpretation of a fruit’s texture, shape, color, or flavor - either in combination or focusing on just one of those elements. To this end, given the brevity of each piece, I almost see these as “seeds” of what could be more long- form musical ideas.

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Panayiotis Kokoras (return to concert 3 program)

Kokoras is an internationally award-winning composer and computer music innovator, and currently an Associate Professor of composition and CEMI director (Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia) at the University of North Texas. Born in Greece, he studied classical guitar and composition in Athens, Greece and York, England; he taught for many years at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. Kokoras's sound compositions use sound as the only structural unit. His concept of "holophonic musical texture" describes his goal that each independent sound (phonos), contributes equally into the synthesis of the total (holos). In both instrumental and electroacoustic writing, his music calls upon a "virtuosity of sound," a hyper- idiomatic writing which emphasizes on the precise production of variable sound possibilities and the correct distinction between one timbre and another to convey the musical ideas and structure of the piece. His compositional output is also informed by musical research in Music Information Retrieval compositional strategies, Extended techniques, Tactile sound, Hyperidiomaticity, Robotics, Sound and Consciousness. More information at http://www.panayiotiskokoras.com

Mosaicing Mosaicing establishes a sound ecosystem full of energetic gestures with accents and harmonic sweeps exploring both the intrinsic qualities but also the contextual potential of the sound material. There are moments where the heavy breathy flute sound evolves, almost instantly, into Gustav Holst’s strings continuum to a lion’s roar; fast gestural flute passages are competing with zip sounds and angry dogs under the pulses of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring or Stockhausen’s meditative vocals of Stimmung. The title Mosaicing refers to the process of recomposing the temporal evolution of the flute part from segments cut out of source audio materials.

Akari Komura (return to concert 3 program)

Akari Komura is a Japanese composer-vocalist. She grew up in Tokyo, then moved abroad to spend teenage-hood in Indonesia. Her breadth of work spans chamber ensemble, multimedia, electronic and vocal music. Her works has been presented at the Composers Conference, Atlantic Music Festival and soundSCAPE by FLUX Quartet.

Elapsed Elapsed is a duet for solo cello with the fixed media electronics, which overlays a pre-recorded audio of the same piece played in reverse. This results in a palindrome-like structure where the two parts are moving across each other in time. The midpoint of the piece unfolds into a powerful unison moment for both the live performer and the track as they sonically mirror each other in reflection. The work explores various timbres of the solo instrument, which emerge in conversation with the transformed timbres of the same musical materials in the reverse track. Elapsed centers around the idea of sonic memory, misremembering, and re-emergence of the past, and challenges to listen to the time that flows in two directions sonically.

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Eric Lemmon (return to concert 3 program)

Composer Eric Lemmon’s music has been described as using “a broad range of extended techniques and complex rhythms to create [a] beautifully ethereal nebulousness of sound”. They have been reviewed by the New York Times and featured on WQXR’s Q2. Eric has been awarded MetLife’s Creative Connections Grant, a UMEZ and LMCC Arts Engagement Grant, multiple Puffin Foundation Grants, a Tofte Lake Center Emerging Artist Residency, IGNM Zürich Projektfonds, a Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, a Fulbright Award and ConEd’s Exploring the Metropolis Residency. Eric is a Ph.D. candidate in Music Composition at Stony Brook University. toy_5 This networked piece, written for new media ensemble Synthbeats and titled toy_5, seeks to explore aspects of improvisational and generative algorithmic computer music. The work is designed to be immediately accessible to non-musicians in a participatory setting, if so desired, according to principles developed by Tina Blaine and Sidney Fels while also providing a higher ceiling of nuance for more rehearsed performances. The work’s visuals and sound are controlled by mouse cursor position, mouse clicks, and keystrokes through OSC. They are then shared, in this case, through the consumer-grade teleconferencing software Zoom. Sound written in SuperCollider, visuals in hydra.

John Liberatore (return to concert 3 program)

John Liberatore is a composer, pianist, and one of the world’s few glass harmonica players. His music seeks poignancy through levity, ambiguity through transparency, and complexity within simple textures— “to feel pulled along at varying speeds in multiple directions, but always forward.” (Cleveland Classical). He is a two-time MacDowell fellow, and the recipient awards from Tanglewood, Yaddo, the Fromm Music Foundation, the American Opera Initiative, and many other organizations. Through a 2012 Presser Music Award, he studied in Tokyo with Jo Kondo. Recordings of his works are available on Ravello, Innova, Centaur, and Albany record labels. He holds degrees from Eastman (PhD, MM) and Syracuse University (BM, summa cum laude) and teaches at the University of Notre Dame.

Telarañas Telarañas, or “spider webs,” draws some inspiration from Walt Whitman’s poem, “A Noiseless, Patient Spider.” The title is Spanish because it’s the native language of the work’s dedicatee, and perhaps as a semi-conscious homage to the Catalonian composers whose works I studied in writing this piece.

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Joshua Mallard (return to concert 4 program)

Joshua Mallard (b. 1998) is an award-winning composer currently residing in Tampa, Florida. Mallard's works have been performed internationally by a variety of ensembles, including Rote Hund Muzik, HyperCube, and Tampa Homegrown. His solo flute work, "Perennial" was premiered at the XI International Flute Festival by Francesca Arnone. Mallard's fixed media work Detritus was programmed in the 2020 National Student Electronic Music Event. Mallard is currently pursuing a bachelor degree in music composition at the University of South Florida (BM’21) with Paul Reller and Benjamin D. Whiting. As a student, Mallard was a recipient of the Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award.

Logogriph A logogriph is puzzle in which a certain word, and other words formed from any or all of its letters, must be guessed from indications given in a set of verses. This concept is applied by treating each trombone as only a part of the material. The result is a deluge of fragmented parts that inexplicably contribute to a whole that in itself might be just as fragmented. These bits of fragmented material are then intuitively sprinkled across different sections of the piece, creating something amorphous and ambiguous.

Marie Jocelyn Marfil (return to presentation 1 listing)

Dr. Marie Jocelyn Marfil is an Associate Professor in the Composition and Theory Department of the University of the Philippines College of Music. She is also the Coordinator of the Associate in Arts of Music Program of the same University.

Her compositions have been performed internationally, such as in China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Belgium, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, Canada and USA. Her paper has also been presented in conferences such as in Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Florida, Hawai’i, and Tennessee. She has become a multi-awarded film music composer, where most of the films she scored were shown in various international film festivals.

She holds the degrees of Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Composition (University of the Philippines), Master of Arts in Music Theory as a Fulbright Scholar (State University of New York), and PhD in Music Composition (University of Hawai’i).

Presentation: My Works as Inspired by the Mansaka Culture

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Emily McPherson (return to concert 1 program)

Emily McPherson is a composer currently based in State College, Pennsylvania. Her work includes a wide variety of instrumentation across different styles including solo, large and small chamber ensembles, large ensembles, and electronics via fixed media and live electronics. Her work is primarily influenced by external media such as the visual arts, environment, poetry/written text, and a connection to physical space and time. Emily holds her BM in Music Composition from Bowling Green State University where she studied under Drs. Elainie Lillios, Mikel Keuhn, Marilyn Shrude, and Christopher Dietz. Currently, she is pursuing her MM in Music Composition from Pennsylvania State University under the direction of Dr. Baljinder Sekhon.

Chatter Marks Chatter marks are striations left on the postglacial exposed bedrock caused by the striking of englacial debris against the bedrock surface during glacial movement. It is easier to break things than it is to build them; breaking an ice sheet is easier than building it back up. Our climate is changing, and we have the opportunity and responsibility to learn, understand, and act. “Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.” – Martin Sheen

Bradley Mikesell (return to concert 1 program)

Bradley Mikesell II (b. 1998) is a composer currently based in State College, Pennsylvania. His music has been performed by numerous groups and has been selected for several honors and awards including The Florida Orchestra, loadbang, the Quasar Saxophone Quartet, Corvus, The NACUSA 38th Annual Young Composers’ Competition, the 2018 Composing in the Wilderness adventure in Alaska, and chosen as part of the 2018 Electroacoustic Barn Dance. Bradley has the B.M. degree in Acoustic and Electronic Music Composition at the University of South Florida and is currently pursuing the M.M. degree in Composition at Penn State University with Baljinder Sekhon.

Scalene Motion For one week, I tracked my movements between three different places: my apartment, car, and school. Each time I made a journey from one location to another, I recorded the most notable aspects of it. These experiences were assigned certain musical attributes which then make up the substance of the piece. For example; walking uphill is equivalent to rising music, while sweating corresponds to brief falls in the music. So, if the most prominent experiences of a journey include walking uphill while sweating, this section of music features rising music with brief falls. In addition; the pitch centers are derived from both the distance between the locations, as well as the degrees of each corner of the scalene triangle that forms from the three points. PENN STATE UNIVERSITY 2021 NEW-MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM

Robert Morris (return to presentation 4 listing)

Robert Morris is Professor of Music Composition at the Eastman School of Music, where he has taught since 1980.

As of 2020, Morris has composed 200 musical works including orchestral, chamber, solo, vocal, improvisational, electronic/computer, and outdoor music.

In addition to his music, Morris has also written four books, and over 60 articles and reviews, which contribute to theories of musical analysis and aesthetics, compositional design, electronic and computer music, and South Indian classical music.

Presentation: Discrete Musical Forms in General, and Pitch-Class Derived Forms in Particular

Leah Mullen (return to concert 3 program)

Leah Mullen is a composer, vocalist and Schreyer Honors Scholar at Penn State, studying with Drs. Baljinder Sekhon and Steven Rice. Her works have been performed in several states, such as Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New York. Her current collaborations include: the Penn State Dance studios, as her piece Ritual was selected for choreography, and Chelsea Opera, where she has been commissioned for a new vocal work. Some upcoming programs Leah will attend are: Really Spicy Opera’s Libretto workshop, the Alba Music Festival and the SPLICE Institute. Leah is the current Vice President of Living Music at Penn State.

The Hartford (1894) The Hartford, 1894, is inspired by the ship that sank in the Sandy Pond area of Lake Ontario in October of 1894. The use of pitch material, rhythmic qualities, range and extended techniques were suggested from the month of October, Lake Ontario, and the ship itself.

Aine Nakamura (return to presentation 2 listing)

Singer, composer and performer Aine Nakamura pursues sensibility and spirituality as her aesthetics through a focus on the nuanced possibilities of her voice. She has presented her compositions at A Concert of Electronic Music in honor of Mario Davidovsky, Dias de Música Electroacústica, NYCEMF, Abrons Arts Center for ICE, and October New Music Festival for Mikro Ensemblen in Finland. She is a winner of the APNM 2019 Electronic Music Competition, and awardee of The Leo Bronstein Homage Award from New York University, and The Honorable Mention Award for the 2020 Pauline Oliveros New Genre Prize.

Presentation: Voice As Body, Voice And Body

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João Pedro Oliveira (return to presentation 2 listing)

Composer João Pedro Oliveira holds the Corwin Endowed Chair in Composition for the University of California at Santa Barbara. He studied organ performance, composition and architecture in Lisbon. He completed a PhD in Music at the University of New York at Stony Brook. His music includes opera, orchestral compositions, chamber music, electroacoustic music and experimental video. He has received over 60 international prizes and awards for his works, including three Prizes at Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition, the prestigious Magisterium Prize and Giga-Hertz Special Award, 1st Prize in Metamorphoses competition, 1st Prize in Yamaha-Visiones Sonoras Competition, 1st Prize in Musica Nova competition. He taught at Aveiro University (Portugal) and Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil). His publications include several articles in journals and a book on 20th century music theory.

Presentation: Gesture Interaction Between Sound and Image

Laura Pettigrew (return to concert 4 program)

Laura Pettigrew’s contributions in Canada are well known/ appreciated, but her influence/achievement now expanded all over the world. It’s perhaps her love of sharing that sets her apart. She’s participated in and continues seeking artist residencies internationally; her passion for history/world culture inspiring her studying styles/techniques of ethnic instruments/music making her work more authentic.

Selene (Goddess of the Moon) In Greek mythology, Selene (/sɪˈliːni/; Ancient Greek: Σελήνη [selɛːnɛː]̌ "Moon") is the Goddess of the moon. Like her brother Helios, the Sun god, who drives his sun chariot across the sky each day, Selene is also said to drive a chariot across the heavens.

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Richard Pressley (return to concert 1 program)

Richard Pressley’s music has been performed in the US, Europe, Brazil, Australia. He began his musical career in rock music in his early teens, playing and touring with rock and punk bands. He attended the University of Indianapolis and Butler University (B.M.), Cambridge University (M.A.), and the University of Minnesota (Ph D); also post-doctoral study at Karlsruhe Musikhochschule and Darmstadt in Germany. His composition instructors include Wolfgang Rihm, Sandeep Bhagwati, Dominick Argento, Judith Lang Zaimont, Alex Lubet, Daniel Chua, and Michael Schelle. He is Associate Professor of Music Theory at Charleston Southern University in Charleston, SC, USA.

Tau Moments of uneasy repose with sustained- or repeated-note gestures that “blossom and bloom” into more eruptive figures, passages featuring an intense dialogue of frenetic gestures in counterpoint, and moments of sparser, fleeting interplay — these all interact with varying degrees of ‘density’ and varying degrees of pitched, quasi-pitched, and noise sounds, as the two parts merge and diverge, cooperate or argue, pull toward or push away from each other — abruptly meeting, or unable to — much like the energy of differing sides of magnets alternately held in proximity to each other.

Leah Reid (return to concert 1 program)

Leah Reid is a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music. Her primary research interests involve the perception, modeling, and compositional applications of timbre. In her works, timbre acts as a catalyst for exploring new soundscapes, time, space, perception, and color. In recent reviews, Reid’s works have been described as “immersive,” “haunting,” and “shimmering.” Her works are frequently performed throughout Europe and North America, with notable premieres by Accordant Commons, Ensemble Móbile, Guerilla Opera, the Jack Quartet, McGill’s Contemporary Music Ensemble, Neave Trio, Sound Gear, Talea, and Yarn/Wire. Reid is an Assistant Professor of Composition at the University of Virginia. www.leahreidmusic.com.

Reverie Reverie is an acousmatic composition that leads the listener through an immersive fantasy centered around deconstructed music boxes. The work is comprised of eight sections that alternate between explorations of the music boxes’ gears and chimes. In the work, the music boxes’ sounds are pulled apart, exaggerated, expanded, and combined with other sounds whose timbres and textures are reminiscent of the original. As the piece unfolds, the timbres increase in spectral and textural density, and the associations become more and more fantastical. Gears are transformed into zippers, coins, chainsaws, motorcycles, and fireworks, and the chimes morph into rainstorms, all sizes of bells, pianos, and more. PENN STATE UNIVERSITY 2021 NEW-MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM

Minato Sakamoto (return to presentation 1 listing)

Minato Sakamoto is a Japanese composer, pianist, and improviser from Osaka. Ranging from classical concert music to electronic music with heavy uses of computational technologies, his compositions practice the unserious seriously, fuse spontaneous and organic qualities, and demonstrate a clear connection to the past. He has collaborated with leading ensembles/groups including Crossing Borders Music, Playground Ensemble, Hypercube, Boston New Music Initiative, Phasma Music, 8 Strings & a Whistle, and Righteous GIRLS. Minato is currently studying towards his Ph.D. in composition at Duke University. He previously studied at Amherst College and graduated summa cum laude in 2018.

Presentation: Piano Is Chinese

Nicholas Shaheed (return to concert 2 program)

Nicholas Shaheed is a composer of both acoustic and electronic music whose work explores aspects of structure. His music has been featured at the Norfolk New Music Workshop, SEAMUS, the MOXsonic Festival, CCRMA, Electronic Music Midwest, New Music on the Point, the So Percussion Summer Institute, the highSCORE Festival, and has been performed by So Percussion, Christopher Otto, Quartetto Indaco, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, Violetta Duo, and the Helianthus Contemporary Music Ensemble. For his music, he has received a number of grants and awards such as the Presser Award, the Edward Mattila Award for Excellence in Electronic Music, the Brosseau Creativity Award, and the James K. Hitt Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research. Nicholas holds degrees in computer science, music composition, and music theory from the University of Kansas, and has studied under Elliot Cole, Kip Haaheim, Forrest Pierce, Ingrid Stölzel, and James Barnes. He is currently based in Oregon.

Moment Moment came out of a desire to create something complex from something simple. Two 2-note motives are sequenced into a slow, blooming mensuration canon, with both lush chromatic harmonies and simple triads emerging.

Keane Southard (return to concert 4 program)

Described as “a hugely prolific musician with a wide variety of skill sets” (newmusicbuff.com), Keane Southard (b. 1987) is a composer and pianist who’s works reflect his many diverse musical tastes, from medieval chant to 70's rock, Bach to the Blues, and 19th century romanticism to Latin dance forms. He has been a recipient of many awards, most recently winning the Yale Glee Club’s Emerging Composers Competition and Capital Hearings Young Composers Competition. Keane is currently a Ph.D. student in composition at the Eastman School of Music studying with Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon and spent 2013 in Brazil as a Fulbright scholar. PENN STATE UNIVERSITY 2021 NEW-MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM

Lamentation Lamentation is a string orchestra arrangement I made in January 2019 of my Jesus Wept for SATB choir, which I had composed the year before. It is a setting of the shortest verse in the King James Version of the Bible (John 11:35) which consists of just the two words of choral work's title. I removed the verse from its original context in order to suggest that Jesus weeps for all the suffering that humankind has inflicted on our planet, other beings, and ourselves despite his teaching us to love others as we love ourselves.

Roydon Tse (return to concert 4 program)

Dr. Roydon Tse is an award-winning composer and educator based in Toronto Canada. He completed degrees in composition at the University of British Columbia (B.Mus) and the University of Toronto (D.M.A). He is the winner of five SOCAN Foundation Awards for Canadian composer, the Washington International Composition Prize, and was named one of CBC Music's Top "30 under 30" Canadian Classical Musicians in 2017. He is the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's 2020/21 NextGen Composer, and serves as an educator for the Regent Park School of Music and the Canadian Opera Company.

Down the Rabbit Hole Down the Rabbit Hole is a fast and exuberant dance for string orchestra that explores the fusion of western and eastern musical influences. Composed in the winter of 2012 and completed in 2013, the piece represents my attempt at reconciling my roots as an Asian composer with my Western musical training. The title pays homage to the well-known novel by Lewis Carroll, but it was chosen more so to capture the sense of movement, optimism, and wonder of the music.

Kristina Warren (return to concert 3 program)

Composer-improviser-maker Kristina Warren writes and performs acoustic and electronic sound using instruments she and others made. Her first solo album, "filament" (2019, released as petra), is “precise and unpredictable, making repeat listens irresistible” (Marc Masters), while her bespoke wearable electronic instrument Exo.Rosie sees her rolling around on the floor. Recent events include New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Movement and Computing Conference, and Spektrum [Berlin], and recent ensemble collaborations include Chartreuse, JACK Quartet, So Percussion, and Yarn/Wire. Currently Visiting Assistant Professor at Brown University, Warren holds a PhD in Composition & Computer Technologies (University of Virginia). kmwarren.org

Eight Paces "Eight Paces" (2017) imagines a visual form of sound, by turns noisy and aggressive or strange and distant. A voice is digitally disrupted, creating nebulous mental imagery of what the vocalist might be doing. "Eight Paces" at first lives in a grid but ultimately escapes into the night. PENN STATE UNIVERSITY 2021 NEW-MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM

Brianna Wiegand (return to concert 3 program)

Bri Wiegand is a senior at Penn State University studying Film-Video Development and Music Technology with a main focus in sound design and music composition in film. In the School of Music, she is a recording studio engineer, percussionist, and President of the Percussion Club. Under director Dennis Glocke, she performed in Carnegie Hall for Penn State’s President’s Concert last year and interned for the American Pavilion during the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. She currently works as a dance instructor at MindBodyArt School of Dance, teaching tap, jazz, and ballet for competitive and recreational students of all ages.

Rarefaction Created in Fall 2019, this film reflects both my passions as an editor and sound designer. The images were created by filming small party lights that were then layered and delayed over each other. The music is actually the culmination of every piece and project I had composed from my time in Penn State to that point. Each file is manipulated in some way and layered over top one another to create a Frankenstein like final result. This film is dedicated to the late Dr. Mark Ballora, who first introduced me to the wonders of sound in his science of music class and set me on the path to eventually pursuing a degree in music technology. This film received a special mention laurel from the London XR Seasonal Film Festival 2020. The score was selected by the Penn State School of Dance to be used in a contemporary choreographed production.

Red Wierenga (return to concert 1 program)

Red Wierenga is a pianist, accordionist, respectronicist, improviser, and composer based in New York. His longest creative association is with the Respect Sextet, called “a group which has released one of the most compelling recordings of the year” by the Wall Street Journal, and “one of the best and most ambitious new ensembles in jazz” by Signal To Noise. aptsiclodet aptsiclodet is a mobile form composition for amplified classical guitar exploring the instrument's varied timbral and tonal range and inviting the performer's collaborative and creative input. It was written for Dieter Hennings.

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Adeline Wong (return to concert 4 program)

Singapore-based Malaysian composer Adeline Wong’s music has often been described as bold, with textural energy and kaleidoscopic colours. Her recent music has aimed for distillation of musical material by concentrating on economy and exploring the material from every possible perspective. Adeline is a Senior Lecturer in Composition at the YST Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore. She is currently the President of the Malaysian Composers Collective, a platform that promotes Malaysian contemporary classical music at home and abroad. In 2019 she was the artistic director of the Free Hand Festival – 1st Malaysian Contemporary Composers Piano Festival 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Following the festival’s success, Adeline together with the Malaysia Composers Collective was responsible for curating the nation’s first ever anthology of 21st Century piano scores, published as Free Hand Anthology I and distributed by Faber Music internationally. Graduating from the Eastman School of Music and Royal College of Music London, Adeline's works have been performed by the Belgian National Orchestra, Orkest de ereprijs, the Netherlands, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra amongst others.

Crossings Commissioned by Malaysian pianist Melody Quah, Crossings is written in response to Bach’s keyboard masterpiece the Goldberg Variations. One tends to get caught up in the complexities and profundity of the Goldberg, but for me there is also the playful and simple side to this work, where every possibility is built from the simplest basic idea of the bass line. Crossings, as the title implies, is a display of hand crossings driven by the more virtuoso and arabesque-like variations evident in the Goldberg. The hand crossings are often decorated with trills and other ornamentations drawn from Goldbergs Aria. The 6-minute Crossings is almost like playing games on the keyboard with running motions, contrary motions, chasing from one side of the keyboard to the other, and hockets topped with ornamentations. Speaking of the Goldberg, one of the pivotal moments for me is the power of the unexpected when moving from Variation 29 to 30. The pompous Variation 29 finally settles into the last variation made of simple and popular folk tunes in a quodlibet. This unexpected turn is the simplest yet most joyful moment for me in the entire set of 30 variations. I do hope the ending of Crossings will similarly provide an unexpected twist for the listener.

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Living Music is a student-run organization focused on promoting new music at Penn State and curating events.

The purpose of Living Music is to encourage the collaboration of contemporary musicians in the Penn State Community. Our goals are to facilitate dialogue, perform new and recent music, and build stronger relationships among contemporary musicians and the entire Penn State community.

Please join our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pennstatelivingmusic/

Living Music Board of Officers Tucker Johnson (BM Composition ’21), President Leah Mullen (BM Composition ’22), Vice President Connor Simpson (BM Composition ’23), Treasurer Abbie Adams (BM Composition, ’23), Secretary Austin White (BM Composition ’23), Librarian Micah Mooney (MA Music Theory ’22), PR Manager Emily McPherson (MM Composition ’22), Living Music Radio Show Coordinator Bradley Mikesell (MM Composition ’22), Technology Coordinator Brianna Wiegand (BA Music Technology ’21), Assistant Technology Coordinator

Faculty Advisors Baljinder Sekhon, Assistant Professor of Composition Steven Rice, Assistant Professor of Music Technology

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Penn State Composition & Technology

At Penn State Composition & Music Technology, we are creators & innovators. Part of ROARS (Research of the Arts, Recording, and Sound), we are engaged with first-rate studios, cutting- edge curricula, and a cooperative & interdisciplinary artistic culture.

The School of Music offers the following degrees in Composition and Technology: Bachelor of Music in Music Composition Master of Music in Music Composition Bachelor of Arts in Music with an Option in Music Technology Minor in Music Technology PPC in Music Composition and Technology

The Music Composition program provides students with a comprehensive training, including composition of concert music, film scoring, songwriting, and electroacoustic music. Acoustic and electronic composition courses, private lessons, weekly seminar meetings, and master classes comprise the core of study. Several concerts devoted to presenting student compositions take place each year and student works are regularly performed by the school’s many ensembles. Although focused on works for the concert hall, music technology plays a major role in the composition curriculum. In addition to composing works for solo, chamber, large-ensemble, and computer-music genres, composition students carry out a series of career- building projects focused on music business, as well as score study, listening assignments, and reading assignments.

Music Technology students learn to construct & use recording studios, electronic instruments, music software & hardware, as well as use computers to inform their work as a performer, composer, musicologist, acoustician, music theorist, mathematician, artist, or engineer. For majors, this training takes place in weekly seminars, live concerts, studio recording sessions, and courses in audio engineering, music programming, acoustics, and the history & culture of electroacoustic music. Music tech majors are encouraged to deepen their understanding of their specific areas of interest, creating projects that will serve as their calling cards when they leave Penn State.

ROARS also provides musicians that do not wish to major in technology or composition the tools they need to adapt their artistry or funding models to a changing world, or to augment their knowledge in another specialization with the insights of musicians. Music Technology Minors have the opportunity to pursue their inspirations within the ROARS culture in a way that complements their area of specialization.

Penn State 2021 New-Music Festival and Symposium SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Virtual Recital Friday, March 19, 2021 ◆ 1:00 p.m. musicmedia.psu.edu/livestream

Chater Marks Emily McPherson fxed media video and saxophone Shannon Donahoe, saxophone aptsiclodet Red Wierenga Dieter Hennings, guitar

Reverie Leah Reid fxed media audio

Scalene Motion Bradley Mikesell Amber Lucas, clarinet

Orchard (selections) Tyler Kline Eunmi Ko, piano

Tau Richard Pressley Lisa Cella, fute Patrick Crossland, trombone

Nwayo for Solo Guitar Hendel Almetus Dieter Hennings, guitar

Feedback Christopher Kaminski Christopher Kaminski, clarinet j

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Virtual Recital Friday, March 19, 2021 ◆ 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. musicmedia.psu.edu/livestream

7:30-8:00 p.m. Krummholz Variations Oliver Caplan

Members of the Penn State Symphonic Wind Ensemble Dr. Tonya Mitchell-Spradlin, director Cecilia Leskowicz, fute Jennifer Rocco, clarinet Annie Liu and Bradley Sarmiento, bassoon Corey Hermens and Kiefer Quandel, trumpet Connor Frederick, trombone Mason Donnohue, bass trombone

Circling, Tree Evolving Landscapes Ivan Božičević

II. Prayer Wheel III. Coiling Clouds

Michael Dirnberger, Amber Lucas, and Geneva Maldonado, clarinet Jennifer Rocco, bass clarinet

8:00-8:30 p.m. Conversation with Composers (Caplan, Hancock, Cueto, and Shaheed)

8:30-9:00 p.m. platforms Susanna Hancock

Penn State Graduate String Quartet Carolina Pedroza and Kristina Sharra, violin Andrea Alvarado, viola Ambrynn Bowman, cello Puma Daniel Cueto

Penn State Graduate Wind Quintet Cecilia Leskowicz, fute Tabitha Hanson, oboe Jennifer Rocco, clarinet Kyle Schober, horn Bradley Sarmiento, bassoon

Aperture Perpetuum Josiah Tayag Catalan

James Lyon, violin Professor of Violin, Penn State

Moment Nicholas Shaheed

Collin Bankovic, soprano saxophone Eric Villalta, alto saxophone Justin Del Vecchio, tenor saxophone Marshall Henry, baritone saxophone

9:00-9:30 p.m. Conversation with Composers (Caplan, Hancock, Cueto, Catalan, and Shaheed)

Virtual Recital Saturday, March 20, 2021 ◆ 1:00 p.m. musicmedia.psu.edu/livestream

Elapsed Akari Komura Hudson Webber, cello Penn State ROARS, video production

Rarefaction Brianna Wiegand fxed media video

Telarañas (in fve movements) John Liberatore Dieter Hennings, guitar

Te Hartford (1894) Leah Mullen Leah Maines and Sarah Buzalewski, violin Samuel Rothermel, viola Isaac McNulty, cello

Ursus maritimus Han Hitchen Eunmi Ko, piano

Mosaicing Panayiotis Kokoras score-following video Ensemble Holophony Project Panayiotis Kokoras Wears and Tears Tucker Johnson Amber Lucas, clarinet

Eight Paces Kristina Warren fxed media video toy_5 Eric Lemmon Ensemble Decipher Laptop Ensemble Eric Lemmon, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Chelsea Loew, Robert Cosgrove, Taylor Long, Joseph Bohigian, laptops

Virtual Recital Saturday, March 20, 2021 ◆ 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. musicmedia.psu.edu/livestream

7:30-8:00 p.m.

Lamentation Keane Southard

Penn State Philharmonic Strings Gerardo Edelstein, director

Down the Rabbit Hole Roydon Tse

Penn State Philharmonic Strings Gerardo Edelstein, director

Crossings Adeline Wong

Melody Quah, piano Assistant Professor of Piano, Penn State

8:00-8:30 p.m. Conversations with Composers (Southard, Tse, and Wong)

8:30-9:00 p.m.

Te Quintet Rodrigo Camargo

Penn State Graduate Brass Quintet Corey Hermens, and Josie Stalcar, trumpet Janie Aspinwall, horn Connor Frederick, trombone Meredith Fuller, trumpet Blood Moon Ryan Blauvelt

Penn State Graduate Brass Quintet Corey Hermens, and Josie Stalcar, trumpet Janie Aspinwall, horn Connor Frederick, trombone Meredith Fuller, trumpet

Selene (Goddess of the Moon) Laura Petigrew

Polyphonic Flutes Rachel Schwabenbauer Kevin Palm Kahley Mitchell Joshua Benitez

Logogriph Joshua Mallard

Penn State Trombone Choir Mark Lusk, director Connor Frederick Jeremiah Rodgers Ryan Shuey Andy Zall David Wilson Allie Biancoviso Britney Bidding Mason Donnohue

9:00-9:30 p.m. Conversations with Composers (Camargo, Blauvelt, Petigrew, and Mallard)

j Personnel Lamentation, Keane Southard Violin I Viola Kristina Sharra, concertmaster Sam Rothermel, principal Henry Rublein Andrea Alvarado Sarah Buzalewski Taylor Shea Celeste Belknap Isabel Healy Rosa Padt Cello Violin II Ambrynn Bowman, principal Carolina Pedroza, principal Hudson Webber Spencer Stover Isaac McNulty Shannon Quinn Barrell Davis John Neary Leo Goubet McCall Bass Alex McLaughlin, principal Frank Cloke

Down the Rabbit Hole, Roydon Tse Violin I Viola Carolina Pedroza, concertmaster Taylor Shea, principal Ian Duh Andrea Alvarado Celeste Belknap Sam Rothermel Leah Maines Isabel Healy Henry Rublein Cello Violin II Hudson Webber, principal Kristina Sharra, principal Ambrynn Bowman Dalia Schvartzman Annabelle Lecy Spencer Stover Chris Gorman Mike Shia Leo Goubet McCall Bass Alex McLaughlin, principal Isander Fernandez