CURRICULUM VITAE HIROYA MIURA
Department of Music 30 Preble Street, #253 Bates College Portland, ME 04101 75 Russell Street Mobile Phone: (917) 488-4085 Lewiston, ME 04240 [email protected] http://www.myspace.com/hiroyamusic
EDUCATION
2007 D.M.A. (Doctor of Musical Arts) in Composition Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Columbia University, New York, NY Advisor: Professor Fred Lerdahl Dissertation: Cut for Satsuma Biwa and Chamber Orchestra
2001 M.A. in Composition Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Columbia University, New York, NY
1998 B.Mus. in Composition (Honors with Distinction) Faculty of Music McGill University, Montréal, QC
1995 D.E.C. (Diplôme d’études collégiales) in Pure and Applied Sciences Marianopolis College, Montréal, QC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2005-Present Bates College Assistant Professor of Music Conductor of College Orchestra
Courses Taught: Music Theory I, Music Theory III and IV, Music Composition, Music and Cinema, Introduction to Listening, Orchestration, Undergraduate Theses in Composition
1999-2005 Columbia University Teaching Fellow (2002-2005), Assistant Conductor of University Orchestra (1999-2002)
Courses Taught: Introductory Ear Training (Instructor), Chromatic Harmony and Advanced Composition (Teaching Assistant)
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CONDUCTING / PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Calling ---Opera of Forgiveness---* Principal Conductor Electronic Quartet with Jorge Sad, Santiago Diez, and Matias Giuliani at CCMOCA* No-Input Mixer performer Bates College Orchestra Music Director/ Principal Conductor Columbia Composers Ensemble Guest Conductor Columbia University Orchestra Assistant Conductor Stravinsky Soldier’s Tale Production Principal Conductor Montreal International Music Camp Principal Conductor, Junior Orchestra Chorale japonais de Montréal Principal Conductor and Artistic Director Orpheus Singers Guest Conductor
OTHER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Columbia Gagaku Ensemble Associate Composer for the Ensemble at Columbia University’s Institute of Medieval Japanese Studies at Columbia University
NoOneReceiving Original Member and Improviser on keyboard, laptop, violin, and mbira
COMMISSIONS
Filmscore for Junko’s Shamisen (2009)* Music from Japan (2008) Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies at Columbia University (2006 and 2007) with assistance of Toshiba International Foundation American Composers Orchestra (2006) New York New Music Ensemble (2005) G-sharp Duo with assistance of Jerome Foundation (2005) TimeTable Ensemble with assistance of American Composers Forum Commissioning Grant (2004) Collegium Musicum Speculum Musicae Institute of Medieval Japanese Studies with assistance of Rohm Foundation
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LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
Concierto Didactico as part of Contemporánea! CIUDAD, lecture/concert on my musical aesthetics at Laboratorio de Sonido del Conservatorio Superior de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, May 20, 2009.
Masterclass with the composition students at Conservatorio Superior de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, May 6, 2009.
“Response to Junior Butterfly” conversation with Masahiko Shimada on his opera, Junior Butterfly, at Donald Keene Center,Columbia University, New York, NY, November 11, 2009.
“Interview with Toshi Ichiyanagi” at Ancient Soundscapes: New Echoes at Casa Italiana, Columbia University, New York, NY, March 13, 2008.
“Language and translation as compositional parameter” Music Humanities Young Asian Composers Panel, Columbia University, New York, NY, April 26, 2004.
“Extrapolating musical imagery from Jan Svankmajer’s Little Otik”, Percussion Master Class, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY, May 2, 2003.
“Gestural approach in composition for writing Puncture Me”, Percussion Master Class, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY, April 25, 2003.
“On collaborative process between composer and performer.” 2002 New York City Day of Percussion in conjunction with American Composers Forum, Queens College, City University of New York, NY, April 20, 2002.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Freeman Foundation Grant Whiting Foundation Grant Jerome Foundation Commissioning Grant Mellon Foundation Fellowship Toshiba Foundation Grant for Research and Composition in Japanese Music Rohm Foundation Grant for Research in Japanese Music McGill University Frank Mills Scholarship Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Fellowship Columbia University Travel Grant Nominated Finalist for Columbia Presidential Teaching Award
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Performance practice of contemporary music, musical notation, performance practice of Japanese biwa, recontextualization of gagaku instruments in contemporary context, restoration of ancient Japanese instruments, improvisation utilizing interactive electronic and computer systems, and audio/visual perception and production of multimedia compositions
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English, Japanese (mother tongue), French, and basic written and spoken knowledge of Spanish
UPCOMING PROJECTS
New collaborative work with video artist Fabiana Cruz for Tome Art Triennial in Japan in September 2010
New percussion sextet for Juilliard Percussion Ensemble for 2010-11 Japan/NYC Festival at Carnegie Hall
New percussion quartet for Line C3 Percussion for 2010-11 Japan/NYC Festival at Carnegie Hall
New string quartet for Momenta Quartet as part of the collaborative project with video artist Kanako Sasaki and astrophysicist Eiichiro Kokubo
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LIST OF WORKS
Large Ensemble Works
Sword Dreaming work for chamber orchestra read; Nouvel Ensemble Moderne under the direction of Lorraine Vaillancourt, Amphitheater, Domaine Forget, QC, August 20, 1995 premiere; McGill Contemporary Ensemble under the direction of Denys Bouliane, Pollack Hall, Montreal, QC, April 29, 1996
Kicked work for chamber orchestra premiere; Speculum Musicae under the direction of Michael Adelson, Miller Theater, New York, NY, May 2, 2004
Wind Coils* work for nine instruments commissioned and premierd; Underground Mix Concert, American Composers’ Orchestra under the direction of Jeffrey Milarsky, Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, PA, February 4, 2006
Cut* work for chamber orchestra and Satsuma Biwa, 2007
Solo and Chamber Works
Shore work for bass clarinet solo performance; Japan-U.S. Musical Perspectives Concert, Fenway Center, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, February 7, 2009* premiere; Michael Norsworthy, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY, January 30, 2009*
Open Passage –in memoriam Andrew Svoboda-* work for alto flute, violin, cello, and piano performance; New York New Music Ensemble Concert, Merkin Hall, New York, NY, May 25, 2005. premiere; New York New Music Ensemble Concert, Emory University Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, Atlanta, GA, April 15, 2005.
Pinsez work for mandolin, cello, clarinet, and piano, premiere; Joe Brent Mandolin Recital, York Theater, New York, NY, December 5, 2003.
Otik Trio work for three percussionists performance; Juilliard Percussion Ensemble, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, November 25, 2009 performance; TimeTable, Wet Ink Series, The Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, April 20, 2005 premiere; TimeTable, Columbia Composers Concert, Merkin Hall, New York, NY, April 14, 2004.
Pentaxia work for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano premiere, CC Ensemble, Columbia Composers Concert, Tenri Gallery, New York, NY, May 4, 2003
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Chromatograph work for solo marimba performance; Mayumi Sekizawa, International Marimba Festival, Brussels, Belgium, August 27, 2004 performance; Mayumi Sekizawa, Rezan Hall, Nagano, Japan, September 5, 2003 premiere; Mayumi Sekizawa Recital, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY, March 18, 2003
Puncture Me (revised 2006)* work for three percussionists performance; Rutgers Percussion Ensemble, Nicholas Music Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, April 18, 2010 performance; Juilliard Percussion Ensemble, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, NY, April 19, 2006 performance; TimeTable, Paul Hall, Juilliard School, New York, NY, July 23, 2002 performance; TimeTable, Queens College, City University of New York, NY, April 20, 2002 premiere; TimeTable, Washington Square Church, New York, NY, December 5, 2001
Dreaming of a Requiem work for clarinet, cello, and piano performance; CC Ensemble, Tenri Gallery, New York, NY, October 16th, 2004 premiere; CC Ensemble, Columbia University Philosophy Hall, New York, NY, October 16th, 2004
Moon Petals work for violin and piano performance; Sachiko Kato and Airi Yoshioka, Weaving Japanese Sounds Concert, Tenri Cultural Institute, July 10, 2009 performance; Florencia Ciaffone and Sebastian Gangi, Laboratorio de Sonido del Conservatorio Superior de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, May 20, 2009* premiere; Emilie-Anne Gendron and Yelena Grinberg of G-sharp Duo, Jonathan Kramer Memorial Concert, Miller Theater, New York, NY, December 7, 2005 atardecer/a…retraced work for solo piano performance; Sebastian Gangi, Laboratorio de Sonido del Conservatorio Superior de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, May 20, 2009* premiere; Mari Asakawa, Yamaha Hall, Nagoya, Japan, May 27, 2007
Work for Japanese Instruments
Koyomi (Almanac) work for sho, viola da gamba, harpsichord premiere; Mayumi Miyata, Nancy Kito, and Marie Dalby, Faculty House, Columbia University, March 24, 2006
Kasane Goshi (Gossamer Lattice) work for Gagaku Sankan ensemble (sho, hichiriki, and ryuteki) performance; Mayumi Miyata, Hitomi Nakamura, and Takeshi Sasamoto, Sogakudo Hall, Tokyo, June 7, 2009 premiere; Mayumi Miyata, Hitomi Nakamura, and Takeshi Sasamoto, Low Library, Columbia University, February 22, 2007
Kasane Goshi Sono Ni (Gossamer Lattice II)* work for Gagaku Sankan ensemble (sho, hichiriki, and ryuteki) and percussion premiere; Mayumi Miyata, Hitomi Nakamura Takeshi Sasamoto, Yasunori Yamaguchi, Merkin Hall, February 23, 2008 Hiroya Miura Curriculum Vitae
Vocal and Choral Works
Das Cartas work for mixed voice choir, harp, and koto (optional) performance; Bates College Choir, directed by John Corrie, Olin Concert Hall, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, November 15 and 16, 2008 performance; Collegium Musicum, directed by Ryan Dohoney, The Rotunda, Low Memorial Library, Columbia University, New York, NY, October 29, 2003 performance; Orpheus Singers, directed by Peter Schubert, Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, QC, October 26th, 2002 premiere; McGill University Concert Choir, directed by John Baboukis, Pollack Hall, Montreal, QC, April 3rd, 1998
Ariake no work for soprano and koto; premiere; Yukiko Yoshimoto and Masayo Ishigure, The Rotunda, Low Memorial Library, Columbia University, New York, NY, October 29, 2003
Works for Electronics
Musica Barocoustica work for viola da gamba, guitar, and harpsichord premiere; Michal Seta, Lorne Shapiro, and Hiroya Miura, GEMS Concert, Pollack Hall, Montreal, QC, April 10th, 1998
Post-Cards for tape
Save Twilight for cello and electronics performance; Hugh Livingston, ACME Observatory, Berkeley, CA, June 17, 2001 premiere; Hugh Livingston, Salzburger Parlor, March 12th, 2001
Multimedia Works
Motion Studies work for video and percussion premiere; Bruno LoBianco, Laboratorio de Sonido del Conservatorio Superior de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, May 20, 2009.
Listening In/Looking Out* works for percussion, cello, electronics, video, and children’s improvisation prospective performance, Masaki Endo and Jun Yamamoto, Studio Theater, Sendai Médiathèque, August 31, 2009
Passage Project sound/music for mulmedia project by video artist Kanako Sasaki presentation; Le cent-quatre (Établissement artistique de la ville de Paris), France, March 19-21, 2010 presentation; Tokyo Wonder Site, May 1-23, 2010
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Film Scores
Junko’s Shamisen (2009) film by Sol Friedman original score for shamisen, Japanese taiko drums, percussion, shakuhachi, shinobue, electronics screened; Slamdance, Santa Barbara, SXSW, Nashville, Dallas, Dawson City, LA Asian Pacific, IFFB, HOFF, Maryland, DeadCenter, Calgary Underground, Okanagan, FFM Montreal, Seattle, Brooklyn Film Fetivals
4021 Parkside Avenue (2008) film by Byron Karabatsos original score with electronics screened; Southside Film Festival, University of Texas at Austin, Georgia Institution of Technology, Northeastern University, George Washington University, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Washington
Princess and a Pea with Headless Horse Company (2008) film by Chris Dapkins, dance choreographed by Robin Rapoport original score with electronics screened; Merce Cunningham Studio
Three Billy Goats with Headless Horse Company (2010) film by Chris Dapkins, dance choreographed by Robin Rapoport original score for a Messiaen quartet screened; Manhattan Movement & Arts Center
DISCOGRAPHY
TimeTable New Works for Percussion Trio, released by Carrier Records, New York, NY*
Release of the Wandering-Eyed Girl NoOneReceiving Debut Album, released by Grain of Sound Records, Lisbon, Portugal.
Joe Brent Mandolin Recital includes Pinsez, released by Sterling Sound, New York, NY.
RADIO BROADCAST
WNYC, New York, Ear to Ear with David Garland (2007), featuring an interview with my music (90 min.). http://www.wnyc.org/shows/eveningmusic/episodes/2007/11/24
CKUT, Montreal, Where is the Beat with Matthew McFarlane (2000), featuring an interview with my work, Save Twilight (20 min.), 2000.
Radio Centre-ville, Montreal, Musique d’aujourd’hui, with Michal Seta (1999), featuring an interview with my work, Musica Barocousmatica (20 min.).
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REFERENCES
Fred Lerdahl, Composition Area Chair; Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical Composition at Columbia University, 602 Dodge Hall, Mail Code: 1824, New York, NY 10023, Tel: (212) 854-1295, email: [email protected]
Sebastian Currier, Composer, Grawemeyer Award Laureate, 370 Manhattan Avenue Apt. 5C, New York, NY 10026, email: [email protected]
Tristan Murail, Professor of Musical Composition at Columbia University, 617 Dodge Hall, Mail Code: 1833, New York, NY 10023, Tel: (212) 854-4575, email: [email protected]
Jeffrey Milarsky, Music Director and Conductor, Columbia University Orchestra, Assistant Conductor, American Composers Orchestra, 806 Dodge Hall, Mail Code: 1827, New York, NY, Tel: (212) 854-5409, email: [email protected]
John Rea, Composition Area Chair; Professor of Musical Composition at McGill University, 555 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, H3A 1E3, (514) 398-4535, email: [email protected] Hiroya Miura Curriculum Vitae
PERFORMANCE RECORD OF MY WORKS SINCE 2005
2005 Open Passage –in memoriam Andrew Svoboda-- New York New Music Ensemble
April 15 (premiere) Emory University Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, Atlanta, GA (Reviewed by Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Otik Trio TimeTable Ensemble
April 20 Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY
Open Passage –in memoriam Andrew Svoboda--
May 23 New York New Music Ensemble Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Center, New York, NY (Reviewed by New York Times)
November 19 Columbia Composers Ensemble, directed by Carl Christian Bettendorf (Andrew Svoboda Memorial Concert) Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Center, New York, NY
Moon Petals G-sharp Duo
December 7 (premiere) Miller Theater, New York, NY
2006 Wind Coils American Composers Orchestra, directed by Jeff Milarsky
February 6 (premiere) Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, PA
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(2006 cont’d) Into the Bleak Light of the Dawn Sahoko Sato Recital in Celebration of H. M. King Phumiphong’s 60th Anniversary of His Throne
February 26 (premiere) CCT Auditorium, Bangkok, Thailand
Koyomi (Almanac) Mayumi Miyata, sho; Nancy Kito, harpsichord; Mary Dalby, viola da gamba
March 24 (premiere) Columbia University Faculty House, New York, NY
Puncture Me Juilliard Percussion Ensemble, Directed by Daniel Druckman
April 19 Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY
Puncture Me and Otik Trio Timetable Ensemble
April 25 Bates College Olin Arts Center, Lewiston, ME
Moon Petals G-sharp Duo
November 9 Harvard Club of New York, New York, NY
November 21 Maiden Lane Center, New York, NY
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2007 Gossamer Lattice (Kasanegoshi) Members of Reigakusha
February 22 (premiere) Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library Rotunda, New York, NY
February 26 Bates College Olin Arts Center, Lewiston, ME
Moon Petals G-sharp Duo
April 7 Barge Music, Brooklyn, NY
May 18 Bates College Olin Arts Center, Lewiston, ME
atardecer/ a…retraced Mari Asakawa, piano
May 26 (premiere) Yamaha Concert Hall, Nagoya, Japan
4021 Parkside Ave. (original film soundtrack)
Screenings took place as part of Microsoft’s K-20 Innovation Tour at the following universities:
March 26 University of Texas, Austin, TX
April 3 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
April 10 Northeastern University, Boston, MA
April 16 George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
April 17 University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
April 27 University of Washington, Seattle, WA Hiroya Miura Curriculum Vitae
2007 (cont’d) May 4-6 Received honorable mention at Twin Rivers Multimedia Festival, Asheville, NC
June 19 – 23 Southside Film Festival, Bethlehem, PA
Oct 11-14 New Hampshire Film Festival, Portsmouth, NH
2008 Gossamer Lattice II (Kasanegoshi II) Members of Reigakusha with Percussionist Yasunori Yamaguchi
February 23 (premiere) Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Center, New York, NY
February 26 Brock Recital Hall, Samford University, Birmingham, AL
Februrary 28 Daniel Recital Hall, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
March 1 Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Das Cartas Bates College Choir, directed by John Corrie
November 15 &16 Olin Concert Hall, Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Princess and a Pea with Headless Horse Company (2008) Original score with electronics for Short film by Chris Dapkins, dance choreographed by Robin Rapoport
December 11, 13, and 14 (film screening) Merce Cunningham Studio, New York, NY
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2009 (cont’d) Shore Michael Norsworthy, clarinet
January 30 (premiere) Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY Japan-U.S. Musical Perspectives Concert
February 7 Fenway Center, Northeastern University, Boston, MA Japan-U.S. Musical Perspectives Concert
Motion Studies for Marimba and Video (World Premiere) Bruno LoBianco, marimba Moon Petals Sebastián Gangi, piano; Florencia Ciaffone, violin atardecer/ a…retraced Sebastián Gangi, piano
May 20 Composer’s Portrait Concert in CONTEMPORANEA / CIUDAD series, hosted by Centro Cultural MOCA and Ensamble de Música Contemporánea del Conservatorio Manuel de Falla in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gossamer Lattice (Kasanegoshi) Members of Reigakusha
June 7 Sôgakudô Hall, Tokyo
Moon Petals Sachiko Kato, piano; Airi Yoshioka, violin
July 7 Weaving Japanese Sounds Series Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY
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2009 (cont’d) Listening In/Looking Out (works for percussion, cello, electronics, video, and children’s improvisation in collaboration with Peter Bussigel) Masaki Endo, percussion; Jun Yamamoto, cello
August 31 Studio Theater, Sendai Médiathèque, Sendai, Japan
Otik Trio Juilliard Percussion Ensemble
November 25 Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
2010 Passage Project (work in progress) sound/music for mulmedia project by video artist Kanako Sasaki
March 19-21 Le cent-quatre (Établissement artistique de la ville de Paris), Paris, France
May 1-23 Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
Three Billy Goats Original score for piano, clarinet, and cello Short Film by Chris Dapkins, dance choreographed by Robin Rapoport
March 15, 27, and 28 Screening at Headless Horse Spring Performance, Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, New York, NY
Junko’s Shamisen Original score for Nagata Shachu Ensemble Short Film by Sol Friedman Screenings at Slamdance, Santa Barbara, SXSW, Nashville, Dallas, Dawson City, LA Asian Pacific, IFFB, HOFF, Maryland, DeadCenter, Calgary Underground, Okanagan, FFM Montreal, Seattle, Brooklyn Film Fetivals from January to June, 2010
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PERFORMANCE RECORD AS PERFORMER/CONDUCTOR
Calling ---Opera of Forgiveness--- Music by Douglas Geers/ Libretto by Wikham Boyle Principal Conductor
Reviewed by New York Times, Metro New York, Backstage, Paper Magazine, TheaterScene.net, NYTheatre.com, and Flavorpill
September 12 – 28 (fifteen performances), 2008 LaMaMa Experimental Theater, New York, NY
Improvisation with Lorne Shapiro (bass viol) Piano/Percussion Performer
June 28, 2009 2009 Gamba Salon at St-Mary Magdalene Church, Toronto, Canada
Improvisation with Peter Bussigel (trumpet, electronics) Piano/No-Input Mixer performer
August 28, 2009 Children’s Concert at Fuzoku Elementary School, Sendai, Japan
Improvisation with Philip Gayle (guitar, waterphone) No-Input Mixer performer
November 28, 2009 Parkside Lounge, New York, NY
Electronic Quartet with Jorge Sad, Santiago Diez, and Matias Giuliani No-Input Mixer performer
May 15, 2009 Centro Cultural MOCA, Buenos Aires, Argentina