Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival Benjamin Broening, Artistic Director WELCOME to the 2019 Third We are happy to present Andrea Practice Electroacoustic Music Cheeseman as our featured guest Festival at the University of Rich- artist this year. Dr. Cheeseman mond. Now in its nineteenth year, shares our commitment to promot- the festival continues to present a ing and encouraging the newest wide range of music that represents of the new electroacoustic music. a diversity of approaches to creat- We celebrate her 2019 release of ing music with technology. We are somewhere, a disc of new music for pleased to present music of recog- clarinet and electronics, with per- nized masters in the field and com- formances of a number of works posers with well-established distinc- composed for her. tive artistic voices alongside works Festivals are collaborative affairs of those in the early stages of their that draw on the hard work, assis- creative practices. tance and commitment of many. Third Practice is dedicated to the I would like to thank my students promotion of new electroacoustic and colleagues in the Department music and takes a special pleasure in of Music for their participation, dedi- commissioning new works. A record- cation and support, the staff of the ing of Third Practice commissions Modlin Center for the Arts for their and premieres has been released energy, time and encouragement, on Centaur records and a DVD-A of and the Cultural Affairs Committee, multi-channel pieces commissioned the Dean of Arts and Sciences and by the festival was released on Ever- the Music Department for providing glade Records. financial support. CONTENTS 2.......................................Installation 9.....................................Concert One 3.......................... Schedule Overview 16...................................Concert Two 4..................Ensemble-in-Residence 24................................Concert Three 6...................... Featured Guest Artist 29..................................Concert Four 7............................... Artistic Director 1 INSTALLATION STUDENTS OF MUS 217 SOUNDSCAPES Sonic Wave Pendulum Location: Booker 128 Conference Room PROGRAM NOTE A sonification of the wave pendulum equation. First (longest) pendulum marks 30 periods in 60 seconds. The second marks 31, the third 32, ... etc. Magnets at the bottom of each pendulum move magnets place in the tuned copper tubes, sounding the mid point of each period. STAFF Artistic Director Production Manager, Student Assistants Benjamin Broening Modlin Center Jake Cardwell for the Arts Reuben Davis Technical Director Sean Farrell Mike Dietrick Matthew McCabe Xavier McCormick Graphic Design Associate Technical John Malinoski Program Design Director Sarah Barton Nick Mobley Pre-Concert Animations John Malinoski Anya Shcherbakova 2 THIRD PRACTICE 2019 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OVERVIEW FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019 6:30 pm SONIC WAVE PENDULUM 7:30 pm CONCERT ONE, INSTALLATION, CAMP CONCERT HALL, BOOKER 128 BOOKER HALL CONFERENCE ROOM OF MUSIC students of MUS 217 Featuring Eighth Soundscapes Blackbird and EMEWS Music of Davidovsky, JacobTV, Joachim, O’Halloran, Park, Photinos and Pierson SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2019 11:00 am CONCERT TWO, 6:30 pm SONIC WAVE PENDULUM CAMP CONCERT HALL INSTALLATION, Andrea Cheeseman, BOOKER 128 clarinet CONFERENCE ROOM Music of Bacon, students of MUS 217 Bouchard, Borcherding, Soundscapes Niekirk, Snyder, Stebbins and Stine 7:30 pm CONCERT FOUR, CAMP CONCERT HALL 2:00 pm CONCERT THREE, Andrea Cheeseman, PERKINSON clarinet RECITAL HALL Music of Burtner, Brown, Andrea Cheeseman, Carroll, Chandler, Shatin, clarinet Volness and Wang Music of Broening, Cunningham, Geers, McCabe, and Vidiksis Tickets are not required for Third Practice events. UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND 3 ENSEMBLE-IN-RESIDENCE ENSEMBLE-IN-RESIDENCE EIGHTH BLACKBIRD totaling tens of thousands. The sextet Eighth Blackbird, hailed as “one of has commissioned and premiered the smartest, most dynamic contem- hundreds of works by composers both porary classical ensembles on the established and emerging, and have planet” (Chicago Tribune), began in perpetuated the creation of music 1996 as a group of six entrepreneur- with profound impact, such as Steve ial Oberlin Conservatory students Reich’s Double Sextet, which went on and quickly became “a brand-name to win the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. The defined by adventure, vibrancy and ensemble’s extensive recording his- quality” (Detroit Free Press). Over the tory, primarily with Chicago’s Cedille course of more than two decades, Records, has produced more than a Eighth Blackbird has continu- dozen acclaimed albums and four ally pushed at the edges of what it Grammy Awards for Best Small means to be a contemporary cham- Ensemble/Chamber Music Perfor- ber ensemble, presenting distinct mance, most recently in 2016 for programs in Chicago, nationally, and Filament. Longstanding collabora- internationally, reaching audiences tive relationships have led to perfor- 4 THIRD PRACTICE 2019 FESTIVAL ENSEMBLE-IN-RESIDENCE mances with some of the most well- being named Musical America’s 2017 regarded classical artists of today Ensemble of the Year have supported from heralded performers like Dawn Eighth Blackbird’s position as a cata- Upshaw and Jeremy Denk, to semi- lyst for innovation in the new music nal composers like Philip Glass and ecosystem of Chicago and beyond. Nico Muhly. In recent projects, Eighth Eighth Blackbird’s mission—mov- Blackbird has joined forces with com- ing music forward through innova- posers and performers who defy the tive performance, advocating for new persistent distinction between clas- music by living composers, and creat- sical and non classical music, includ- ing a legacy of guiding an emerging ing works by The National’s Bryce generation of musicians —extends Dessner and Arcade Fire’s Richard beyond recording and touring to cura- Reed Perry, and performances with tion and education. The ensemble Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, My Bright- served as Music Director of the 2009 est Diamond frontwoman Shara Nova, Ojai Music Festival, has held residen- Will Oldham aka Bonnie “Prince” Billy cies at the Curtis Institute of Music and Iarla Ó Lionáird of The Gloaming, and at the University of Chicago, and among others. holds an ongoing Ensemble-in-Res- Eighth Blackbird first gained wide idence position at the University of recognition in 1998 as winners of the Richmond. In 2017, Eighth Blackbird Concert Artists Guild Competition. launched its boldest initiative yet with Since 2000, the ensemble has called the creation of Blackbird Creative Chicago home, and has been com- Laboratory, an inclusive, two-week mitted to serving as both importer summer workshop and performance and exporter of world class artistic festival for performers and compos- experiences to and from Chicago. A ers in Ojai, CA. recent year-long pioneering residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art- The members of Eighth Blackbird Chicago, during which the ensemble hail from the Great Lakes, Keystone, served as a living installation with Golden, Empire and Bay states. The open rehearsals, performances, guest name “Eighth Blackbird” derives from artists, and public talks, exemplified the eighth stanza of Wallace Stevens’s their stature as community influenc- evocative, imagistic poem, Thirteen ers. Receiving the prestigious MacAr- Ways of Looking at a Blackbird: “I know thur Award for Creative and Effective noble accents / And lucid, inescapable Institutions, Chamber Music Ameri- rhythms; / But I know, too, / That the ca’s inaugural Visionary Award, and blackbird is involved / In what I know.” → UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND 5 FEATURED ARTIST Electroacoustic Music Festival and the Electroacoustic Barn Dance and has appeared at SEAMUS (Society of Electroacoustic Music in the United States) conferences. She has been described as “a skilled performer with an ability to connect to the audi- ence. And comfortable in her own skin, she has the uncanny ability to slide into the soundscape as if she were physically part of it.” Cheese- man has premiered pieces by today’s leading composers and released her ANDREA CHEESEMAN debut album Somewhere in Septem- Andrea Cheeseman is a clarinetist ber 2019 (Ravello). and teacher living in Columbia, South From 2009 to 2019, Andrea served Carolina. Throughout her career, she on the faculty of Appalachian State has been committed to playing good University where she taught studio music and collaborating with inspiring lessons and a methods course as well people who challenge her. as coached chamber music. Prior to A versatile performer, Cheese- her appointment at ASU, Cheeseman man frequently performs as a soloist was on the faculties of Delta State and chamber musician. Although she University, Alma College and Hill- regularly performs traditional reper- sdale College. Cheeseman earned toire, she is an advocate of new music the Doctorate of Musical Arts and and is a sought-after performer of Master of Music degrees in clarinet electroacoustic music written for performance from Michigan State clarinet and bass clarinet. Wishing to University and the Bachelor of Music promote electroacoustic music, she degrees in clarinet performance and has toured extensively, giving recit- music education from Ithaca College. als and masterclasses throughout When not teaching or performing, the country. Additionally, Cheeseman Cheeseman spends her time garden- has been a featured performer at ing, swimming, practicing ashtanga festivals such as the