-In April 2009 we will host two concerts of new music featuring the music of Bruce Mahin, Graham Hair and other contemporary composers in performances by the Glasgow-based "Scottish Voices" and the Radford University Percussion Ensemble. These concerts will also make an East Coast tour.
- Pianist Chung-Ha Kim will present a concert of contemporary piano music on February 9, 2009.
- RU Faculty member Chris White will present a concert of new music on February 11, 2009.
-Fall 2002 Student Composers Concert
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Dr. Bruce Mahin's composition "Skye Lines" was performed by
the Peabody Camerata in Baltimore on October12, 2002 at a series of concerts
presented by the Society of Composers.
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Senior Richard Ellis won second place in the 2001 Arnold Salop Composition
Competition sponsore by the Southeastern Composers League.
- Dr. Bruce Mahin is
one of 40 musicians from 8 countries to be selected for participation
in the 2001 Sonic Circuits Electronic Music performance roster sponsored
by the American Composers Forum. The performance roster serves as a resource
used by performance venues throughout the world for concert programming.
Over 176 artists were considered for participation in the program. Mahin's
new program features video projections throughout the concert presentation.
- Dr. Joseph Blaha won
first place in the 2001 Michael Hennagin Composition Competition sponsored
byt he University of Oklahoma for his work titled "The Night Watch."
This piece was premiered in January 2001 by the University of Oklahoma
Percussion Ensemble. It is being released on compact disc.
- New Horizons 2001 Concert March 8, 2001
- Internationally recognized
American composer Donald Erb is a 2001 Radford University visiting artist
for three weeks during the spring semester. He is presenting seminars
and courses. The department has also featured Erb's music in two concerts.
- Click Here
to read about Dr. Bruce Mahin's 1999 New York Performance
- Check out the Fall 1999
guest concert, featuring a lecture recital by Dr. Harry Bulow and
Dr. Mark Applebaum, presented by the RU Center for Music Technology.
- Amy Altizer, a graduate student in the RU
Music Dept. Composition Program, won 2nd place in the 1999 Southeastern
Composer's League Slates Competition for her work "Where Every Wind May
Blow," a piece for soprano, vibraphone, and contrabass.
- The
Radford University Digital Ensemble resumed regular rehearsal in late
August 2000, in preparation for the coming year's performances of music
by Miles Davis, Bela Bartok, Robert Fripp and numerous student compositions.
In past years, the group has performed music by composers Samuel Barber,
Vince Guaraldi, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, J.S. Bach, Frank Zappa
and John Hildreth. In addition,
a CD recording of selected performances from the 1999-2000 season will
be completed this autumn.
- A typical semester usually brings a host of
guest composers, performers, and lecturers to the RU Music Department.
In fall of 1998, the department had the distinct honor of welcoming guest
composers Donald Erb (December 1st) and Rodney Waschka (November 15) to
the university. In the fall of 1999, the department hosted a guest recital
by Dr. Harry Bulow and Dr. Mark Applebaum (see above link for details
and program), and our most recent visit consisted of a two-week residency
in the Spring of 2000 by Russian composer and guitarist Nikita Koshkin.
In addition to their guest performances, each guest presents lectures
and master classes that are open to all those who wish to attend. In addition,
guest composers and performers often conduct private lessons with interested
students during their time here. These opportunities offer the students
a chance to gain some unique insight into their art from learned, experienced
individuals who are in the real world dedicating their lives to music.
Other past guests have included Max Matthews, Michael Kallstrom, John
Cage, and Jeffrey Krieger.