THE 2003 ASCAP FOUNDATION MORTON GOULD YOUNG COMPOSER AWARDS
Recipients Over the age of 18
Martin Kennedy AGE: 25 TITLE: A Pantry Ballet in Four Acts for Flute Choir Duration: 14’ FROM: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Martin received Bachelors Degrees in Piano Performance and Composition from the Indiana University School of Music, where he also received his Masters Degree in Composition. He is currently a V.C. Starr Doctoral Fellow at The Juilliard School in New York City. He has received several awards, including four ASCAP Foundation/Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, the 1999 Raymond Hubbell award from ASCAP, and the Indiana University Dean’s Prize in composition in both 1998 and 2002. He has received commissions from such internationally acclaimed artists as flutist Thomas Robertello, bassoonist Kim Walker, and tenor Alan Bennett, among others, and has also received grants from the Brannen-Cooper Fund and Twentieth Century Classical. His music has been performed by pianist Soheil Nasseri, clarinetist Howard Klug, the American Composers Orchestra, the Bloomington Camerata Orchestra, the Polish National Chamber Orchestra of Slupsk, the Alabama Boychoir, the Massachusetts Flute Choir, and Duo46, among others. Mr. Kennedy is also in constant demand as a pianist, performing as a collaborative pianist throughout the United States. He recently performed and lectured at the 2002 Brevard Summer Music Festival and will be a featured performer at the 2003 National Flute Association’s Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum AGE: 23 TITLE: Two Songs from Days of Innocence by e.e. cummings for Treble Chorus, Clarinet and Piano Duration: 5’ FROM: New York, NY
Nora was born in New York City and grew up in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. She is currently completing her Master of Music Degree at The Juilliard School of Music. In New York, her music has premiered in performances at Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street Y, and The ArcLight Theater. In April 2001 the Young People’s Chorus of New York City commissioned a new work that premiered in the Ned Rorem Hosts Series at the 92nd Street Y Tisch Center for the Arts. This piece, Two Songs from Days of Innocence by e.e. cummings, which is her award winning piece, will be published by Boosey & Hawkes. Additionally, Nora’s music has been performed by The New York Concert Singers, Jim Henson’s Muppets, the Kinor Ensemble, and VisionIntoArt. Last spring, her award winning orchestra piece Alternating Currents was premiered by The Juilliard Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall. She is co-director of VisionIntoArt, a multimedia interarts group that performs contemporary music, dance, drama, visual arts, and poetry through collaboration. Currently, Nora is creating a series of works for film and solo instruments to be performed in VIA's fourth season. Additionally, a new work for solo cello is currently being filmed for Japanese television.
Andrew McKenna Lee AGE: 29 TITLE: Scordatura Suite for Solo Guitar Duration: 18’ FROM: Charleston, South Carolina
Andrew completed his undergraduate work at Carnegie Mellon University in 1997, where he won both the Student Composer Award and the Harry G. Archer Award. He finished his Master’s degree in 2000 at the Manhattan School of Music where he won the Claremont Prize in Composition and the Nicholas Flagello Award for outstanding accomplishment in composition. His music has been performed in both the US and abroad by such diverse ensembles as the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, ensemble ereprijs, Talujon, the New Jersey Symphony, and Kroumata. He has participated in numerous festivals, including the International Music Festival of Toroella de Montgrí, Spain, International Gaudeamus Week of the Netherlands, and the Stockholm Arts and Sciences Festival in Sweden. He has also received awards and citations from the New York Youth Symphony, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, the South Carolina Arts Council, and Yaddo. This summer he will attend the Aspen and Norfolk Chamber Music Festivals, and in the Fall he will begin work towards a Ph.D. in composition at Princeton University.
Christopher Lee AGE: 26 TITLE: Interchangeable Parts for Chamber Orchestra Duration: 6’ FROM: Cleveland, Ohio
Composer, conductor and percussionist Christopher Lee graduated from Wallace College and Indiana University with a Master of Music this year. He is a winner of the 2002 Kuttner String Quartet Competition, and the Lee Goldstein Memorial Award in Composition from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1999. Chris has had performances and premieres with the Kuttner Quartet, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and the IDEAS Festival of Digital Arts. Chris is also an arts writer for the award-winning Indiana Daily Student newspaper.
John Mackey AGE: 29 TITLE: Redline Tango for Full Orchestra Duration: 9’ FROM: New York, New York
John holds a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Mr. Mackey particularly enjoys writing music for dance, and he focused on that medium for the past few years. In February 2003, the Brooklyn Philharmonic premiered John’s winning work Redline Tango at the BAM Opera House, with Kristjan Jarvi conducting. He has received numerous commissions from the Parsons Dance Company, as well as commissions from the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, the Dallas Theater Center, the New York Youth Symphony, The Juilliard School's Dance and Drama divisions, Ailey 2, Peridance Ensemble, Southern Methodist University, and Jeanne Ruddy Dance, among many others. Recent or upcoming commissions include a new work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and a score for New York City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute. John currently serves as Music Director of the Parsons Dance Company. In 2002, he was selected as a Meet-The-Composer/American Symphony Orchestra League "Music Alive" fellow, through which he served as Composer in Residence with the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony in Minneapolis.
Eli Marshall AGE: 26 TITLE: Symphony # 1 Duration: 40’ FROM: Waterville, Maine
Eli wrote his first piece at age 8, and at 16 he abandoned high school to intensify academic pursuits at college. He has graduated from Simon's Rock College of Bard and the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied composition. Groups performing Eli’s works have included the American Symphony Orchestra, the Aeolian Winds, the Arditti String Quartet, the Da Capo Chamber Players, and E Pluribus Unum Musica. He was in residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. He has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, the Charles Ives Scholarship of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Theodore Presser Foundation Career Grant. Eli’s current commissions include a flute sonata for Jeffrey Khaner, and violin concerto for Solomiya Ivakhiv and Lviv Philharmonic. In 2002-03, he serves as assistant conductor for the Curtis Opera Theater and is currently resident composer for the Singing City Choir’s outreach in Philadelphia schools.
Nico Muhly AGE: 21 TITLE: Out of the Loop for Full Orchestra Duration: 12’ FROM: Randolph, Vermont
Nico is graduating from Columbia University on May 23rd, 2003, with a BA in English. He is also attending The Juilliard School, where he will receive his MMA in composition next year. For five years, he was a chorister in a church choir. His involvement with the multimedia performance organization VisionIntoArt has given his music performances in North Carolina, Texas, and New York. Most recently, the American Symphony Orchestra under Leon Botstein premiered his Fits and Bursts at Avery Fisher Hall in Februrary 2003. His recently completed projects include several smaller works for solo instrument and accompaniment, which were all performed at Lincoln Center within the last nine months. Nico will be living in New York City this summer while working as a music editor and copyist.
Daniel Ott AGE: 28 TITLE: Firebrand for Full Orchestra Duration: 4’ FROM: Long Island City, New York
Daniel was raised in the Pacific Northwest. He has received recent commissions from the National Symphony, which premiered his Morton Gould Award winning piece Firebrand, during their 2001-02 season, and the New York City Ballet, which commissioned his String Trio (2003) for their New York Choreographic Institute. Most recently, his first work for wind ensemble, Grind (2003), was commissioned for and premiered in Indianapolis at the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival. Among Daniel’s awards are the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his very first orchestral work Four Psalms (1994), written at just eighteen years of age, and a Morton Gould Young Composer Awards from the ASCAP Foundation for his String Quartet in 1998. His residencies include the 2000 Kyoto International Music Festival, where he was the representative composer from the United States, and the Aspen Music Festival, which he attended on fellowship. He has also served as Composer-in-Residence for both the Northwest Sinfonietta, which premiered his orchestral song cycle On an East Wind from the Wars. Daniel received his B.M. from the Curtis Institute of and his M.M. from the Juilliard School. He is is currently a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at Juilliard where he also serves on the faculty of both the College and Pre-College Divisions.
David Plylar AGE: 24 TITLE: The Triumph of Sisyphus for Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, B flat Clarinet, Percussion, Piano, Violin and Cello Duration: 15’ FROM: Phoenix, AZ
David graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts in 2001. He graduated this month (May 2003) from the University of Louisville with a Master’s of Music. His accomplishments include the Grawemeyer Fellow from the University of Louisville, 2001-2003; the University Scholar from Duke University, 1999-2001; and a Victor Herbert ASCAP Young Composer Award in 2000. His award winning work, The Triumph of Sisyphus, was featured at the University of Louisville New Music Festival in 2002. He also had a performance at the University Scholars' Symposium of his work, Fantasy-Variations on Thematic Material from Liszt's Faust Symphony. This summer he will be moving to Rochester, NY, to begin studies for the PhD program at the Eastman School of Music.
Philip Rothman AGE: 26 TITLE: Morningside Run for Full Orchestra Duration: 8’ FROM: New York, NY
Philip’s works have been performed by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugene Symphony, National Philharmonic of Lithuania, Juilliard Orchestra, New York Youth Symphony, United States Military Academy Band, and numerous other ensembles. His music has been broadcast on over 200 radio stations in America on NPR's Performance Today and on the syndicated radio program Indianapolis on-the-Air. Philip’s endeavors have earned him numerous honors including three ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, a Renée B. Fisher Foundation Award, a fellowship from the American Symphony Orchestra League and five consecutive ASCAP Special Awards. Philip has had recent commissions with the New York Youth Symphony which premiered at Carnegie Hall and the Grant Monument Association, which was premiered by The U.S. Military Academy Band. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree summa cum laude from Rice University and a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where he was awarded a full scholarship.
Huang Ruo AGE: 26 TITLE: Yueh Fei: Concerto No. 1 for Flute, Clarinet, Percussion, Piano, Violin I & II, Viola and Cello Duration: 19’ FROM: Hainan Island, China
Huang Ruo’s music has been performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Wolfgang Sawallisch, the American Composers Orchestra under Dennis Russell Davies, the Chicago Pro Musica, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and the Nieuw Ensemble (Amsterdam). In 2003, he was featured on the Composer’s Portrait concert series at the Miller Theater and the Chicago Culture Center, where all four of his chamber concertos will be performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble. Huang’s future commissions include new works for the American Brass Quintet, Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, and a violin concerto for the Queens Symphony Orchestra and Cho-Liang Lin. His future performances include the European premiere of Three Pieces for Orchestra with the Dortmund Philharmonic in Germany and the Spainish premiere of YEUH FEI -- Concerto No.1 for Eight Players in Barcelona. Huang is also an author. His book, "Selection of Classic Chinese Folk Songs," was published by the Zhong Shan University Press. As a conductor and promoter of new music, Huang has co-founded the International Contemporary Ensemble with flutist Claire Chase since 2000. Huang holds a BM degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, an MM degree from the Juilliard School, and is working towards a Doctor of Musical Art degree in Composition.
Matthew Van Brink AGE: 25 TITLE: Up, Up and Up for Violin and Piano Duration: 11’ FROM: East Northport, NY
Matthew has won several prizes for his work. His String Quartet won second place in the Washington International Competition in 2000 and a regional first prize from the ASCAP/Society of Composers, Inc. Student Commissioning Competition. Francium 87 received an honorable mention from the American Composers' Orchestra Whitaker New Music Readings. Clouds, a children's song with lyrics written by Van Brink's brother Jordan (born 1985) was a finalist in the KidSing 2001 competition. Control Room, for flute, cello, and piano was commissioned and premiered by the New York Youth Symphony (2002). Matthew has had recent performances of his works in Weill Recital Hall and the Boston University Theater. Van Brink frequently performs his own compositions at the piano, but he has also played accordion on the concert stage in theater productions and is also the organist for the Allston Congregational Church in Allston, Massachusetts. He received his BA in Music from Indiana University in 2000. He is currently working towards his DMA in Composition at Boston University. This summer he will be taking part in 'Boston University Days in Russia' – a program that sends Boston University composers and performers to Moscow to present their works.
Dalit Warshaw AGE: 28 TITLE: Camille’s Dance for Full Orchestra Duration: 10' FROM: New York, NY
Dalit’s works have been performed by over twenty-six orchestral ensembles, including the New York and Israel Philharmonic Orchestras, the Boston Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Houston Symphony. Her ASCAP Award winning orchestral work, Camille’s Dance, was premiered by the Grand Rapids Symphony in May 2002. Dalit attained her Doctorate in music composition at The Juilliard School this year, where she had been a Teaching Fellow in the College’s music theory department since 1996. Recent awards and grants include a Fulbright Scholarship to Israel in 2001-2002, a Whitaker Reading by the American Composers Orchestra, and a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. As a pianist, she has performed widely as both soloist and chamber player, in concert spaces such as Avery Fisher Hall, Miller Theater, the Juilliard Theater, Merkin Hall, and Steinway Hall. Other awards received include four ASCAP Foundation Grants to Young Composers, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Young Composers Competition, the Juilliard Student Composers Competition and a Fromm Music Foundation Grant from Harvard University.
