2017 – Institute for Music Leadership https://iml.esm.rochester.edu Leadership with Music at the Core Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:19:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/cropped-web-app-manifest-512x512-1-32x32.png 2017 – Institute for Music Leadership https://iml.esm.rochester.edu 32 32 Chelsea Jones: Khemia Ensemble – National Sawdust https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/pastwinner/chelsea-jones-khemia-ensemble-national-sawdust/ Fri, 15 Dec 2017 20:38:00 +0000 https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/?post_type=pastwinner&p=20221 Immersive Concert Experience at National Sawdust

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]]> Emma Markham: Cantata Profana: Seven Sins of Love https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/pastwinner/emma-markham-cantata-profana-seven-sins-of-love/ Wed, 22 Nov 2017 20:59:00 +0000 https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/?post_type=pastwinner&p=19923 Theatrical Chamber Music Performances at National Sawdust

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]]> Maria Finkelmeier: Masary Studios: Pindrop Series https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/pastwinner/maria-finkelmeier-masary-studios-pindrop-series/ Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:45:00 +0000 https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/?post_type=pastwinner&p=20224 Concerts at Aeronaut Brewery, Somerville, MA

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]]> Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon: Collaborative Performance in Gudalajara, Mexico https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/pastwinner/ricardo-zohn-muldoon-collaborative-performance-in-gudalajara-mexico/ Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:51:00 +0000 https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/?post_type=pastwinner&p=20227 Collaboration with puppet/theater company La Coperacha

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]]> Peter Ferry: ON|OFF Installation https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/pastwinner/peter-ferry-onoff-installation/ Thu, 16 Nov 2017 19:15:00 +0000 https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/?post_type=pastwinner&p=20726 An installation/performance using homemade audience-held synthesizers, in partnership with composer Danny Clay, designer Simon Pyle and artist Xuan.

As a solo percussion work: Ferry performs ON|OFF on solo vibraphone with a handful of audience members slowly changing their instruments’ volume knob on a pre-tuned chord.   

As a site-specific installation: ON|OFF highlights the interactions between spaced-out synthesizers that change with an audience member’s movement.

As a fully interactive

]]> An installation/performance using homemade audience-held synthesizers, in partnership with composer Danny Clay, designer Simon Pyle and artist Xuan.

As a solo percussion work: Ferry performs ON|OFF on solo vibraphone with a handful of audience members slowly changing their instruments’ volume knob on a pre-tuned chord.   

As a site-specific installation: ON|OFF highlights the interactions between spaced-out synthesizers that change with an audience member’s movement.

As a fully interactive performance art piece, ON|OFF relies on the audience’s actions with the synthesizers in interaction with projected prompts for the work to organically unfold.

]]> Ian Antonio: Yarn/Wire Currents https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/pastwinner/ian-antonio-yarn-wire-currents/ Tue, 07 Nov 2017 18:32:00 +0000 https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/?post_type=pastwinner&p=20717 Yarn/Wire Currents is an ongoing commissioning series inaugurated in 2013. Focused on the creation of new works specifically for Yarn/Wire, the series serves as an incubator for experimentation; a diverse range of American and international musicians, artists and composers explore intersections of composition, technology, installation, improvisation, live performance, music theater and more, in an effort to expand the ensemble’s performance practice

]]> Yarn/Wire Currents is an ongoing commissioning series inaugurated in 2013. Focused on the creation of new works specifically for Yarn/Wire, the series serves as an incubator for experimentation; a diverse range of American and international musicians, artists and composers explore intersections of composition, technology, installation, improvisation, live performance, music theater and more, in an effort to expand the ensemble’s performance practice and reflect music’s fluidity and reach. The project has been co-presented by Issue Project Room as well as Blank Forms. Premieres are released on the ensemble’s own imprint via bandcamp, and viewable on youtube.

]]> Natalie Farrell: Indy Classical: Hip Consumerism and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra/New Amsterdam Partnership https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/pastwinner/natalie-farrell-indy-classical-hip-consumerism-and-the-indianapolis-symphony-orchestra-new-amsterdam-partnership/ Tue, 24 Oct 2017 16:07:00 +0000 https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/?post_type=pastwinner&p=20712 Research project on hip consumerism and Indy Symphony/New Amsterdam Partnership

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]]> Ryan Ebright: New Music Theater and the New Music Ensemble https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/pastwinner/ryan-ebright-new-music-theater-and-the-new-music-ensemble/ Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:41:00 +0000 https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/?post_type=pastwinner&p=20720 Ryan Ebright is a musicologist who specializes in American opera and contemporary music. In his research project “New Music Theater, New Music Ensembles”, he investigates the impact of chamber theater works being scored for specific ensembles, and why ensembles are undertaking these theatrical pieces. He also investigates what this means regarding the expansion of the concept of opera and music

]]> Ryan Ebright is a musicologist who specializes in American opera and contemporary music. In his research project “New Music Theater, New Music Ensembles”, he investigates the impact of chamber theater works being scored for specific ensembles, and why ensembles are undertaking these theatrical pieces. He also investigates what this means regarding the expansion of the concept of opera and music theatre, and the challenges that come with it.

]]> Jennifer Boomgaarden: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra: Lakota Music Project Music Composition Academies https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/pastwinner/jennifer-boomgaarden-south-dakota-symphony-orchestra-lakota-music-project-music-composition-academies/ Sun, 24 Sep 2017 17:44:00 +0000 https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/?post_type=pastwinner&p=20722 The Lakota Music Project is the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra’s flagship Bridging Cultures Program. Created between 2005-2008, the Lakota Music Project (LMP) addresses a history of racial tension, builds bridges between whites and American Indians, and creates an environment of openness through the sharing of music. Essentially, it is a practical demonstration between white and American Indian musicians to advance

]]> The Lakota Music Project is the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra’s flagship Bridging Cultures Program. Created between 2005-2008, the Lakota Music Project (LMP) addresses a history of racial tension, builds bridges between whites and American Indians, and creates an environment of openness through the sharing of music. Essentially, it is a practical demonstration between white and American Indian musicians to advance cultural understanding. 

The LMP concert program features combinations of South Dakota Symphony musicians, the Creekside Singers, a Lakota drumming group, and Dakota cedar flutist Bryan Akipa, each performing music of their heritages as well as unique repertoire commissioned for the musicians to play together. To date, four works and one arrangement for Lakota artists and SDSO musicians have been commissioned for the LMP.

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