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February 2007
WORLD PREMIERE |
| The Shank-Hagedorn Duo gave "W Is For Weasel," a suite for violin and guitar, it's world premiere on February 19th at the University of Wisconsin at River Falls. The piece was also performed at Hamline University the next day. I attended both events. The picture was taken after the concert in Minneapolis with violinist Lesley Shank and guitarist Joseph Hagedorn. |
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February 2007
PERFORMANCE |
| The Vox Novus 60x60 (2006) International Mix which includes my piece "Amerika Ist Nun Erwacht" was presented in The Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater at the University of North Texas Denton, TX. |
January 2007
PERFORMANCE |
| My piece "The Mask of Sanity" was selected to be included in the Electronic Music Festival at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI. |
January 2007
BROADCAST |
| Selections from my CD "Giraffes!" were broadcast on Columbia University's WKCR radio. |
December 2006
MUSICAL |
| I am beginning a collaboration with Canadian playwright Barry Healey on "Shouting Dexter," a work for theater which is described as "the Marx Brothers do Candide." |
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December 2006
ARTICLES & ARRANGEMENT |
| An arrangement of the carol "Joseph, Lieber Joseph Mein" is included in this month's issue of Mel Bay's webzine Guitar Sessions. |
November 2006
NEW PIECE PREMIERE |
| The Mask Of Sanity, a new electronic piece, had it's world premiere at the Electric Island Concert at Bainbridge Island, WA on November 12. The piece was later performed at the Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival (BEAF) on December 2. |
February 2006
GRANT
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I recently received a grant from The Puffin Foundation, an organization which strives to "continue the dialogue between art and the lives of ordinary people." The grant was awarded for the composition of This Is The Garden, a new choral setting of a poem by e. e. cummings for the Annas Bay Music Festival to be held at Union, Washington during the summer of 2006.
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January 2006
PERFORMANCE |
My electronic pieces Be So Sweet (2001) and Apocalypse Cow (2003) will recieve premiere performances at Spring in Havana, the 11th annual International Festival of Electroacoustic Music international electronic music festival to be held in Havana, Cuba in March 2006.
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December 2006
PUBLICATION |
Four Pieces For Classical Guitar (1997) is scheduled for early 2006 publication by Les Éditions Doberman-Yppan.
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November 2005
PERFORMANCE |
PASSIONATE ISOLATION, a 3-movement suite for guitar and mandolin, which won 1st Prize in the 2004 Composition Contest sponsored by the Classical Mandolin Society of America, will be performed in Boston's Jordan Hall on November 6, 2005 by mandolinist Marilynn Mair and guitarist Robert Paul Sullivan.
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September 2005
COMMISSION |
Guitarist Cem Duruoz has commissioned me to compose a concerto for solo guitar and orchestra. The piece will use themes and forms of Turkish music and will be called CONCERTO ANATOLIA. Stay tuned for further details and sound samples.
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September 2005
GIRAFFES! **Available For Sale** |
My CD of electronic music--definitely a collector's item!--is now available for sale through CD Baby. Listen to what the reviews are saying:
"A must have for the avant garde electronica phile"
"No one and I mean no one is making music this brave!"
"David Hahn is one of the unsung composers of our time."
Buy Giraffes! by clicking here!
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September 2005
WORLD PREMIERE! |
My OSTRAKA, settings for voice and guitar of 18 fragments from the poetry of 7th and 6th century BC Greece (Sappho would probably be the most recognizable aithor) will receive its World Premiere at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival on September 17th. Performers will be Sharon Rhinesmith, mezzo-soprano and Thomas Smith, guitar. |
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Composer David Hahn, mezzo-soprano Sharon Rhinesmith, and guitarist Thomas Smith. |
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September 2005
COMMISSION |
The Annas Bay Music Festival in Union, WA has commissioned me to compose a new piece for SATB choir and instruments. The piece, a 10-minute pastoral cantata, will have its World Premiere at the Festival in the summer of 2006 with a professional choir conducted by Gary D. Canon. Also to be performed is my choral piece De Omnibus Apostolis.
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May 2005
ARTICLE ON MY MUSIC |
Dan Ouellette's article about my music in the Brown Alumni Magazine can be read here: The Middle Ages Go Electronic.
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May 2005
ARTICLES |
My series of articles called "Composing for the Guitar" is now available beginning in the May 2005 issue of Mel Bay's webzine Guitar Sessions.
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