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The premiers of "Glass Works" draw nearer, Rochester NY-based chamber ensemble fivebyfive will begin hosting open rehearsals with the commissioned composers.
More information about the "Meet the Composer" event at which Edie will be present as well as fivebyfive's "Glass Works" project can be found on the Upcoming Events page.
Alaskan Premiers
Two of Edie's pieces will have their Alaskan premiers at the Uncommon Music Festival in August 2019 (Ariadne Lih and Nate Barnett, directors). Among the festival performances will be Edie's "For God So Loved The World" (Women in the Church) and a new arrangment of "~Marvellous Error!~" for four voices (Islands between the worlds).
More information about this year's Uncommon Music Festival can be found here.
Release of "Evolutionary Spirits"
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The Crossing's new compilation recording, Evolutionary Spirits is now available for purchase and streaming. Under the direction of Donald Nally, this recording includes music by Edie Hill as well as Gregory W. Brown, James Shrader, Bruce Babcock, Jonathan Sheffer, and Christopher J. Hoh. The recording is produced by Navona Records LLC (imprint of PARMA Recordings).
Addional information about the recording can be found here.
Rückblick On International Tour
Last year, pianist Ann DuHamel [D.M.A.] commissioned a new work for solo piano. This year, she's taking the piece on the road. "Rückblick" explores themes of transformation and nostalgia, taking inspiration from the piano works of Brahms.
Having earlier this year performed the work at various venues in the United States [as well as Thailand and Malaysia], DuHamel will spend the summer performing "Rückblick" in recitals and lectures at Trinity College [Oxford, England], the 2nd Academic Conference on Music [Montecassiano, Italy], the World Piano Conference [Novi Sad, Serbia], and the College Music Society Conference [Ghent, Belgium].
More information about these upcoming performances can be found on the Events page.
Glass Works
With funding from New Music USA, modern chamber ensemble fivebyfive has commissioned and will be premiering a new works by Andrea Mazzariello, Jung Sun Kang, Jonathan Russell, and Edie Hill inspired by the stained glass artwork of Judith Schaechter.
More information about the project can be found here.
Evolutionary Spirits - a new choral compilation
Our good friends at Parma Recordings and The Crossing (Donald Nally, conductor) are gearing up to release a compilation CD of choral works by Edie Hill, Gregory W. Brown, James Shrader, Bruce Babcock, Jonathan Sheffer, and Christopher J. Hoh entitled Evolutionary Spirits.
Among the featured works are Edie's "~Marvellous Error!~" and "Poem for 2084" (from which the title of the CD is taken).
New work for The Crossing
Edie Hill has recently begun work on a new commission for frequent collaborator The Crossing (Donald Nally, conductor). The new piece will be an extended choral work centered on extinct and endangered bird species and based on the poetry of Holly Hughes and Katie Ford.
The piece is set to be premiered December 20, 2019 by The Crossing as part of their The Crossing @ Christmas concert series.
New project with The Crossing and Parma Recordings
In July, I went to Malvern, PA to work with The Crossing. We recorded two choral works for a compilation CD with PARMA Recordings. Stay tuned for details! Working with this choir and conductor, Donald Nally is a joy!
Residency at Friends School
Edie Hill is currently in residency at Friends School of Minnesota, "an independent K-8 progressive, Quaker school in St. Paul, Minnesota." She is working with the students to write an official school song for Friends School in honor of the school's 30th anniversary. The new song will be premiered at Friends School's graduation ceremony on June 8, 2018.
New CD from Innova Recordings
Kenneth Meyer's new CD, DRAW THE STRINGS TIGHT was released on May 26, 2017 through Innova Recordings. The CD features music by Piorkowski, Ernste, Henze, Jones, Scherzinger, and Edie's four-movement work for solo guitar as the title work.
"Draw the Strings Tight pulls together a range of new music composed for the acoustic guitar. It features premieres of newly commissioned musical discourses on love, reflections on the nature of memory, the search for truth in the many voices of reality, and meditations on sense and enjoyment. The album title is also an evocative phrase that reflects the challenges facing a composer, performer, instrument, and listener, as they work together to realize something of substance, meaning, beauty, and truth."
