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What's New
"Rückblick" Album To Be Released
Pianist Ann Duhamel will soon be releasing a new album of piano works inspired by Brahms. Among them is the “title track,” Edie Hill’s Rückblick (which DuHamel commissioned). Edie’s work appears on the recording alongside composers Joseph Dangerfield, Luke Dahn, Jocelyn Hagen, and Marc Chan. The recording is set to be released on November 13, 2020. It is available for preorder from Naxos Direct.
The musical score for Rückblick will be available for purchase from Hummingbird Press beginning November 15, 2020.
Rising W/ The Crossing
As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced choral singing into a necessary hiatus, Donald Nally and The Crossing have sought to fill the musical void with daily musical offerings from their concert/live performance archives.
Four of Edie's pieces have been featured in "Rising W/ The Crossing."
Carolina Parakeet (from Spectral Spirits) - Thursday, March 19, 2020
Poem for 2084 - Monday, April 20, 2020
We Bloomed In Spring - Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Passenger Pigeon (from Spectral Spirits) - Monday, May 25, 2020
Edie's features can be heard via the links above and read about along with other works featured on "Rising W/ The Crossing" here.
"Spectral Spirits" Receives its Premier!
Spectral Spirits recieved its premier performance this past December and the reviews are in!
Clive Piget of Musical America described the Spectral Spirits as "bold," "radiant," "deftly crafted," and possessing "[a] power to touch both heart and mind." Micahel Caruso of Chestnut Hill Local lauded the writing as "expert."
The piece was premiered by The Crossing under the conducting baton of Donald Nally on December 20th at Church of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia. Subsequent performances took place at The Met Cloisters in New York and Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia.
Read more on Edie's review page.
More from fivebyfive
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.
