Visit to Sichuan Conservatory

I presented Variations on a Theme of Arnold Schoenberg – An American Composer’s View on November 24 at Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu, China.

During my visit to the school, I also offered a master class for composition students and took part in two informal classes in the practical application of Schoenberg’s “Theory of Harmony” in progression writing.

Sichuan Conservatory is one of the main music conservatories in China, with some 14,000 music students. More about them is at http//www.sccm.cn/english/index.asp.

Fromm Music Foundation commission

The Fromm Music Foundation of Harvard University awarded Joel Feigin a commission to write a work for piano and chamber concerto for the American-Israeli pianist Yael Weiss. The premiere was held on Thursday, September 30, 2010, 8:00 PM

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Yael Weiss, Piano
Indiana University New Music Ensemble
David Dzubay, Conductor
Auer Hall, Jacobs School of Music
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Award for Five Ecstatic Poems of Kabir

Five Ecstatic Poems of Kabir has been awarded 1st prize in the Third Millennium Ensemble Composers’ Competition as well as Third Millennium’s Cheryl A. Spector Prize for the best piece by a GLBT composer.

A recording of the piece is available on my CD Transience, available on iTunes and from North/South Recordings.