Mary Elizabeth Neal
Mary Elizabeth Neal is a student at Florida State University, pursuing a M.M. in composition and studying with Ladislav Kubick. She received her B.M. in composition from Birmingham-Southern College where she studied primarily with Dorothy Hindman and Charles Norman Mason. She attended the 2005 Czech-American Summer Music Institute in Prague studying with Ladislav Kubick. She has attended master classes with performers such as double bassist Robert Black, the Goliard Ensemble, the Atlas Saxophone Quartet, the Korona Guitar Qvartet, and composers such as Chen Yi, Eric Whitacre, Michael Torke, Eric Ewazen, Neil Rolnick, and Ellen Zwillich-Taffe. Her music has been played by the Bach Festival Chamber Choir (Rollins College), Birmingham-Southern College New Music Ensemble, and the Birmingham Art Music Alliance. She is a member of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance and the Florida State University student chapter of Society of Composers, Inc.
Included in March 30, 2008
Combustion
Mary Elizabeth Neal
Performed March 30, 2008 - Craig Hultgren
Combustion is the complex sequence of exothermic chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant, accompanied by the production of heat or both heat and light in the form of a glow or flames.
Richard Nance
Richard Nance has been a long-time collaborator with Hultgren and other sonic subversives in the south. He is a graduate of UAB and has recently earned a doctorate from De Montfort University in Leicester, United Kingdom. His electronic music is based on plasticity in sound. Recently, his work has played in Montreal, Paris, Turin, Glasgow, London and Liverpool.
Work in included March 30, 2008
Analogies of Control
Analogies of Control is “composed for the ear and by the ear.” Performer-composer communication has generally been conveyed in written terms of a score. Since the advent of recording, the nature of that communication has changed. Improvisers endeavor in instantaneous composition. Composers have created fixed sound accompaniments for their written music. Because this work’s construction was with audible material, it has two aspects of existence and is a new type of open form. The aural score is only in the ears of the cellist who renders the score to the audience. What the cellist actually hears is the sound of heat exchange via various metal. What the audience hears are derivations of cello, both the performer and the composer’s.
Richard Nance
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William Price
William Price’s music has been performed at many national and international events including the 2006 International Clarinet Association Conference, the 2005 Region IV and VIII North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Conferences, the 2004 and 2002 NASA Biennials, the 2003 International Sonic Circuits Festival, the 2002 SEAMUS Conference, the XII World Saxophone Congress, the 12th Annual Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, and the Imagine 2 Music Festival. He has received awards and commissions from numerous organizations including ASCAP, the Percussive Arts Society, the American Composers Forum, the National Association of Composers, USA, the Alabama Music Teachers Association, the Louisiana Music Teachers Association/MTNA, and the Southeastern Composers League. William is currently Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Included in performance March 30, 2008
