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This is a call for works of any length for trombone and electronics for performance by trombonist Haim Avitsur in Montreal.
New York trombonist Haim Avitsur (see biography below) will be visiting Montreal in February 2010 to give a workshop and concert at Concordia UniversityÂ’s music department (electroacoustic studies). The concert will take place on February 17th at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall and a workshop on composing for instruments and electronics is scheduled on the previous day.
We invite compositions of any length for trombone and electronics for the concert. The electronics part may be fixed (“tape”) or live, in which case the composer is to perform the electronics part. You may submit completed pieces or shorter etude-like compositions.
Expressing interest: If interested in this opportunity, please first email Eldad Tsabary trombone@yaeldad.com a statement of interest that includes the following: 1. Are you going to submit an existing or a newly composed piece? 2. Approximate length of the piece 3. Is the piece for fixed or live electronics 4. How many channels (for fixed or live) and what other considerations (for live) 5. Will you attend? (not a requirement for fixed pieces)
Dates: January 5th 2010 - expression of interest January 27th 2010 - absolute deadline for submitting the pieces
You are encouraged to send drafts to the trombonist ahead of time for comments and practice.
Format: The format of the concert is not yet fixed, and it will be flexible to a certain extent to the format of the selected pieces, so we are open to a variety of setups, including 8.1 multichannel audio and video. Let us know what you have in mind.
Haim Avitsur, short biography: Trombonist Haim Avitsur has premiered over 60 new pieces encompassing a broad range of styles from solo trombone to chamber music, electronic music, and orchestra. Mr. Avitsur is the Trombone Professor at West Chester University School of Music (PA) and at the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, NY. In 2004-2007 Haim Avitsur was on the faculty of the University of Virginia as well as the Principal Trombonist of the Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra. In 2005 he founded the Summer Trombone Workshop, which has a US residency at Temple University, PA. In the summers of 2007 and 2008, Summer Trombone Workshop had a second residency in Taiwan. There will be a European residency in the 2009-2010 season. Winter STW had its first residency in 2009 at Rowan University in New Jersey. Winter STW 2010 will take place at West Chester University, PA. For more information on the Summer Trombone Workshop residencies, please visit www.HaimAvitsur.com.
In the ‘09-‘10 and ‘10-‘11 seasons, Haim Avitsur will premiere a trombone/shofar concerto composed by Meira Warshauer with orchestras including the Dayton Philharmonic, the USC Symphony Orchestra, the Brevard Philharmonic, the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra and the Western Piedmont Symphony Orchestra. Other upcoming engagements include a solo with the University of Central Florida Symphony and Wind Ensemble.
Haim Avitsur was the only trombonist named a 2005 and 2007 Emerging Artist by Symphony Magazine. His book, “The Avitsur Method”, is now available through Design for Lightning Publishing. Haim Avitsur’s recent solo CD recording, Sonatas for Trombone and Piano by David Loeb, is available on the Vienna Modern Masters Label. Haim holds his Bachelor and Masters degrees from Mannes College of Music in New York. Mr. Avitsur is a clinician for the Edwards Instrument Company.
Best,
Eldad Tsabary Lecturer, Electroacoustic Studies, Department of Music, Concordia University Lecturer, Formation Musitechnic
Director, Canadian 60x60 Treasurer, Canadian Electroacoustic Community Contact: Music Dept., RF #302, Concordia University 7141 Sherbrooke W., Montreal QC H4B 1R6, Canada trombone@yaeldad.com www.yaeldad.com
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