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Works currently in progress

Kennst Du das Land? (from the chamber music cycle Rausch des Vergessens) for bass clarinet, violin, cello, and piano with assistant.
Klugerella musica (working title) for trombone quartet. Commissioned by WDR, Köln, for the composers slide quartet.
memor(), replica human(v)oid for soprano voice, flute, clarinet, harp, piano, percussion, and string quartet; based on poetry of Yannis Ritsos - for Brave New Works (Ann Arbor, MI).
rHAPSody-etude for oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon (studies for the chamber concerto A Hand Made of People).
Trois nouvelles Études for 19-division trumpet and MalletKat percussion - for the duo Contour.

Events upcoming

Sept. 24, 2012
Premiere of Klugerella musica (working title) for four trombones (AAAB) in the concert series ensembl[:EU:]ropa. Commissioned by the West German Radio for  the composers slide quartet.

April, date TBA
Annual composition recital at University of Illinois, featuring the premiere of rHAPSody-etude, and other works, as well as Halbnackt by Michael Finnissy.

March 30-31, 2012
Ensemble dal Niente at UIUC for a Rohlen Visiting Artists Residency. Premiere of Kennst Du das Land? (from the chamber music cycle Rausch des Vergessens) for bass clarinet, violin, cello, and piano with assistant. Scott Voyles, conductor.

March 18, 2012
Performance of STÜLP at the North American Saxophone Alliance conference, Tempe, AZ, by Nathan Mandel.

2012, dates TBA
Performances of STÜLP at University of Minnesota's Contemporary Music Workshop (performer TBA; curated by James Dillon), and in Basel, Switzerland (Kevin Juillerat).

Events past

Jan. 3, 2012
Performance of Rosy derivative at the BKA Theater (in the series Unerhörte Musik) in Berlin-Kreuzberg, with Waejane Chen, piano.

Nov. 23, 2011
Performance of STÜLP at the Hochschule für Künste, Basel. Kevin Juillerat, soprano sax.

April 1, 2011
Premiere of the third of my Trois nouvelles Etudes, for 19-division trumpet and MalletKat percussion, by the duo Contour. Late@Tate, London.

Jan. 26, 2011
Composition Recital.
Krannert Center, UIUC, featuring Wider Willen, in nuce (first American performances), and selections from objets aussi faux que lorique (for piano, after Raymond Queneau).

Jan. 13, 2011
One-hour radio broadcast on my music, presented by DeutschlandRadio Berlin.

Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, 2010
leuchtertrautfernemdnahes featured at SPARK festival. Minneapolis, MN. Philipp Blume, voice and electronics.

Aug. 22 and 29, 2010
First performances of S,M,L,XL for 7 strings. Argento Ensemble, dir. by Michel Galante. Austrian Cultural Forum, New York City.

October 7, 2010
Chamber music concert in Urbana, IL, featuring Wider Willen and Rosy derivative. Casey Dierlam, piano, with guests.

April 29 and May 4, 2010
Premiere of STÜLP, for soprano saxophone and playback, at McKendree University (St. Louis) and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Nathan Mandel, saxophone

February 22, 2010
Guest lectures and events at University of Minnesota.

February 3, 2010
Recital at University of Illinois' Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, featuring Büxn=Aufschrifftn,  collaboraxiom, Rosy derivative, and the premiere of Io son Ramon lo Foll (Andante teneramente).

November 18-22, 2009
Residency with Ensemble-Akademie Villa Musica. First performances of the new version of in nuce (for 7 winds and contrabass) in Mainz, Speyer, and Wittlich, Germany.

April 21, 2009
Guest lectures at Northwestern University.

February 15, 2009
New Music Ensemble, University of Illinois
with premiere of what I don't see when I look into the mouth of a cave. Philipp Blume, piano.

January 30, 2009
Concert of new works for voice and electronics
at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Works by Philipp Blume, David Coll, and Aaron Cassidy. Philipp Blume, voice and electronics. Including leuchtertrautfernemdnahes for voice and multi-tracked voices.

December 2008
Publication of  Contemporary Music Review (Volume 27, no. 6) on "The Music of Mathias Spahlinger and Nicolaus A Huber"
. Philipp Blume, guest editor; with translations of Spahlinger's and Huber's selected writings; and original contributions by Brian Kane, Petra Music, Dorothea Schüle, Cornelius Schwehr, Hannes Galette Seidl, and Philipp Blume.

October 8-12, 2008
Guest lectures at Stanford University (on the music of Mathias Spahlinger) and UC Berkeley (on the cycle Rausch des Vergessens).

February 14, 2008
First performance (excerpt) of zu sich for clarinet, horn, trombone, piano, violoncello, and contrabass. University of Illinois New Music Ensemble.


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