music of Timothy Andres, Ted Hearne, Jacob Cooper, Christopher Cerrone, and Robert Honstein
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Ted Hearne (b. 1982, Chicago) is a composer, conductor and performer of new music. His music has been performed by the Minnesota Orchestra, Calder Quartet, The Knights, commissioned by Chicago's Third Coast Percussion, San Francisco's Volti Choral Arts Laboratory, Huntsville Symphony, Albany Symphony, and was recently praised by Allan Kozinn of the New York Times as “fresh and muscular.” Ted's piece Katrina Ballads is the recipient of the 2009 Gaudeamus Prize in composition, and in August 2010 will be seen in a new production with film by Bill Morrison and scenic design by Jim Findlay. Ted is the artistic director of Yes is a World, the resident conductor of Red Light New Music, and served as music director for the premiere of David Lang’s opera Anatomy Theatre (performed by ICE), and the premiere of Michael Gordon’s Lightning at our Feet (BAM Next Wave Festival, 2008). He has recently conducted premieres of works by Bryan Senti and Constantine Koukias, and for five years was composer-in-residence of the Chicago Children’s Choir. Ted received the 2008 Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was an artist in residence at the MacDowell Colony in Fall 2009. Upcoming commissions include works for DITHER electric guitar quartet and a new work for Yale Glee Club and Yale Symphony Orchestra to premiered at Carnegie Hall in April 2011.
www.tedhearne.com
Jacob Cooper’s diverse compositions have earned him a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Morton Gould Award from ASCAP, and a grant from the American Music Center’s Composer Assistant Program. He has been a composition fellow at the Bang on a Can Summer Institute (2004) and an artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts (2005). He has also been in residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts—both as a composer (2007) and as a video artist (2009)—and he has taken part in the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute (2007).
Jacob’s music has been performed by several ensembles across the continent, including the JACK Quartet (New York), Bent Frequency (Atlanta), NOW Ensemble (New York), and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. His work has recently appeared at the Wordless Music concert series at the Miller Theater in New York and at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven.
Timberbrit, Jacob’s opera about a fictional reunion between Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, premiered in semi-staged form at The Tank in 2008 to rave reviews and is scheduled to return to the city in fully-staged form in the near future.
http://www.jacobcoopermusic.com
Christopher Cerrone (b. 1984, Huntington, NY) is a composer of orchestral, chamber, vocal, and electronic music currently pursuing his doctorate with Martin Bresnick at the Yale School of Music. He received his undergraduate degree from the Manhattan School of Music, studying with Nils Vigeland and Reiko Fueting. Christopher Cerrone has received commissions and performances in the US, Europe, Asia from the New York City Opera, The Yale Institute for Music Theatre, The Virginia Arts Festival, Th Orchestre National de Lorraine, Flexible Music, the Manhattan Composers' Orchestra, the New Music Collective, the New Music Institute at the Hochshule fur Musik, Berlin, the Grenzelos Ensemble, as well as Red Light New Music, the New York City-based ensemble and concert series that he co-directs, who have performed his work throughout New York City as well as in Louisville, Berlin, Charleston, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. He currently teaches electronic music and composition at Yale College.
http://www.christophercerrone.com/
Timothy Andres (b. 1985, Palo Alto, CA) is a composer and pianist. He grew up in rural Connecticut and lives in Brooklyn, NY. His compositions meld a classical-music upbringing with diverse interests in the natural world, graphic arts, technology, cooking, and photography. He has been praised for his “acute ear” by the New York Times’s Anthony Tommasini and “stubborn nose” by the N ew Yorker’s Alex Ross. For sounds, a bloglet, a calendar, visuals, victuals, metadata, colophon and more, please visit www.andres.com
Robert Honstein (b. 1980, Syracuse, NY) is a composer and pianist living in New Haven, CT. His works have been performed by the Albany Symphony, the Yale Philharmonia, the Bard College Orchestra, Simon Carrington and the Norfolk Summer Chamber Choir, the Fireworks Ensemble, the Young New Yorkers Chorus, and the Tosca Quartet. Recognized by awards from ASCAP (2006, 2007 Morton Gould Young Composer Award) and SCI, his work has been featured at numerous conferences and festivals including the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, the Oregon Bach Festival, Spring in Havana, and the 2010 SEAMUS conference. Upcoming projects include residencies at the 2010 Bang on a Can Summer Institute and the 2010 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary music, a fall tour of Quebec and Ontario with the Correction Line Ensemble, and a new choral work for the Young New Yorkers Chorus.
http://www.roberthonstein.com/
www.tedhearne.com
Jacob Cooper’s diverse compositions have earned him a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Morton Gould Award from ASCAP, and a grant from the American Music Center’s Composer Assistant Program. He has been a composition fellow at the Bang on a Can Summer Institute (2004) and an artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts (2005). He has also been in residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts—both as a composer (2007) and as a video artist (2009)—and he has taken part in the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute (2007).
Jacob’s music has been performed by several ensembles across the continent, including the JACK Quartet (New York), Bent Frequency (Atlanta), NOW Ensemble (New York), and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. His work has recently appeared at the Wordless Music concert series at the Miller Theater in New York and at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven.
Timberbrit, Jacob’s opera about a fictional reunion between Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, premiered in semi-staged form at The Tank in 2008 to rave reviews and is scheduled to return to the city in fully-staged form in the near future.
http://www.jacobcoopermusic.com
Christopher Cerrone (b. 1984, Huntington, NY) is a composer of orchestral, chamber, vocal, and electronic music currently pursuing his doctorate with Martin Bresnick at the Yale School of Music. He received his undergraduate degree from the Manhattan School of Music, studying with Nils Vigeland and Reiko Fueting. Christopher Cerrone has received commissions and performances in the US, Europe, Asia from the New York City Opera, The Yale Institute for Music Theatre, The Virginia Arts Festival, Th Orchestre National de Lorraine, Flexible Music, the Manhattan Composers' Orchestra, the New Music Collective, the New Music Institute at the Hochshule fur Musik, Berlin, the Grenzelos Ensemble, as well as Red Light New Music, the New York City-based ensemble and concert series that he co-directs, who have performed his work throughout New York City as well as in Louisville, Berlin, Charleston, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. He currently teaches electronic music and composition at Yale College.
http://www.christophercerrone.com/
Timothy Andres (b. 1985, Palo Alto, CA) is a composer and pianist. He grew up in rural Connecticut and lives in Brooklyn, NY. His compositions meld a classical-music upbringing with diverse interests in the natural world, graphic arts, technology, cooking, and photography. He has been praised for his “acute ear” by the New York Times’s Anthony Tommasini and “stubborn nose” by the N ew Yorker’s Alex Ross. For sounds, a bloglet, a calendar, visuals, victuals, metadata, colophon and more, please visit www.andres.com
Robert Honstein (b. 1980, Syracuse, NY) is a composer and pianist living in New Haven, CT. His works have been performed by the Albany Symphony, the Yale Philharmonia, the Bard College Orchestra, Simon Carrington and the Norfolk Summer Chamber Choir, the Fireworks Ensemble, the Young New Yorkers Chorus, and the Tosca Quartet. Recognized by awards from ASCAP (2006, 2007 Morton Gould Young Composer Award) and SCI, his work has been featured at numerous conferences and festivals including the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, the Oregon Bach Festival, Spring in Havana, and the 2010 SEAMUS conference. Upcoming projects include residencies at the 2010 Bang on a Can Summer Institute and the 2010 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary music, a fall tour of Quebec and Ontario with the Correction Line Ensemble, and a new choral work for the Young New Yorkers Chorus.
http://www.roberthonstein.com/