Honored to have been invited to return to the 2013 John Duffy Composers’ Institute in Norfolk, Virginia! This year we presented an extended excerpt from Ile with members of the Virginia Symphony. Bravo to all who were involved!
Enjoy these videos from my March 7 concert in Buffalo, New York!
¡Cigarra! was awarded $1,500 as the Second-Place winner at the Young Artist level in the Music Teachers’ National Association (MTNA) National Composition Competition.
Founded in 1876, the MTNA is focused on advancing the value of music study and music making in society, and supporting the professionalism of music teachers.
Thanks to everyone involved in the 2012 John Duffy Composers’ Institute! I attended with six other composer fellows for a two-week residency, and heard excerpts from Ile, a new sung drama based on the 1921 play by Eugene O’Neill, workshopped and performed.
Here is the video from this amazing performance!
In October my Variations (2011) was premiered by the Aurea Silva Trio, comprised of Brandy Hudelson, flute; Gareth Thomas, bassoon; and David Gilliland, piano. The piece was composed for the trio and they blew the doors off with their performance!
September in Bloomington saw the premiere of A Requiem (2011), a work for choir and piano submitted last April as my Master’s Thesis. The performance was incredible thanks to the brilliant leadership of Benjamin Geier, my colleague from Indiana University and music director of Vox Reflexa. The first movement (“The Tower”) will be released on the upcoming Vox Reflexa New Millennium Composer’s Forum CD this Summer–more info will be available soon!
From August 8-16, 2011, I attended the Klasik Keyifler Composers’ Cauldron in Kapadkoya, Turkey. Composers Kamran Ince, Marc Mellits, and Michael Ellison, were in residence, along with many fabulous musicians from Turkey, Europe, and the United States. My new string quartet, was workshopped and performed by Orhan Ahıskal and Beril Sun, violins; Meriç Esen, viola; and Heidi Hoffman, cello, for a full house in Şakir Paşa Medrese, an Ottoman School. It was an amazing time and I was so grateful to be a part of it!
Ezra Donner 