Iron Composer
September 16, 2011
Presented by ANALOG arts
Baldwin-Wallace College
and WCLV 104.9 FM
2nd prize ($300): Melody Eötvös
3rd prize ($200): David Kirkland Garner
Melody Eötvös
David Kirkland Garner
Matthew Heap
Zvonimir Nagy
Mari Takano
Melody Eötvös is an Australian composer earning her doctorate at Indiana University. Much of her music is electroacoustic, and her work has been performed by the London Sinfonietta and the BBC Singers. She earned her masters degree from the Royal Academy of Music.
David Kirkland Garner is the director of the Duke New Music Ensemble, where he is also a Ph.D. candidate. His research interests include the banjo and fiddle traditions of Nova Scotia and the southern U.S. The Kronos Quartet gave the world premiere of his most recent work earlier this year.
Matthew Heap is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pittsburgh, having previously studied at the Royal College of Music and Carnegie Mellon. Two of his main areas of focus are vocal music and theater. He is also a member of Alia Musica Pittsburgh.
Zvonimir Nagy is a Croatian composer based in Chicago. He is a prolific keyboard performer and an active organ improviser. In the spring, Nagy was appointed to a professorship at Duquesne University.
Mari Takano is a Japanese composer living in Tokyo and lecturing at Toho Junior College of Music. Having studied with Morton Feldman and Brian Ferneyhough, one of her primary mentors was Gyorgy Ligeti. Her music has been released commercially by BIS.
