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April 19, 2010, 8:00pm
Apocryphal Dances (premiere)
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Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL
Wheaton College Percussion Ensemble
Jordan Newhouse - Prepared Piano
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April 13-14, 2010
Fanfare (reading)
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SPCO Center
Saint Paul, MN
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
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September 23, 2009, 8:00pm
Hollow Psalm (premiere of revised version)
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Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
Northern Illinois University Philharmonic
Northern Illinois University Gamelan Ensemble
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August 1, 2009, 4:00pm
Friction Systems
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Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival Marathon
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
North Adams, MA
Kelli Kathman - Flute
Nathan Smith - Clarinet
Andy Meyerson - Percussion
Richard Valitutto - Prepared Piano
Todd Reynolds - Violin
Lauren Radnofsky - Cello
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June 13, 2009, 8:00pm
Quasi Sinfonia
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Ojai Music Festival
Ojai, CA
eighth blackbird and friends
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May 18, 2009, 7:00pm
Friction Systems
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Fryderyk Chopin University of Music
Warsaw, Poland
Student Ensemble
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April 13, 2009, 7:30pm
The Wheel
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Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL
Nick Cherone - Marimba
Michael Schlotter - Percussion
Jaime Moore - Percussion
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November 10, 2008, 8:00pm
Fader, Stilla Våra Andar
Nocturne
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Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL
Valerie J. Gordon - Soprano
Robert Cruz - Piano
Matthew Gemmill - Piano
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May 23, 2008, 7:30pm
Quasi Sinfonia (premiere)
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Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
Contempo
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January 26, 2008, 7:30pm
Friction Systems
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Harris Theater
Chicago, IL
eighth blackbird
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November 13, 2007, 8:00pm
The Serpentine Harp (premiere)
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Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL
Daniel Paul Horn - Harpsichord
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November 10, 2007, 8:00pm
Circumflexus
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University of Chicago
The Fire Wire Ensemble
Geoffrey Deibel - Alto Saxophone
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November 6, 2007, 8:15pm
Friction Systems
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Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
KULMUSIK
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April 17, 2007, 7:30pm
Diclavis Enorma (premiere)
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Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL
Tim Smile - Keyboards
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March 31, 2007, 8:00pm
The Dowry Negotiation (premiere)
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Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL
Wheaton College Women's Chorale
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February 21, 2007, 7:30pm
Friction Systems
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University of Richmond
Richmond, VA
eighth blackbird
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January 11-12, 2007, 8:00pm
Friction Systems
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The Kitchen
New York, NY
eighth blackbird
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October 28, 2006, 7:30pm
Friction Systems
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New Music Chicago, Sonic Impact
Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago, IL
eighth blackbird
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August 7, 2005, 8:30pm
Friction Systems (premiere of revised version)
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Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music
Lenox, MA
eighth blackbird
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March 19, 2005, 7:30pm
Nocturne (premiere)
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PianoForte Chicago Studio
Lisa Kaplan - Piano
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November 14, 2004, 3:00pm
Dramamine
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University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
eighth blackbird
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September 13, 2004, 7:30pm
Dramamine
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University of Richmond
Richmond, VA
eighth blackbird
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September 10, 2004, 8:00pm
Dramamine
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Lafayette College
Easton, PA
eighth blackbird
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August 19, 2004, 7:30pm
Dramamine
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Deer Valley Music Festival
Park City, UT
eighth blackbird
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July 17, 2004, 10:00pm
Dramamine
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Millennium Park Opening Weekend
Chicago, IL
eighth blackbird
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July 2, 2004, 8:00pm
Dramamine
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Caramoor Music Festival
Katonah, NY
eighth blackbird
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July 1, 2004, 8:00pm
Dramamine
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Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
Norfolk, CT
eighth blackbird
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May 21, 2004, 7:30pm
Speaking in Tongues (premiere)
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Contemporary Chamber Players, Young Composers Concert
University of Chicago
Pacifica Quartet
David M. Gordon - Waterphone
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April 25, 2004, 3:00pm
Dramamine
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Chamber Music Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM
eighth blackbird
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February 28, 2004, 2:30pm
"Meanders, Inlets, and Fissures: Structural Order and
Disorder in Ligeti's Melodien" (paper)
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Midwest Graduate Music Consortium
University of Chicago
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November 9, 2003, 2:00pm
Dramamine
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University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
eighth blackbird
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October 30, 2003, 7:30pm
Dramamine
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37th Annual Contemporary Music Festival
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN
eighth blackbird
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March 4, 2003, 5:30pm
Fader, Stilla Våra Andar
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Northwestern University Spring Composers Festival
Evanston, IL
Valerie J. Gordon - Soprano
Thomas Purnell - Piano
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March 1, 2003, 8:00pm
Fader, Stilla Våra Andar
A Song of Ascents
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University of Chicago
University of Chicago New Music Ensemble
Valerie J. Gordon - Soprano
John Zhu - Piano
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February 28, 2003, 7:30pm
A Song of Ascents
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Midwest Graduate Music Consortium
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Valerie J. Gordon - Soprano
John Zhu - Piano
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June 1, 2002, 7:00pm
Fader, Stilla Våra Andar (premiere)
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Evangelical Free Church of Naperville, IL
Valerie J. Gordon - Soprano
Steve Willemssen - Piano
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May 10, 2002, 8:00pm
Dramamine (premiere)
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Contemporary Chamber Players, Young Composers Concert
Chicago, IL
eighth blackbird
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April 1, 2002, 8:00pm
Circumflexus (premiere)
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University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Joren Cain - Alto Saxophone
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| Other News |
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Gordon was awarded a Charles Ives Scholarship by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Click here for a more detailed description of the scholarship.
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eighth blackbird won the 2008 "Best Chamber Music Performance" Grammy Award for their recording strange imaginary animals, which includes Friction Systems. The album's producer, Judith Sherman, also won a Grammy for "Classical Producer of the Year." Click here to check out the posting on their website.
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Friction Systems is included on eighth blackbird's latest recording for Cedille Records - strange imaginary animals. Gordon's artwork is also featured on the CD cover, inside the booklet, and on the disc itself. To hear samples of the tracks, click here. For a PDF file of the Friction Systems word find that is included in the liner notes, along with a list of the words that it contains, click here.
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