NEWSFLASH
1/11/12.
Don't know where the last four months went! Really productive.
And happy to learn that my concerto for brass quintet and wind ensemble
was recently awarded The International Music Prize™ for
Excellence in Composition 2011. The piece was premiered in Oct.
by Triton Brass and The Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble (Eric Hewitt,
Dir.), and it went smashingly well. http://www.lansingmcloskey.com/whatwedoissecret.html 9/15/21/11.
Just arrived at the MacDowell Colony. Staying in the same
studio as Ruth Crawford Seeger, Ned Rorem, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich,
Michael Torke, Scott Wheeler, Robert Beaser, and David Rakowski. 8/1/11.
Wow...what a past couple of months. Today I was informed that I won the Chatham Baroque Commission Competition! 7/21/11.
What a FANTASTIC time as Composer-in-Residence at the soundSCAPE
Festival in Maccagno, Italy. Incredible students, awesome faculty,
great performances; including the world premiere of The Unreal City,
written for the festival. To top it off, I've been commissioned
by the festival to write a clarinet concertino for next year's festival! 7/7/11.
Names as the Composer-in-Residence at the Missouri Chamber Music Festival, June 21-24, 2012. Really looking forward to it. 6/21/11.
Just found out today that I won
the Joint Wind Quintet Project Commission! 10-14 minute
woodwind quintet, to be performed at the national conferences of the
International Clarinet Association, International Horn Society,
International Double Reed Society, and National Flute Association, as
well as by Imani Winds and others next summer and beyond. Really
excited!! 5/10/11. Nice review of the Prex
Penitentialis CD in the Classical Music Sentinal.: http://www.classicalmusicsentinel.com/KEEP/keep-mcloskey.html 4/27/11.
Great performance of Gleam
yesterday by the Borup-Ernst Duo. Another performance tonight, then off
to New College for two more performances and a busy schedule
(masterclass, interactive lecture, demonstration, and concert).
Looking forward to it. 4/8/11.
Now available on iTunes, Amazon.com, and a bunch of other
online places. 3/23/11.
Box arrived today - finally! Look for it on Amazon,
iTunes,
eMusic, and the websites of Albany Records and NAXOS soon! (Official
release date isn't until April 1st, but my box of pre-release CD's came
today.) 2/16/11.
Big news! I was awarded the prestigious Goddard
Liebersen
Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, given
to a
"mid-career composer of exceptional gifts." I am humbled and
thrilled! 2/14.
Had a great time visiting USC - my old stomping grounds -
last
week. I gave a presentation at the USC Composition Forum, and
also went to the CMS Conference at Pepperdine. 1/23/11.
Just found out I'll be the Composer-in-Residence at the 2011
soundSCAPE Festival in Maccagno, Italy for two weeks this summer!
Daily masterclasses and working with really talented young
composers, a concert of my chamber music, and a commission for a new
work for soprano, piano and percussion. REALLY excited! 8/15/10. Awarded a Barlow Endowment
commission, to
compose a concerto for brass quintet (Triton Brass) and wind ensemble,
to be premiered by a consortium of wind ensembles in the 2011 season! 7/26/10.
Two INCREDIBLE performances by The Crossing in Philadelphia: The world
premiere of The Memory
of Rain (Pew
Charitable Trusts/Philadelphia Music Project commission), and a
wonderful performance of Burning
Chariots. I've had the good fortune to work with
several
top-notch choral groups, but I believe The Crossing under the direction
of Donald Nally is at the top of the top. One of the best
choirs
in the world. 6/21/10.
Great performance of my song cycle Sudden
Music by Rebecca Duren and Alan Johnson at the Sudden
Music
Festival in New York. Yes, the title of the festival was
taken
from my piece... 5/12/10.
Just finished judging the Meet The Composer commissions. A
heck
of a lot of work (!), but actually a joy to listen to so much great
music by so many talented and devoted composers. Listened to 214 pieces
(many in video format w/dance or multimedia) in two days. 5/2/10.
Wonderful performance by newEar Ensemble last night. What pleasure to
work with them! Also had a great time giving an interactive
presentation to students at the Kansas City Art Institute on Friday
(4/30). 3/22/10.
Received a 'review' from a trusted source that the
performance of
Sudden Music
by soprano Marie
Te Hapuku (who sings with The Met) at the LDS Lincoln Center
Building was absolutely stunning! Wish I could have been
there!
Going to Boston next week to hear pianist Biljana Milovanovic
and
soprano Rachelle Schmiege perform it. 11/22/09. C4 did a great job
performing Non avra ma
pieta'
in New York last night. Marvelous choir, and a joy to work
with.
Also just found out that I was a Finalist for the 2010 Look
&
Listen Festival Prize...close, but no cigar. 11/20/09. Wrapped
up a fantastic week as a Guest Composer at the ISU Contemporary Music
Festival. Gave a lecture/presentation, a roundtable session
with
Steve Reich, and a pre-concert talk with Kirk Trevor (conductor of the
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra). Processione
di lacrime went very well, and the ICO did a great job
with the
world premiere of the orchestral version of the Requiem. 11/15/09.
My Requiem was the Winner of the First Annual newEar Composition
Competition. newEar is a superb contemporary music ensemble
in
Kansas City, and they'll be performing the piece in the spring. 10/2/09.
Found
out I am a Co-Winner of the American Composers Forum-LA Composition
Competition for my piece Yellow. The piece will be performed
in
LA on 11/12 by Ensemble Green. 9/1/09. Just
found out that I won First Prize in the 2009 Indianapolis Chamber
Orchestra Composition Competition. The ICO will be premiering
my
Requiem (finally!) at the 43rd Contemporary Music Festival on November
19th, and I'll be a Guest Composer at the Festival along with Steve
Reich. They will also be performing Processione di lacrime
on the Festival, as it was a winner of the "Music Now" Composition
Competition. Both competitions are blind juried (i.e. scores
are
submitted anonymously), and judged by completely independent panels.
There were something like 130 entries for the "Music Now"
contest. They were very surprised, and told me that in the 43
year history of the festival, nobody has ever won both competitions!
Needless to say I am very humbled and honored. 7/31/09. My
sax quartet OK-OK
was one of six works (out of hundreds of submissions) selected
for
submission to the ISCM World Music Days in Australia next spring.
Crossing fingers it will be chosen. Also just
heard from a
marimbist in Argentina that he will be performing Catherine's Wheel soon.soo 7/16/09. It's
been a good week: I just heard from Subito Music that they've picked me
up as a composer. More details pending. 7/14/09. Was
just informed that I've been elected as a member of the American
Composers Alliance (which only accepts 1-2 new members per year). 7/11/09. I've
been nominated for the Pi Kappa Lambda National Commission, and
advanced to the next stage. 6/22/09.
Good news, bad news (but mostly good!): The premiere of my
song cycle Sudden
Music was
pushed from August back to sometime in the fall (probably November),
but the good news is that MAG is now planning to use singers from The
Met. How cool would that be? 6/19/09.
I'll be going to Aspen this summer! I'm a Guest Composer at the Aspen
Music School, a presenter at the Aspen Composers' Conference, and will
have the Dinosaur Annex commissioned piece (blur)
for clarinet & basset horn performed at the Aspen Institute,
with
the premiere
of a video by
renowned artist Rita Blitt. SUPER excited. 1/1/09.
Star
Chamber for solo violin was released on a CD
of
contemporary chamber music called Metamorphosis on
the Beauport Classical label. 11/20/08.
Catherine's
Wheel and B(ee) Movie
were just picked
up for publication by Marimba Productions, the premier publisher for
marimba repertoire. 11/18/08.
Received notice today that I was awarded Honorable Mention in the
Boston Choral Ensemble's 2009 Composition Competition. 10/20/08.
Just got a pretty fab 3/4-page featured review in Gramophone Magazine
(annual
Awards Issue, Oct. 2008). Read it here. 9/27/08. Sixth
Species is now available for digital
download on iTunes
and eMusic.com. 8/16/08.
My CD Sixth Species
is finally
released on Albany (TROY1044). It is
available direct from Albany,
or from Amazon, CDUniverse,
Barnes & Noble.com, and many other stores (even Target.com!). 6/08.
Exciting news: Just received a commission to write a new work for the
acclaimed Boston new music ensemble Dinosaur Annex, for spring 2009!!
I'm thrilled, as Dinosaur Annex is not only one of the top new music
ensembles, but SUPER COOL people, too! www.dinosaurannex.org 6/08.
Just found out that my sax quartet OK-OK
was performed by TAWA
Quartet at the 18th International Jazz Festival in Lima,
Peru.
Cool.