Mikel Kuehn - Activities

Activities 2013

  • December 12, 2013, 8:00pm - Unfoldings (2004, for solo guitar) performed by guitarist Dan Lippel. Lippel's solo recital is hosted by the Cleveland Classical Guitar Society at The Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio. http://mocacleveland.org/
  • December 2, 2013 - Undercurrents (2013) for 14 instruments, featured on the New Music Daily web site: http://nmd.composingthefuture.com/mikel-kuehn/
  • November 22, 2013, 2:30pm: Crack (2001, for flute, alto saxophone, and electroacoustics) performed by Laura Pillman, flute and Emily Schultz, alto saxophone. Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
  • November 3, 2013, 2:00pm - Colored Shadows (2012, for viola and electroacoustics) performed at Zane Bennnett Contemporary Art by violist John Graham. Zane Bennnett Gallery, 435 S Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  • October 18, 2013, 8:00pm - Undercurrents (2013). World premiere of my 14 minute work for 14 instruments commissioned by Ensemble Dal Niente. The instrumentation is flute (alto flute), oboe (English horn), clarinet (bass clarinet), alto saxophone (soprano), vibraphone, marimba, piano, harp, guitar, 2 violins, viola, cello, and bass.  Ensemble Dal Niente (Michael Lewanski, conductor), Bowling Green New Music Festival, Kobacker Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.  You can watch a video of the performance here.
  • August 4, 2013, 5:00pm - Colored Shadows (2012, for viola and electroacoustics) performed on the Chatter Music Series by violist John Graham. The Kosmos, 1715 5th St NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  • March 18, 2013, 7:30pm - Colored Shadows (2012, for viola and electroacoustics) performed on EarPlay's 28th Season by violist Ellen Ruth Rose. The ODC Dance Commons, San Francisco, California.  Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
  • March 7-15, 2013 - Guest composer at Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität, Vienna, Austria. In March, six of my works will be performed during a special saxophone week featuring faculty and students at the Konservatorium; these include:
    • Intersections (2013) for alto saxophone and piano (world premiere)
    • Etchings (2009) for saxophone quartet (SSTT).
    • Objet/Ombre (2008) for 12 saxophones and electroacoustics.
    • Resonances (2007) for soprano saxophone and piano.
    • Crack (2001) for flute, alto saxophone, and electroacoustics. 
    • Intersections & Resonances (2000) for violin, alto saxophone, and piano (European premiere).

I will be involved in the following activities:

    • March 13, 5:30-9pm: Concert: LRS: Leonie-Rysanek Saal, EG Johannesgasse 4a, 1010 Wien.
    • March 12, 5-9pm: Concert: Anton-Dermota Saal, EG Johannesgasse 4a, 1010 Wien.
    • March 12, 2-3pm: Lecture on the saxophone music of Mikel Kuehn. Erkersaal: Anton-Dermota Saal, 2. OG Johannesgasse 4a, 1010 Wien.
    • March 11, 3-4pm: Roundtable discussion on the topic of "Live Electronics" with guest panelists Mikel KUEHN (Bowling Green State University USA), Germán TORO-PEREZ (ZhdK Zürich), Karlheinz ESSL (MDW Wien), and Christophe HAVEL (Conservatoire de Bordeaux). Erkersaal: Anton-Dermota Saal, 2. OG Johannesgasse 4a, 1010 Wien.

The event is organized by saxophone professor Lars MLEKUSCH and will feature guest performers from the Konservatorium as well as Marie-Bernadette CHARRIER (Conservatoire de Bordeaux), saxophone; the SOLARIS DUO (Joel DIEGERT, saxophone; Mariam VARDZELASHVILI, piano); Mario MARZI, (Conservatorio G. Verdi, Milano), saxophone; the MODULE Saxophon-Quartett (Joel DIEGERT, KONSUni; Carl-Emmanuel FISBACH, Joshua HYDE CNSMD, Paris; Patrick STADLER, Hochschule für Musik Basel); Florian BOGNER (Angwandte Uni Wien), electronics.

  • February 27, 2013, 8:00pm - Colored Shadows (2012, for viola and electroacoustics) performed by John Graham at the University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona.
  • February 26, 2013, 8:00pm: Selections from Cyclic Variations (2011) for solo piano performed by Stephanie Titus. Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
  • February 23: The the MODULE Saxophon-Quartett (Joel DIEGERT, KONSUni; Carl-Emmanuel FISBACH, Joshua HYDE CNSMD, Paris; Patrick STADLER, Hochschule für Musik Basel) will perform Etchings in Paris, France.
  • February 9, 2013, 8:00pm - ...lilac shrieks and scarlet bellowings... (Jean Detheux, image and Mikel Kuehn, music) performed on the Utah Crosstalk Concert. Madsen Recital Hall, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
  • February 6, 2013, 8:00pm - Two of my works will be performed on the BGSU Faculty Composers Forum. This free concert includes the world premiere of a 22 minute work, Cyclic Variations (2011) for solo piano performed by Stephanie Titus, and Tag (2006), for two flutes, performed by Gabriella Roderer and Rachel Woolf. Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Activities 2012

  • November 20, 2012, 8:00pm - Color Fields (tenor saxophone, vibraphone, guitar, and piano) performed by Flexible Music at Roulette (509 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217. (917) 267-0363. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
  • October: Nominated for an American Academy of Arts and Letters award.
  • October 23, 2012, 7:30pm - Tag (2 flutes) performed by students from the flute studio of Conor Nelson at the Wildwood Manor House, Wildwood Preserve Metropark, 5100 W. Central Avenue, Toledo, Ohio.
  • September - December, 2012 - The Secret World of Bookends (4-channel electroacoustics) featured on the BYTE Gallery as part of the Studio 300 Festival of Digital Art and Music. Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky.
  • October 19, 2012, 10:30am - ...lilac shrieks and scarlet bellowings... (Jean Detheux, image and Mikel Kuehn, music) performed on the 2012 BGSU New Music Festival. Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green, Ohio.
  • October 11-13, 2012, TBA - ...lilac shrieks and scarlet bellowings... (Jean Detheux, image and Mikel Kuehn, music) performed on the 2012 Electronic Music MidWest (EMM) Festival. Lewis University, Chicago, Illinois.
  • September 12, 2012, 10pm - ...lilac shrieks and scarlet bellowings... (Jean Detheux, image and Mikel Kuehn, music) performed on the 2012 International Computer Music Conference (ICMC).  Institute for Sonic Arts Research (IRZU), Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • September 12, 2012, 10am -The Secret World of Bookends (4-channel electroacoustics) performed on the 2012 International Computer Music Conference (ICMC).  Institute for Sonic Arts Research (IRZU), Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • July 23rd, 2012, 8pm - Joint presentation on the music of Mikel Kuehn (by Kuehn) and the poetry of Joan Murray (read by the poet).  The Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York.
  • Kuehn is awarded a residency at the Yaddo artist colony in Saratoga Springs, New York for the month of July.
  • July 22nd, 2012, 2pm - Colored Shadows (for viola and interactive electronics), performed by violist John Graham on the Albiquiu Chamber Music Festival.  Aliquiu, New Mexico.
  • July 16th, 2012, 8pm, - Tag (for two flutes) performed at the soundSCAPE festival in Maccagno, Italy.
  • June 2nd, 2012, 2pm - World premiere of Colored Shadows (for viola and interactive electronics), performed by violist John Graham on the 40th International Viola Congress.  Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York.
  • April 15th, 2012, 8:00pm - Crack performed by duo Zephyr (Jean-Michel Goury, sax; Sophie Goury, flute) at the Conservatoire De Musique Pau, France.
  • April 19th, 2012, 5:00pm - Guest Lecture for the Composition Department at San Francisco State University, San Francisco.
  • April 18th, 2012, 8:00pm - Etchings (for saxophone quartet).  Konservatorium Wien. Vienna, Austria.
  • April 12th, 2012, 8:00pm - Flush (for 6 trombones), conducted by Mikel Kuehn and performed by the BGSU Trombone Ensemble.  Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green, Ohio.
  • April 9th, 2012, 8:00pm - Objet/Ombre (for 12 saxophones and electroacoustics), conducted by Dennis Shafer and performed by the Boston Conservatory Saxophone Ensemble. Seully Hall. Boston Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • March 31st, 2012, 2:00pm - Crack (for flute, alto saxophone, and electroacoustics), performed by Rachel Woolf (flute) and Noa Even (sax).  Noa Even, DMA Rectial, Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
  • March 2nd, 2012, 1:00pm - Forging Creative Pathways through Collaboration: Detheux and Kuehn’s ...lilac shrieks and scarlet bellowings... Paper given at the The 13th Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology, Connecticut College, Ammerman Center for the Arts, New London, Connecticut.
  • March 2nd, 2012, 8:00pm - ...lilac shrieks and scarlet bellowings... (for electroacoustic music and image [by Jean Detheux] [Deborah Norin-Kuehn, prerecorded voice]). The 13th Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology, Connecticut College, Ammerman Center for the Arts, New London, Connecticut. 
  • February 26th, 2012, 2:30pm - Unfoldings (for solo guitar) performed by Dan Lippel on the Xavier University Classical Guitar Series.  Gallagher Student Center Theater, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • Feburary 15th, 2012, 8:00pm - Crack (for flute, alto saxophone, and electroacoustics), performed by Rachel Woolf (flute) and Noa Even (sax).  Faculty Composers' Forum, Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
  • February 10th, 2012, 10:15am - ...lilac shrieks and scarlet bellowings... (for electroacoustic music and image [by Jean Detheux] [Deborah Norin-Kuehn, prerecorded voice]). Society for Electroacoustic Music in the U.S. (SEAMUS) National Conference, Harper Recital Hall, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin.