Mikel Kuehn - Activities

Activities 2021

  • November 20, 2021. Dancing in the Ether (2020, periphonic ambisonic fixed media) presented on the Jacksonville Electroacoustic Music Festival (jemFest) at the University of Northern Florida. Jacksonville, Florida.
  • Unlocking the Keys (2020, periphonic ambisonic fixed media) presented on the Espacios Sonoros Festival and broadcast on Radio CASo. Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA. https://centrodeartesonoro.cultura.gob.ar/info/radio-caso/
  • November 9, 2021, 8pm. Unlocking the Keys (2020, periphonic ambisonic fixed media) presented on the Espacios Sonoros Festival and broadcast on Radio CASo. Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA. https://centrodeartesonoro.cultura.gob.ar/info/radio-caso/
  • October 25, 2021. Unlocking the Keys (2020, periphonic ambisonic fixed media) presented on the Festival Neue Musik Lüneburg. Lüneburg, GERMANY. 
  • October 2021. You can see me discuss the use of technology in creating my piece Entanglements (2016, guitar and harp) in this documentary: Arnone, Augusts. “Composing in the Technological Age: Discussions with Patricia Alessandrini, Christopher Bailey, Doug Geers, Mikel Kuehn, Margaret Schedel.” https://youtu.be/wzymgVeKWBo
  • August 2021. Chimera (2017, flute and piano) awarded first prize in the Flute New Music Consortium (FNMC) Flute and Piano Composition Competition.
  • August 2021. Chiaroscuro (2007, cello and live electronics) performed by Brian Snow featured on the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts composer playlist for the month of August 2021. https://www.vcca.com/virtual-vcca/composer-playlist/
  • July 28, 2021, 5:30pm. Dancing in the Ether (2020, periphonic ambisonic fixed media) presented on the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC). Santiago, CHILE. http://icmc2021.org/
  • July 18, 2021. Dancing in the Ether (2020, periphonic ambisonic fixed media) presented twice on the World Listening Day stream. (UTC 04:20:46, and UTC 17:08:19) https://www.worldlisteningproject.org/world-listening-day-2021-24-hour-stream/
  • June 21-25, 2021. Unlocking the Keys (2020, periphonic ambisonic fixed media) world premiere performance, streamed on the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF). Concert 21. https://nycemf.org/
  • May 22, 2021, 10am. Polyvalence I (2017, piano and interactive electroacoustics) performed by pianistJonathan Taylor de Oliveira [streamed]. The National Association of Composers USA Texas Chapter (Dallas) New Music Virtual Festival. May 14-16, 2021.
  • May 12, 2021, 2pm. Dancing in the Ether (2020, periphonic ambisonic fixed media) streamed on the Noise Floor UK: Experimental Music and Moving Image Festival. Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
  • April 22, 2021. Dancing in the Ether (2020, periphonic ambisonic fixed media) streamed on the Earth Day Art Model. Tavel Arts Technology Research Center, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • March 29, 2021. Color Fields (2006, tenor saxophone, guitar, vibraphone, piano) featured on the podcast Relevant Tones: New Focus Recordings Part I (Seth Boustead, host). This podcast also included an discussion between guitarist Daniel Lippel and Boustead regarding my work. https://open.spotify.com/show/7vdIEibm7r9l84DtLPUNct
  • February 28, 2021. Color Fields (2006, tenor saxophone, guitar, vibraphone, piano), performed by Flexible Music. "Gran Turismo. From Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green. WGTE Public Media (and affiliate stations), Toledo, Ohio. Listen here: https://beta.prx.org/stories/357514
  • February 28, 2021. Sfumato (2019, large orchestra), performed by the Bowling Green Philharmonia (Emily Freeman Brown, cond) broadcast on "Gran Turismo. From Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green. WGTE Public Media (and affiliate stations), Toledo, Ohio. This broadcast also included an interview discussing this piece and my music in general. Listen here: https://beta.prx.org/stories/357514

Activities 2020

  • November 24, 2020, 8:00 p.m. Entanglements (2016, guitar and harp) performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble (Daniel Lippel, guitar; Nuiko Wadden, harp). Featured on "Contemporary Classics" radio show. WRVV 107.5 Savannah, Georgia. This also includes a discussion of my piece with guitarist Daniel Lippel.
  • November 18, 2020, 5:00 p.m.  Guest lecture for the Composition Symposium at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
  • November 5, 2020, 4:00 p.m. Dancing in the Ether (2020, periphonic Ambisonic fixed media) performed on the Espacios Sonoros 2020 Festival. The concert will be broadcast virtually in a binaural version via RADIO CASO, of the Museos Nacionales, ARGENTINA. (This is a repeat radio broadcast). https://centrodeartesonoro.cultura.gob.ar/info/radio-caso/
  • November 4, 2020, 8:00 p.m. Dancing in the Ether (2020, periphonic Ambisonic fixed media) performed on the Espacios Sonoros 2020 Festival. The concert will be broadcast virtually in a binaural version via RADIO CASO, of the Museos Nacionales, ARGENTINA. https://centrodeartesonoro.cultura.gob.ar/info/radio-caso/
  • October 15, 2020, 8:00pm, Chiaroscuro (2007, cello and live electronics) performed by Brian Snow. Bowling Green New Music Festival, streamed concert. Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
  • October 3, 2020, 10 a.m. Polyvalence I (2017, piano and interactive electroacoustics) performed by pianist Jonathan Taylor de Oliveira. Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio [Live Stream]
  • September 10, 2020, 7:00 p.m. Entanglements (2016, guitar and harp) performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble (Daniel Lippel, guitar; Nuiko Wadden, harp). Connecticut Summerfest's 2020 Virtual Concert Series.
  • August 18, 2020, 6:30 p.m. ...blue circles streamed, like rainbows in the sky... (2015, piano and electroacoustics) part of a virtual concert and discussion by Marilyn Nonken on “The Gallery Inn, Around the Piano with Marilyn Nonken” streamed from San Juan, Puerto Rico via Facebook Live. My piece was part of a virtual concert which was followed by a discussion of my piece along with works by Murial and Messiaen.
  • July 5-11, 2020. Dancing in the Ether (2020, periphonic Ambisonic fixed media) performed at the International Computer Music Conference. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. [Postponed to summer 2021: COVID-19]
  • June 14-21, 2020, TBA. Dancing in the Ether (2020, periphonic Ambisonic fixed media) premiered at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF). New York University, New York, NY. [Postponed to summer 2021: COVID-19, Online festival here: https://nycemf.org/]
  • April 18, 2020, 8:00pm. Revised version of Fünf Parabeln (1993, rev. 2020, soprano and Pierrot ensemble) premiered by Deborah Norin-Kuehn (soprano) and Collide-O-Scope Music, Peter Jarvis, cond.  The National Opera Center, New York, NY. [Postponed: COVID-19]
  • April 17, 2020, TBA. Guest presentation for the composition department at NYU. [Postponed: COVID-19]
  • April 11, 2020, 3:00pm. Polyvalence I (2017, piano and interactive electroacoustics) performed by pianist Jonathan Taylor de Oliveira. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. [Postponed: COVID-19]
  • March 10-14, 2020, Guest composer at the XIVth International Festival of Electroacoustic and Electronic Music "SPRING IN HABANA" Juan Blanco in Memoriam. Havana, CUBA. On Saturday, March 14 at 7:00 pm, two of my works will be performed:
    • ..lilac shrieks and scarlet bellowings...(2010, Mikel Kuehn sound, Jean Detheux, image; Deborah Norin-Kuehn, voice) 
    • Chiaroscuro(2007, cello and live electronics). Darío Leonardo Pozo Álvarez (cello) (Cuba), Mikel Kuehn, electronics.
  • February 25, 2020, 8pm - Crosstalk (2014, flute and violin) performed by Anat Kardontchik (violin) and Octavian Moldovean (flute). EAR/EYE: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio.
  • February 16, 2020, 3:00pm, Chiaroscuro (2007, cello and live electronics) performed by Brian Snow. WGTE Toledo, Living American Composers: New Music From Bowling Green, recorded live for broadcast. Kuhlin Center Recording Studio, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
  • February 18 & 19, 2020.  Guest lecture and master class at the Eastman School of Music.
  • February 15, 2020. Recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award.
  • February 14, 2020, 2:30pm - Presentation of recent work for the BGSU Composition Seminar.>
  • February 12, 2020, 8pm - Constructions for Flute Quartet (1987) performed by the BGSU Graduate Flute Quartet. Chiaroscuro(2007, cello and live electronics) performed by Brian Snow. Faculty Composers' Forum. Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
  • January 31, 2020, 7pm - Crosstalk (2014, flute and violin) performed by Anat Kardontchik (violin) and Octavian Moldovean (flute). EAR/EYE: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio.