Faculty News and Accomplishments Works by Corwin Chair of Composition João Pedro Oliveira recognized in International Composition Competitions
Six of UC Santa Barbara Corwin Chair of Composition Dr. João Pedro Oliveira’s works have recently been recognized internationally in competitions such as the Chicago Composers’ Consortium Composition Competition (La Mer Emeraude), Sound Silence Thought International Composition Competition (N’vi’ah), She Lives Budapest Prize International Composition Competition (Mosaic), “New Vision” Composition Competition (Full Moon), the Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival (Tesseract), and Grand Prize in the Double Bass and Electronic Media category for the 2020 International Society of Bassists David Walter Composition Competition for the piece Bass on Fire. Read more here and here.
Professor of Horn Steven Gross interviewed on Celebrity Hornist Series
During the summer, Professor of Horn Dr. Steven Gross was interviewed on Zoom as part of a public Celebrity Hornist Series featuring internationally prominent horn players. The interview was hosted by Director Charles “Skip” Snead of the School of Music at the University of Alabama. Other interviewees included British soloists Michael Thompson and Richard Watkins; former Chicago Symphony member Gail Williams, now at Northwestern University; Jeff Nelson, past member of the Canadian Brass, currently at Indiana University; and David Ohanian, previous member of the Boston Symphony, Empire Brass, and Canadian Brass. An interview with Dr. Gross was also featured on UC Santa Barbara’s Division of Humanities and Fine Arts website for “Focus on Faculty.” Read more here.
Senior Continuing Lecturer Charles Asche awarded California Association of Professional Music Teachers Lifetime Achievement Award
Senior Continuing Lecturer Dr. Charles Asche was awarded the California Association of Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT) Lifetime Achievement Award for 2020. With over 900 members, the CAPMT is the California state affiliate of the Music Teachers National Association, one of the largest music teacher associations in the United States. The CAPMT’s Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year to a musician who has distinguished themselves in the fields of performing, teaching, and service to the profession. Past winners of the award include renowned mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, and From the Top host Christopher O’Riley. Read more here.
Professor Curtis Roads and Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology (CREATE) release EmissionControl2
The Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology (CREATE) at UC Santa Barbara released a new software app for sound granulation: EmissionControl2 for MacOSX, Linux, and Windows. EmissionControl2 is a granular sound synthesizer. Granular synthesis is one of the most important methods of sound design, the theory of which is described in the book Microsound (Curtis Roads, 2001, MIT Press). The new app was developed by a team consisting of Professor Curtis Roads acting as project manager, with software developers Jack Kilgore and Rodney DuPlessis. DuPlessis is a PhD student in Music Composition at UC Santa Barbara and is also pursuing a Master of Science degree in Media Arts and Technology. Read more here.
Professor of Cello Jennifer Kloetzel featured on Performance Today Radio Program and Gold Coast Chamber Players Series
Professor Jennifer Kloetzel was featured on the Performance Today radio program on September 28, 2020. Hosted by Fred Child, Performance Today is one of the most popular classical music radio programs in the country, broadcast to roughly 1.2 million listeners each week. The September 28th program featured a recording from February 15, 2020 of the first movement of Kloetzel’s solo performance of Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B.191 with the Lexington Symphony, conducted by Jonathan McPhee. On October 11, 2020, Kloetzel also performed a virtual concert, titled “Bach Inspired,” presented by the Gold Coast Chamber Players on their Bach Shorts series. Read more here. 18 | UC Santa Barbara Department of Music | Winter 2021 Newsletter
