Design & Composition Competition Finalists
The following 8 finalists were chosen from 70 international entries to the Music in Architecture - Architecture in Music composition and design competition. All are scheduled to be performed live during the MIA-AIM Symposium October 19–22, 2011. (See Program for place and time details). Note: The first five entered as "Mode One" (Music in Architecture). The last three entered as "Mode Two" (Architecture in Music).
“Research Embodied”
LBJ Library, Grand Hall
Composer: Jeffrey M. Morris, Texas A&M University
Designer: Autumn Casey, Texas A&M University
“hEAR TOuch LISTEN”
Bass Concert Hall Lobby
Composer: Florian Tuerke, Nuremberg, Germany
Architect/Designer: René Rissland, Eyland 07, Nuremberg, Germany
Performer and Principal Technician: Eli Fieldsteel
“The Infinite Space Between”
Visual Arts Center (VAC) Gallery
Composer: Kirsten Volness, Providence, RI
Architect: Joshua Lantzy, DownCity Design, Providence, RI
Multimedia and Electronic Music: Jacob Richman, Brown University, RI
“seeing times are not hidden”
Waller Creek Bridge
Composer: Matthew Teodori, Huston-Tillotson U., Austin, TX
Architects: Norma Yancey and Emily Little, Clayton & Little, Austin, TX
“Dock and Load”
Perry Castaneda Library (PCL) Loading Dock
Composer: Simon Fink, Missouri Western State University, MI
Architect: Gideon Fink Shapiro, University of Pennsylvania, PA
“Theater of the Imagination”
Jessen Recital Hall
Composer: Frank Clark, Georgia Tech U., GA
Architect: Cecil Balmond, London, UK
“Turnaround City”
Mebane Gallery (Goldsmith Hall)
Designer-Composer: Alberto Sacca, Rome, Italy
Composer-Musician: Francesco Pafundi, Rome, Italy
“Bridge Harp: Mirror Space”
Mebane Gallery (Goldsmith Hall)
Composer: Liam Singer, New York, NY
Architect: Sheryl Jordan, New York, NY
In addition to competition entries above, the following three pieces were commissioned (and are premiers), or were commissioned to be performed (“Persephassa”).
“Persephassa”
Goldsmith Hall Courtyard
Composer: Iannis Xenakis
Designer: Paul Cret
Performers: line upon line percussion, Meehan/Perkins Duo, and Timothy Briones
“Tracings”
Battle Hall Library Reading Room
Composer: Ellen Fullman
Architect: Cass Gilbert
Performers: Ellen Fullman and members of the Austin New Music Coop on The Long String Instrument and other instruments.
“Low Close Vast”
Bass Concert Hall
Composer: Paul Dresher
Designer: Michael Benedikt and Michael Rotondi
Performers: students and faculty of the Butler School of Music
