Aaron Cassidy // conductor


		Aaron Cassidy is an American composer and conductor based in the UK. He has led performances of a diverse range of contemporary and traditional repertoire in a variety of professional and university settings, including work with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), International Ensemble Modern Academy, the Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble, and Augenmusik, at venues including Darmstadt, June in Buffalo, and the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2011). In the Summer of 2009 he participated in the Herrenhaus Edenkoben conducting course, studying with Peter Eötvös and Zsolt Nagy. He currently directs the New Music Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra at the University of Huddersfield, where he is Senior Lecturer in Composition.

		video (listed in reverse chronological order of performance date) Marta Gentilucci radix ipsius (2008) video International Computer Music Converence, Huddersfield, August 2011 Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2 \| mvt 1 .wmv \| mvt 2 .wmv \| mvt 3 .wmv (rehearsal excerpts) University of Huddersfield Symphony Orchestra, rehearsal, June 2011 Jennifer Scholes, flute Schumann Symphony No. 4 \| mvt 2 .wmv \| mvt 4 .wmv (excerpts) University of Huddersfield Symphony Orchestra, rehearsal, June 2010 Gerald Barry '______' \| .wmv (excerpts) University of Huddersfield New Music Ensemble, rehearsal, December 2009 Leonard Bernstein Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs \| .wmv (excerpt) University of Huddersfield New Music Ensemble, rehearsal, December 2009 Christian Baldini folding space \| .wmv International Ensemble Modern Academy Herrenhaus Edenkoben, Germany, July 2009 (audio: SWR-2) Morton Feldman For Frank O'Hara \| .wmv (excerpt) University of Huddersfield New Music Ensemble, dress rehearsal, 2008 Nomi Epstein [untitled] \| .wmv (excerpts) ad hoc ensemble Northwestern University, May 2007 Anestis Logothetis Kulmination II \| .wmv (excerpt) Augenmusik, June in Buffalo dress rehearsal, 2003 audio Pablo Chin Echoes of the Steppenwolf \| .mp3 International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) / Aaron Cassidy, cond.

		selected 20th/21st century conducting repertoire Louis Andriessen Workers Union Augenmusik, 2003 Christian Baldini folding space International Ensemble Modern Academy, Herrenhaus Edenkoben, July 2009 recorded for broadcast by SWR-2 Gerald Barry '________' University of Huddersfield New Music Ensemble, 2009 Leonard Bernstein Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs University of Huddersfield New Music Ensemble, 2009 Cornelius Cardew Autumn '60 Augenmusik, June in Buffalo, 2003 Augenmusik, Brandeis University, 2003 Augenmusik, University at Buffalo, 2003 Elliott Carter Triple Duo * Herrenhaus Edenkoben Conducting Mastercourse, July 2009 Pablo Chin Echoes of the Steppenwolf International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Northwestern University, April 2007 Aldo Clementi Satz 2 New Music Northwestern, January 2007 Nomi Epstein [untitled] (world premiere) International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Northwestern University, April 2007 ad hoc ensemble, Northwestern University, May 2007 Morton Feldman For Frank O'Hara University of Huddersfield New Music Ensemble, 2008 Jürg Frey Six Instruments, Series (North American premiere) New Music Northwestern, January 2007 Jürg Frey Stücke (world premiere) Northwestern University, November 2006 Marta Gentilucci radix ipsius International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), August 2011 Margaret Haley Procyon University of Huddersfield New Music Ensemble, 2008 Andrew Hamilton Frank O'Hara on the phone piece University of Huddersfield New Music Ensemble, 2008 Jeff Herriott Lock: 2x2 (+1) (world premiere) University at Buffalo, March 2001 Sungji Hong Azure * Herrenhaus Edenkoben Conducting Mastercourse, July 2009 Charles Ives The Unanswered Question University of Huddersfield Symphony Orchestra, April 2011 Howie Kenty The Master and the Sandgrabber International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), August 2011 Füsun Köksal Deux Visions pour Sextour * Herrenhaus Edenkoben Conducting Mastercourse, July 2009 Genoël Rühle von Lilienstern n.n. * Herrenhaus Edenkoben Conducting Mastercourse, July 2009 Anestis Logothetis Kulmination I Augenmusik, 2003 Anestis Logothetis Kulmination II Augenmusik, June in Buffalo, 2003 Augenmusik, Brandeis University, 2003 Augenmusik, University at Buffalo, 2003 Jeffrey Nelson Southern Harmony No. 3 International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Northwestern University, April 2007 Michael Norris tesserae ... interstices * Herrenhaus Edenkoben Conducting Mastercourse, July 2009 Steve Reich Eight Lines University of Huddersfield New Music Ensemble, 2008 Julien-Robert Legault Savail Chute Libre International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), August 2011 Hyun-Ah Shim untitled (world premiere) June in Buffalo Festival Ensemble, June in Buffalo 2003 Edgard Varèse Octandre University of Huddersfield New Music Ensemble, 2008 Anton Webern Quartet Op.22 University of Huddersfield New Music Ensemble, 2008 Carter Williams Whistling Window 1a, for two barytons Hauschka Ensemble, 2002 *rehearsals/workshops only; not conducted in concert

		selected orchestral conducting repertoire Beethoven Symphony No.1; Coriolan Overture; Egmont Overture University of Huddersfield Symphony Orchestra, 2011 Ives The Unanswered Question University of Huddersfield Symphony Orchestra, 2011 Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2 (k.314) University of Huddersfield Symphony Orchestra, 2011 Schumann Symphony No.4 University of Huddersfield Symphony Orchestra, 2010