Aaron Cassidy // conductor


		Aaron Cassidy has been active as a conductor of choral and instrumental music for over fifteen years. His first professional post came when he was appointed Interim Assistant Conductor of the Texas Boys Choir at age 19, which was followed by a number of positions and guest conducting engagements at several universities and churches, including significant experience with the traditional choral repertoire. Since 2000, his primary focus has been new and experimental instrumental music. From 2002-04, he served as conductor and pianist for Augenmusik (now the Open Music Ensemble), a Buffalo, NY-based chamber ensemble specializing in the performance of graphical scores and open-form works. More recently, he has worked with a number of student and professional ensembles in the context of various university composition faculty positions, including the Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble and the University of Huddersfield New Music Ensemble. As Co-Director of New Music Northwestern at Northwestern University, he was responsible for the concert programming of an extensive contemporary music concert series; in addition to conducting works by established composers, his position included responsibilities conducting works by student composers in performances and reading/recording sessions by both student and visiting professional ensembles, most notably with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). His recent repertoire interests have spanned a wide range of musical aesthetics and include works ranging from highly determinate, complex notation to graphical notation. He recently participated in the Summer 2009 Herrenhaus Edenkoben conducting course in cooperation with the International Ensemble Modern Academy, studying with Peter Eötvös and Zsolt Nagy.

		video 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 Contemporary Music Ensemble, dress rehearsal, 2008 Nomi Epstein [untitled] \| .wmv (excerpt) ad hoc ensemble Northwestern University, May 2007 Cornelius Cardew Autumn '60 \| .wmv (excerpt) Augenmusik, June in Buffalo dress rehearsal, 2003 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 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 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 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 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