from "the green is either" (2003-4)
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upcoming performances Second String Quartet JACK Quartet. SONiC Festival, Miller Theatre, New York, USA. October 16, 2011. Being itself a catastrophe, the diagram must not create a catastrophe (or, Third Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) ELISION (Richard Haynes, Peter Veale). Villa Elisabeth, Berlin, Germany. October 23, 2011. I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Jeffrey Gavett, voice. Greenwich House, New York, USA. November 10, 2011. l.d._ p.c. (t.c.h.) Ermis Theodorakis, piano. University of Huddersfield, March 1, 2012. A painter of figures in rooms EXAUDI. South Bank Centre, London. July 14-15, 2012. Plus additional venues in 2012, tbc. |
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selected recent performances I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Natacha Diels, voice. The Wulf, Los Angeles, USA. May 1, 2011. "the green is either" Talea Ensemble (Scott Voyles, cond.). Merkin Concert Hall, New York, USA. March 24, 2011. Creative Development Residency with ELISION, not yet it's difficult (David Pledger, artistic director), and Wuturi at Hellerau Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Dresden, March 9-15 2011. Second String Quartet JACK Quartet. University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA. February 24, 2011. Second String Quartet JACK Quartet. Oberlin Conservatory, February 22, 2011. Second String Quartet JACK Quartet. Carnegie Mellon University School of Music, February 20, 2011. String Quartet and Second String Quartet JACK Quartet. Monday Evening Concerts, Zipper Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA. February 14, 2011. Second String Quartet JACK Quartet. Ultraschall Festival, Radialsystem V, Berlin, January 24, 2011. l.d._ p.c. (t.c.h.) Benjamin Binder, piano. Boston University, October 26, 2010. Second String Quartet JACK Quartet. Donaueschinger Musiktage, October, 2010. I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Jeffrey Gavett, voice, New York, USA. September 24, 2010. String Quartet JACK Quartet, Darmstadt Summer Courses, Germany. July 23, 2010. What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile (or First Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) Tristram Williams, trumpet, Center for Advanced Musical Studies Trumpet Seminar, Chosen Vale, New Hamshire, USA. June 15, 2010. What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile (or First Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) Paul Hübner, trumpet (oh-ton ensemble), Sendesaal Bremen, Bremen, Germany. June 15, 2010. memento / memorial Peter Veale, oboe (ELISION), Kings Place, London. June 7, 2010. asphyxia Ryan Muncy, saxophone. The Tank, NY, New York. May 20, 2010. asphyxia Ryan Muncy, soprano saxophone. Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. April 24, 2010. And the scream, Bacon's scream, is the operation through which the entire body escapes through the mouth (or, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) ELISION, Kings Place, London, UK. March 15, 2010. memento / memorial Peter Veale, oboe, Ensemble SurPlus Hommage à James Avery, E-Werk, Freiburg, Germany. February 28, 2010. I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips MusikFabrik soloists (Carl Rosman, voice), Alter Wartesaal, Köln, Germany. February 18, 2010. String Quartet JACK Quartet, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, USA. January 23, 2010. What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile (or First Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) [ukp] ELISION, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK. November 26, 2009. Because they mark the zone where the force is in the process of striking (or Second Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion [wp] ELISION, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK. November 26, 2009. I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips ELISION (Carl Rosman, voice), Kings Place, London, UK, November 2, 2009. String Quartet JACK Quartet, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. October 16, 2009. String Quartet JACK Quartet, Center for 21st Century Music, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY. October 13, 2009. String Quartet JACK Quartet. Le Poisson Rouge, September 14, 2009. asphyxia Ryan Muncy, soprano saxophone. Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. July 15, 2009. asphyxia Ryan Muncy, soprano saxophone. XV World Saxophone Congress, Madihol University, Bangkok, Thailand. July 9, 2009. What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile (or, First Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) Paul Hübner, trumpet. Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Leipzig, Germany. June 15, 2009. [European premiere] Being itself a catastrophe, the diagram must not create a catastrophe (or, Third Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) and The Crutch of Memory ELISION (Richard Haynes, clarinet / Peter Veale, oboe; Graeme Jennings, violin). Kings Place, London, April 28, 2009. asphyxia dal niente (Ryan Muncy, soprano saxophone). The Spot, Chicago, Illinois. April 18, 2009. String Quartet JACK Quartet. University of Huddersfield, March 26, 2009. "the green is or" Christopher Redgate, oboe. University of Huddersfield, February 19, 2009. I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Philipp Blume, voice. University of Illinois, Urbana, USA, January 30, 2009. "the green is or" Christopher Redgate, oboe. Durham University, January 29, 2009. ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist Ian Pace, University of Huddersfield, November 18, 2008. String Quartet JACK Quartet, Festival Internacional Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico, September 28, 2008. PORTRAIT CONCERT ELISION. ABC Ferry Road, Brisbane, Australia, July 27, 2008. Broadcast by ABC Classic FM, 28 February, 2009.
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grants/awards PRSF New Music 20x12 commission for a new work for EXAUDI, part of the 2012 London Cultural Olympiad. Video preview. British Council Composer Bursary (administered by Sound & Music), September 2010. Yearlong Research Grant on the Practice-Led and Applied scheme of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) for work developing a new string tablature notation, in connection with the commission from the JACK Quartet and Südwestrundfuk for the Donaueschinger Musiktage 2010. ASCAPLUS Award from ASCAP, annually 2006 - 2010. "the green is either" chosen by the Miami ISCM section as an official submission to represent the USA for the ISCM World Music Days 2006 in Stuttgart. New York Foundation for the Arts Special Opportunity Stipend. In collaboration with the Arts Council of Erie County. Spring 2005. Jurors Prize nominee for ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist, Gaudeamus International Music Week 2004. metallic dust selected as official World Music Days Submission representing the United States from the Miami ISCM section for the 2005 ISCM World Music Days in Zagreb. Selected by International Jury for performance. New York Foundation for the Arts Special Opportunity Stipend. In collaboration with the Arts Council of Erie County. Summer 2003. Residency stipendium from Schloss Solitude Sommerakademie. 2003. Jurors Prize nominee for The Misprision of Transparency, Gaudeamus International Music Week 2002. The Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music for performance of ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist, June in Buffalo 2002. The American Music Center Composer Assistance Program in support of the premiere of String Quartet, Berlin, May 2002. Dissertation Fellowship University at Buffalo. 2002. |
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bibliography “Gestural modeling and compositional constraints in Being itself a catastrophe, the diagram must not create a catastrophe (or, Third Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion).” Sonic Ideas/Ideas Sónicas. CMMAS, Vol 3 - No.1, Spring 2011. “Determinate Action/Indeterminate Sound: Tablature and chance in several recent works.” Facets of the Second Modernity. New Music and Aesthetics in the 21st Century, Volume 6. Mahnkopf, Schurig and Cox, eds. Wolke Verlag, June 2008. Articles referencing Cassidy's work by Mieko Kanno and Christopher Redgate in Contemporary Music Review, Summer 2007. "15 Questions with Aaron Cassidy." www.tokafi.com August 2006. "Physicality and Choreography as Morphological Determinants." Musical Morphology. New Music and Aesthetics in the 21st Century, Volume 2. Mahnkopf, Schurig and Cox, eds. Wolke Verlag, 2004. “Interconnectivity and Abstraction: metallic dust as a testing ground for monophonic and structural polyphonies.” Polyphony & Complexity. New Music and Aesthetics in the 21st Century, Volume 1. Mahnkopf, Schurig and Cox, eds. Wolke Verlag, 2002. |
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teaching Senior Lecturer in Composition at the University of Huddersfield, from Autumn 2007. Coordinator of the MA in New Music for the Centre for Research in New Music. Lecturer in Composition and Co-Director of the New Music Northwestern concert and lecture series at Northwestern University, 2005-2007. Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Buffalo State College, 2003 - 2004. Teaching responsibilities included Music Theory, Aural Skills, and Composition. Also, Music Computer Lab Coordinator. |