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Voices Rising (2007) University of Illinois Wind Symphony, Roby George, dir.

Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano (2008) members of the Empyrean Ensemble

Recent Compositions

Awakening for saxophone choir (2009)

Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano (2008)

Skipping Stones for solo vibraphone (2008)

Timed Passed, electro-acoustic music (2008)

Voices Rising for wind ensemble (2007)

Recordings

Writings and Research

Ed Martin has written on harmonic progression in the music of Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg. Specifically his work focuses on Lindberg’s innovations to the traditional technique of chaconne in works such as Twine for solo piano, Kinetics for orchestra, and Fresco for orchestra.

Harmonic Progression in the Music of Magnus Lindberg. DMA dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Fall 2005).
“Harmonic Progression in Magnus Lindberg’s Twine” will be published in Music Theory Online in 2010.

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Time Passed (2008), 2-channel fixed media

Recent News

My article “Harmonic Progression in Magnus Lindberg’s Twine” will be published in Music Theory Online in 2010.

Fall 2010 Fanfares from Three Pieces for Piano will receive multiple performances on a Wisconsin tour by pianist Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi.

6.2010 Flurry for soprano saxophone and electro-acoustic music will be performed by saxophonist Ida Toninato in Montreal, Canada.

5.3.2010 Flurry for soprano saxophone and electro-acoustic music will be performed on the ISCM World Music Days by saxophonist Michael Duke in Sydney, Australia.

4.8.2010 Time Passed, 2-channel electro-acoustic music, will be performed at the SEAMUS National Conference at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota.

2.23.2010 Enchanted Falls will be performed by the University of Evansville Wind Ensemble, Ken Steinsultz, dir.

11.2009 Awakening for

saxophone choir and

Flurry for soprano saxo-

phone and electro-

acoustic music released

by Mark Records on

World Without Words:

Debra Richtmeyer and

the University of Illinois Saxophone Studio .

10.10, 10.12, 10.14

Flurry and Apparitions

were performed by

saxophonist Michael

Holmes at UW

Oshkosh, Lawrence

Conservatory, and the

University of Illinois.

10.16.2009 Stir was

performed by the

Fresno State University

Graduate Saxophone Quartet as part of the Fresno New Music Festival.

10.9.2009 Three Pieces for Piano, mov. I Fanfares was performed by pianist Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi at the 2009 Society of Composers, Inc. Region V Conference.

9.26.2009 Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano was performed by Earplay in San Francisco at the Chamber Music Day.

8.16.2009 Flurry was performed at the International Computer Music Conference in Montreal by saxophonist Ida Toninato.

7.11.2009 Apparitions was performed by saxophonist Michael Bovenzi in Bangkok, Thailand at the World Saxophone Congress.

5.28.2009 Awakening commissioned by Debra Richtmeyer and the Univ. of Illinois Saxophone Ensemble was recorded in Champaign, IL.

4.19.2009 Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano was premiered by the Empyrean Ensemble.

4.2.2009 Time Passed was played at the New York City Electronic Music Festival.

3/2009-4/2009 Apparitions was performed multiple times by saxophonist Eric Honour as part of a tour of the US and Europe of new music for saxophone and electronics.

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Awakening and Flurry, World Without Words: Debra Richtmeyer and the University of Illinois Saxophone Studio. Mark Records. (2009)

Time Passed. University of Illinois Experimental Music Studio 50th Anniversary. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2009)

Flurry. Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) CD Series No. 16. (2007)

Drift. 3rd International Contest for Electroacoustic Miniatures, Confluencias: Art and Technology at the Edge of the Millenium.(2005)

Apparitions. Wavefields, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Experimental Music Studios.(2005)