Daniel
Koppelman -- Current and Recent Projects
The Psathas
Percussion Project disc was released by Navona Records in
January, 2019. Here's the review in Gramophone
Daniel Schorno and I performed Kairos
Cumulus Nimbus, a new iteration of our "Kairos" duo project at
the International Computer Music Conference in Utrecht, Netherlands
on September, 14, 2016. Here's a snippet
from our last performance, in Odessa, Ukraine. I have received
a grant from the Greenville Metropolitan Arts Council to help fund
this trip.
I recorded John Psathas's Piano Quintet,
arranged for piano and percussion by Omar Carmenates, in May,
2016. This is part of Omar's Psathas Percussion Project, and
will be released within a few months. In the meantime, here's
a sneak peak from the recording
session.
I was a guest performer at the 50th
Anniversary National Conference of the Society of Composers, Inc
(SCI), November, 2015 in Gainesville, FL. Here's a video of
one of my performances (Liviu Marinescu's Shadows for piano
and electronics).
duo runedako premiered new works by Francois
Rose and Harvey Sollberger in 2015.
In March, 2013 I appeared as guest artist
for a Disklavier Festival at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
duo runedako has commissioned Harvey
Sollberger to compose a new piece for piano four-hands. This
project is being supported by grants from the Greenville Metropolitan Arts
Council and Furman University's Research and Professional
Growth committee.
duo runedako performed with the Aleph Ensemble in Paris in May, 2012.
I have begun collaboration on a project involving improvisation
together with gesture
characterization software by Christopher Dobrian. The software
provides a virtual improvising partner, realized on the Yamaha
Disklavier.
Reviews are starting to appear for "Recombinant
Nocturnes". Here are some links:
Gapplegate
Classical-Modern Music Review: "sensitive and dynamically
brilliant execution"
CultureCatch,
Best New Classical Albums of 2011: "shadows and flickerings of
light dance about, intertwining in striking juxtapositions"
NewMusicBox:
"exploding...with an assured sense of ensemble"
Monsieur
Délire: "deep, troubling"
WQXR, Hammered: "ravishing performances"
Textura:
"a deft balance between experimentation and listenability"
MusicWeb
International: "truly magical"
My newest CD has been released on the Innova label. "Recombinant
Nocturnes" features music for piano and electronics by
Benjamin Broening. It is also available via iTunes
and Amazon.
In July, 2011, I was a guest artist at East Tennessee State
University in Johnson City, TN. I gave a lecture on "new
technological resources for live performance", and performed a solo
recital.
In May, 2011, I received the Alester G. Furman, Jr. and Janie
Earle Furman Award for Meritorious Teaching. The award is made "on
the basis of professional competence, enthusiasm for classroom
teaching, the ability to inspire students with a love for learning,
and concern for and interest in their personal development."
In April, 2011, I received the Orpheus Award ("for advancing
the cause of music") from the Gamma Eta Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha
Sinfonia.
I have commissioned a new solo piano work from composer Eric
Moe. The commission will be funded by a grant from Furman
University's Research and Professional Growth committee, plus a
matching award from the Greenville Metropolitan Arts Council.
Update: the piece, entitled "Hot Keys", has been finished, and I
will be premiering it soon.
Recording sessions for Benjamin Broening's "Nocturnes" CD took
place at the University of Richmond from May 22-25, 2010. The disc
will include works for solo piano, piano plus electronics, piano
four-hands, and two pianos. duo runedako is
featured on the pieces for two performers. Update: the disc has been
accepted for publication by Innova Records.
Benjamin Broening and I received an ACS Faculty Renewal Grant
to undertake a project entitled "Nocturnes: Composing, Performing
and Recording with Technology."
I received an extension to my Fulbright award, and headed back
to Odessa in 2009 as Artist-in-Residence with the Association New
Music. I did solo and duo performances across Ukraine, and in
Krakow, Poland.
Escapement has been released by Everglade in a new
multi-channel format. It is also available at Amazon.
In April and May, 2008, duo runedako
performed six times in various venues in Odessa, Kyiv, and
Simferopol, Ukraine. For more information about my Fulbright
activities, see our Fulbright
blog.
In September, 2008, I recorded Christopher Dobrian's Cycles
Interrupted, together with soprano Tamara Matthews and
saxophonist Matt Olson, for a future Dobrian release.
In November, 2008, duo runedako made
its third appearance on the Gluck Chamber Music Series in La Jolla,
CA (previous appearances were in 1995 and 2003).
The duo runedako recording of David
Gillingham's Interplay (for piano four-hands and
orchestra), made in 1996 with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra,
has finally been released by MMC recordings on a CD entitled "Perspectives."
I have been awarded
a Fulbright
grant to Odessa,
Ukraine for February - June, 2008.
Everglade Records has
accepted Escapement for publication,
in an updated and revised edition. This release will feature new 5.1
mixes of the repertoire.
duo runedako performed at the North
Charleston Arts Festival in North Charleston, SC in May, 2007.
I performed at the Sonorities
Festival in Belfast in April, 2007.
duo runedako performed at the Florida
Electroacoustic Music Festival in Gainesville, FL in April, 2007.
duo runedako performed at the Temple of
Israel in Greenville, SC in January, 2007.
duo runedako performed with the
Greenville Symphony Chamber Players in November, 2006.
duo runedako performed at UC San Diego
in La Jolla, CA in November, 2006.
duo runedako performed at the
International Computer Music Conference in New Orleans, LA in
November, 2006.
duo runedako performed at the Furman
University faculty showcase in Greenville, SC in October, 2006.
Christopher Dobrian and I presented a paper -- "The ‘E’ in NIME:
Musical Expression with New Computer Interfaces" -- at the NIME
Conference (New Interfaces for Musical Expression) in Paris on
June 7, 2006.
LiSaFest06@Furman took place at
Furman University from May 15-19, 2006; for the concert on May 19 I
was assisted by Tamara Matthews, Matt Olson, Ruth Neville, and
Daniel Schorno, performing works of Christopher Dobrian, Mark
Applebaum, Benjamin Broening, William Kleinsasser, Daniel Schorno,
and Daniel Koppelman.
duo runedako performed at the festival
"Two Days and
Two Nights of New Music" in Odessa, Ukraine, on April 21,
2006.
I gave a presentation at a conference on electroacoustic music
sponsored by NITLE
in Chicago on March 10, 2006.
duo runedako performed on the "Music
at the Forefront" series at Bowling Green State University on
February 27, 2006.
duo runedako gave a recital at Furman
University on February 2, 2006.
The second Live Sampling commission has been completed: William
Kleinsasser's Protean Profile, for two pianos, computer,
and interactive sampling instrument. The composition is a "second
path through the musical design of the piece Innocent Proteins",
a concerto for two pianos and chamber orchestra, which duo runedako
premiered in March, 2005.
"Escapement" (my new CD/DVD)
received a nice review in the December,
2005 issue of Keyboard Magazine, where I was named the "Unsigned
Artist of the Month."
The first commission for my Live Sampling project has been
completed: Mark Applebaum's on the nature of the modern age,
for piano duo and electronics. The work was written "in loving
memory of John Silber, compassionate mentor and intrepid
experimentalist." duo runedako will premiere it in February, 2006.
"Escapement" is finished! My 2-disc set (CD plus DVD) of music
for piano and electronics is now available from Horizon Records. Below
is a shot of the front cover of the box. For more information on
Escapement, click here.
cover art by Chris Cantrell
duo runedako will perform on the "Music
at the Forefront" series at Bowling Green State University
in February, 2006.
Things are shaping up for my Live Sampling project in 2006. I
have commissioned pieces from Christopher
Dobrian, Benjamin
Broening, William
Kleinsasser, and Mark
Applebaum. I am also composing some music for duo runedako and for my trio with Tamara
Matthews and Matt
Olson. Daniel Schorno of STEIM in Amsterdam will
be in residence at Furman for a week in Spring, 2006 to help
prepare the commissioned pieces; he will also give performances
and master classes.
I performed William
Kleinsasser's Quintuple Escapement in April, 2005 at the
SEAMUS National Conference in Muncie, IN. This was my first
performance with my new MOTU
Traveler interface -- a nice addition to my arsenal. As a
warm-up for SEAMUS, I played Quintuple Escapement on March 30 at
the annual "Modern Music" concert presented by the Phi Mu Alpha
brothers at Furman.
In March, 2005 in Baltimore, duo runedako
premiered William
Kleinsasser's Innocent Proteins, a chamber
concerto for two pianos and ensemble. The duo performed in March
on the Furman Faculty Chamber Music series at Gunter Theatre in
Greenville, and in February on the "Winter Classics" series at
Christ Church, also in Greenville.
In January, 2005 I received funding from the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation for a Career Enhancement grant to explore live sampling
together with Furman colleagues Tamara
Matthews and Matt
Olson. The project will take place in 2005 and 2006. There
is an article about this project in the Associated
Colleges of the South newsletter.
My students in Music
45 (Project in Music Technology) presented a concert of music for live
performer plus technological resources on February 10 on the
Furman campus. I performed my composition "Solecism" at a CLP
event entitled "Music as a Mirror" at Furman on January 6.
I'm currently putting the finishing touches on my CD/DVD
"Escapement", which documents the work I did during my sabbatical
in 2003. The DVD will have videos of live concert performances,
excerpts from lectures/demonstrations (about my work with the
Tactex MTC Express touchpad and Oxygen 8 controllers, as well as
some background on performing with technology), recording studio
footage, information on the composers and their works, and some
extra goodies. The CD will have edited and mastered versions of
the repertoire. Here's a sneak peak at a couple of the menus:
"Escapement" repertoire:
Benjamin Broening, Nocturne/Doubles, for piano and
computer
William Kleinsasser, Quintuple Escapement, for MIDI
controller and computer
Daniel Koppelman, digitalisman, for piano, MIDI
controller and computer
Eric Lyon, Psychic Driving, for piano and computer
James Mobberley, Voices: In Memoriam, for piano and
computer
Christopher Dobrian, Unnatural Selection, for Tactex MTC
Express and computer
Wayne Peterson, Four Preludes for Solo Piano
Some activities during Fall, 2004:
Artist-in-Residence for the Hutchison Keyboard
Weekend at
St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY;
played a solo recital and gave a lecture/demo.
Performed at the International Computer Music Conference in
Miami, and
Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival in
Richmond.
Gave a 'mostly solo' recital at Furman
(including Roscoe Mitchell's Not Yet for
sax and piano, with Matt
Olson)
Submitted a grant proposal for a Live Sampling project
involving soprano Tamara
Matthews and Matt Olson.
Redesigned personal website.
Fall repertoire
included:
Benjamin Broening, Nocturne/Doubles, for piano and
computer
Richard Festinger, Variations for Piano
Daniel Koppelman, Solecism, for MIDI controller and
computer
Mario Davidovsky, Synchronisms #6, for piano and tape
(Davidovsky was the featured composer at Third
Practice.)
William Kleinsasser, Quintuple Escapement, for MIDI
controller and computer.
Paul Rudy, Church Keys, for piano and tape.
James Mobberley, Voices: In Memoriam, for piano and
computer.
Some activities during Summer, 2004:
Composed Solecism, using LiSa and my
new Novation
ReMote 25 controller.
The piece is based on audio clips from infamous
Congressional testimony
(Oliver North, Anita Hill & Clarence Thomas,
John Dean, etc.).
Gave a 'mostly solo' recital as part of Furman's Summer
Keyboard Institute.
Worked with composers on getting recent repertoire transferred
to OS X versions.
Learned Apple DVD Studio Pro and Final Cut Express;
worked on DVD authoring of "Escapement" project
(see above).
Family vacation trips to:
New York City (to visit cousin Pete Rosenblum)
Elk Rapids, MI (Neville family reunion), and
London, England (with Ruth and our two moms).