Erin Gee (composer)

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Erin Elizabeth Gee (born 1974) (born San Luis Obispo, California) is an American composer and vocalist. Among the fellowships she has held are the Guggenheim and the Radcliffe Institute Fellowships, [1] and among the awards she has won for her compositions are the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, the Rome Prize and the first prize of the International Rostrum of Composers. [2] She was on the faculty of the University of Illinois in Urbana as Assistant Professor of Composition-Theory and is currently Associate Professor of Composition at Brandeis University.

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Education

In 1997 Gee received her B.M. with honors and highest distinction in Piano Performance from the University of Iowa; there she also earned an M.A. in composition in 2002. [3] In 2007, she earned her Ph.D. in music theory from the University of Music and Dramatic Arts, Graz, Austria [4] where she studied musical composition with Beat Furrer. [5]

Career

With her brother Colin Gee, she performed at the Whitney Museum of Art [6] [1] and was a resident at the Montalvo Arts Center. She won the 2008 Rome Prize and was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2009. From 2010-2011, she was a fellow in composition at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart. [7] [8] In 2015, she received the Charles Ives Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. [9] The puzzle video game app Blek contains excerpts of Erin Gee's work. [10] Gee is one of the Kronos Quartet 50 for the Future composers. [11]

A reviewer from the Harvard Gazette described a performance of Gee's work as "a young woman with a microphone in each hand performing a curious and captivating symphony of sound and song". [12]

Selected works

WorkPremiere/AwardYear written
Mouthpiece 34Premiered at the Centre Pompidou in the “Neurons” Exhibit, [13] Paris, France2019
Mouthpiece 33Written for the Argento Ensemble.

Premiered at Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY [14]

2019
Mouthpiece 32Commissioned by Chamber Music America for the Ensemble Dal Niente [15] 2018
Mouthpiece 31Commissioned by Kronos Quartet [16] 2017
Mouthpiece 30Commissioned by and written for Frauke Aulbert, voice

Premiered at the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany

2017
Mouthpiece 29Commissioned by and premiered at the Tanglewood Music Center [17] [18] 2016
Mouthpiece 28Commissioned and premiered by the TAK ensemble

Premiered at the Resonant Bodies Festival [19]

2016
Mouthpiece XIXcPremiered at the NienteForte Festival by the ECCE Ensemble 2016
Mouthpiece XXVIICommissioned by Musik Protokoll in Steirischer Herbst, Graz Austria.

Premiered and recorded by Ensemble NOVA

2016
Mouthpiece XXVICommissioned by the Humanities Center at DePaul University 2016
Mouthpiece XXIVCommissioned by the International Contemporary Ensemble

Premiered by Ryan Muncy and Ross Karre at the Abrons Art Center in Brooklyn, NY.

2015
Mouthpiece XXICommissioned by Musikprotokoll, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria

Premiered by the Arditti Quartet [20]

Performed by the JACK Quartet at the Lucerne Festival, Switzerland, the Banff Centre, Canada (2017) [21]

2014
Mouthpiece XIXCommissioned by the Arnold Schoenberg Center, Vienna Austria

Premiered at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna, Austria

2013/14
Mouthpiece XXCommissioned by the ORF and premiered by the RSO Wien at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Grosse Saal

Conducted by Cornelius Meister

Erin Gee, voice

Colin Gee, actor/dramaturge

Video by Patrick Kelly

2013
“…In the first place…”Music for Colin Gee’s Dance film [22] commissioned by and premiered at EMPAC, Troy, NY2012
Mouthpiece XVICommissioned by Akademie Schloss Solitude

Premiered by the Ascolta Ensemble at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart.

2012
Mouthpiece XIVCommissioned by the Iowa Piano Teacher’s Association.

Written for and premiered by Réne Lecuona.

2010
Mouthpiece XIIICommissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and LVMH.

Premiered at Zankel Hall in Carnegie Hall, New York City.

Erin Gee, voice

Colin Gee, Actor and Dramaturge [23] [24] [25]

2009
Mouthpiece XIIPremiered by Repertorio Zero at the Konzerthaus Zürich in the Tage für Neue Musik, Zürich.

Erin Gee, voice [26]

2009
Mouthpiece XICommissioned by the LA Philharmonic New Music Group

Premiered at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

Erin Gee, voice [27] [28]

2009
SLEEP: an operaPremiered at the Zurich Opera House, 2009.

Erin Gee, voice.

Morgan Moody, [29] Bass Baritone

Teatro Minimo Prize

2008
Sawari Mouthpiece for Koto and VoicePremiered at the 4020 Festival in Linz, Austria2008
Mouthpiece XPremiered at the Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Witten, Germany in 2009 by Klangforum Wien

Erin Gee, voice [30]

CD Released on Col Legno 2014

2008
Mouthpiece: Segment of the 4th LetterPremiered by Ensemble Recherche

Gianni Bergamo Prize [31] (1st Round)

2007
Mouthpiece IXCommissioned by Musik Protokoll, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria and the Klangspuren Festival.

Premiered at the Klangspuren Festival by the RSO Wien. Erin Gee, voice. Martyn Brabbins, conductor.

Awarded the Rostrum of Composers Prize, Paris, France – 2007 [32]

CD Released on Col Legno

2006
Mouthpiece TopologyPremiered by the Latvian Radio Choir

Premiered at the Klangspuren Festival, Klagenfurt, Austria

2006
Mouthpiece VIIICommissioned by MozartJahr 2006

Premiered at the ORF Vienna, Austria. Erin Gee, voice

2006
Yamaguchi MouthpiecesPremiered at the Akiyoshidai International Art Viliage. Erin Gee, voice

Look and Listen Festival Prize, [33] New York City

2005
Mouthpiece VIIPremiered by Klangforum Wien

impuls Festival Prize, [34] Graz, Austria Conducted by Johannes Kalitzke. Erin Gee, voice

2004
Mouthpiece VIPremiered by Klangforum Wien Erin Gee, voice2004
Mouthpiece IIIPremiered by Klangforum Wien 2002
Mouthpiece RemixPremiered at the Institute for Electronic Music (IEM), Graz, Austria2003
Mouthpiece IIPremiered at the MATA Festival 2002 Erin Gee, voice2002
Mouthpiece IErin Gee, voice2001

Discography

Work(s)Label/Performer/CDYear
A Howl, That Was Also A Prayer

Three Scenes from the Opera, SLEEP

Ekemeles Ensemble2020
Oor Mouthpiece XXVIIITAK Ensemble2019
Mouthpiece XXVIIHoehenrausch [35] Ensemble NOVA ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation2017
Mouthpiece XXIVRyan Muncy ISM2016
"Mouthpieces" (portrait CD)col legno label Klangforum Wien PHACE Ensemble2014
Yamaguchi Mouthpiece Part 3 The Believer Magazine2011
Mouthpiece IX (parallel version)102 Masterpieces: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra miniatures2010
Akiguchi Mouthpiece Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 2008
Yamaguchi MouthpieceEntspannte Gleichzeitigkeit - Hammer Records2006

Selected awards and grants

References

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  2. ↑ "PSNY: Erin Gee Biography". www.eamdc.com. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Erin Gee: Composer and UI Grad Erin Gee Wins the Rome Prize" Archived 2016-10-25 at the Wayback Machine , The Iowa Source, James Moore, June 2007
  4. ↑ "Erin Gee resume". 2014-12-21. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21.
  5. ↑ "Montalvo Arts Center - Erin Gee". montalvoarts.org. Retrieved 24 May 2018. In Austria and Germany, she studied composition with Beat Furrer, Mathias Spahlinger, Chaya Czernowin, Richard Barrett and Steve Takasugi.
  6. 1 2 "American Composers Orchestra Composers OutFront! Erin Gee and Colin Gee". www.americancomposers.org. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "ERIN GEE" Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine , Montalvo Arts Center
  8. ↑ Erin Gee biography |URL=http://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/stipendium/stipendiaten/erin-gee~pe1927/
  9. ↑ Heckel, Jodi. "News Bureau - Illinois". news.illinois.edu. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Rhodes, Dusty. "News Bureau - ILLINOIS". news.illinois.edu. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "U. of I. composer chosen for Kronos Quartet project". www.myscience.org. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Songs without words", Harvard Gazette, Colleen Walsh, February 18, 2010
  13. ↑ "Neurons - Simulated intelligence". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  14. ↑ "Argento New Music Project: The Voices of Erin Gee – Roulette". 23 January 2019. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  15. ↑ "e | Chamber Music America". www.chamber-music.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  16. ↑ "Erin Gee one of Kronos' Fifty for the Future | Music at Illinois". music.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  17. ↑ "Erin Gee Commission a Highlight at Tanglewood | Music at Illinois". music.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  18. ↑ Eichler, Jeremy (July 24, 2016). "At Tanglewood, new sounds beckoning from just down the path - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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  21. ↑ "2016-2017 Full Season". JACK Quartet. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  22. ↑ Janairo, Michael (2011-08-01). "EMPAC announces Dance Movies commissions". Arts Talk. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  23. ↑ Tommasini, Anthony (2009-12-01). "Navajo, Jesuit and Jazz for Orchestra". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  24. ↑ Dodes, Rachel (2009-11-17). "Composer Erin Gee Creates "Non-Semantic" Opera for LVMH". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  25. ↑ "Colin Gee/Erin Gee". whitney.org. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  26. ↑ RepertorioZero - Erin Gee, Mouthpiece XII (live), archived from the original on 2021-12-15, retrieved 2021-09-25
  27. ↑ "Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen under the L.A. Philharmonic Green Umbrella for the last time". LA Times Blogs - Culture Monster. 2009-04-08. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  28. ↑ "The Los Angeles Philharmonic Celebrates Salonen As He Concludes His Tenure As Music Director With Five World Premieres, Including His Own Violin Concerto, and a Final Weekend of Works by Stravinsky". Hollywood Bowl. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  29. ↑ "Morgan Moody — People — Royal Opera House". www.roh.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
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  33. ↑ "Past Winners | Look + Listen" . Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  34. ↑ "Impuls: Competition before 2011". www.impuls.cc. Archived from the original on 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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  36. ↑ "2022 Music Award Winners – American Academy of Arts and Letters". artsandletters.org. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  37. ↑ "Library's Koussevitzky Foundation Awards 2019 Music Commissions". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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