R a n d S t e i g e r 

news and events


Work in Progress:

DigitICE:
embarking on a major collaboration with ICE (international contemporary
ensemble) to create a series of electro-acoustic works for solo instruments,
and a large ensemble work, with a website and DVD to follow

Green Symphony:
composing two additional movements to compliment Cryosphere (chamber
orchestra and electronics) for future performance and recording by Gil Rose
and BMOP (Boston Modern Orchestra Project) - working titles: A Menacing
Plume and The Flight of Ashes

Talea:
composing a new work for chamber ensemble and electronics for the Talea
Ensemble to premiere in New York City in March 2011

Recent Premieres:

premiere of Elliott's Instruments
Boston Musica Viva
Boston, MA, March 5, 2010
London, UK, March 26, 2010

premiere of A Good Diffused
gala opening concert of the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
UC San Diego
May 7,8,9, 2009

premiere of Cryosphere
American Composers Orchestra, George Manahan, conductor
Carnegie (Zankel) Hall, New York, February 20, 2009
Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, February 23, 2009

Recordings:

EMF Media CD/DVD including Dreamscape, Ecosphere and Traversing is almost finished!

Prism Quartet has released a wonderful recording of Maxine on their new CD Beneath Breath

John Fonville has released a wonderful recording of For Marnie Dilling on his new CD Flue on Einstein Records

Conducting:
Ligetti, Helgeson and Thorvaldsdottir with Palimpsest, a new contemporary music ensemble at UC San Diego, November 17, 2010
Other News:

Appointed Composer in Residence at Calit2
July 2010 - 2012

Visiting Professor at Harvard University Department of Music, Fall 2009

Audio Recording of Conference Presentation: On the Future of Computer Music and Computer Musicians
RIM2007 Conference, IRCAM, June 2007

Ecosphere Documentation is being added to the Ircam Documentation Server project: http://mustica.ircam.fr

review of the New York Premiere of Ecosphere on Steve Smith's Night after Night blog: http://nightafternight.blogs.com/night_after_night/2006/05/remake_remodel.html

a goal for the past 20 years....finally comes to fruition:
a new building and concert hall at UCSD