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Works by Eric Nathan (b. 1983) have been performed throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, the Netherlands, South Korea, and Japan. He has received commissions from the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra of South Korea, the Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center of Wellesley College, Indiana University New Music Ensemble, and a consortium of twelve university bands from the Atlantic Coast Conference Band Directors Association. Eric’s music has been featured on NPR’s “From the Top” as well as at the music festivals of Aspen, Ball State University, CCM Music07, the Composers Conference at Wellesley College, the Midwest Composers Symposium, the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, and Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts, among others.

His music has been performed by orchestras including the American Composers Orchestra (in their new music readings), Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra of South Korea, Juilliard Pre-College Symphony, Yale Symphony Orchestra; ensembles such as the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Damocles Trio, Indiana University New Music Ensemble, Syracuse Society for New Music; and wind ensembles including the Cornell Wind Symphony, Indiana University Symphonic Band, Keene State College Concert Band, University of Maryland Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band, Nishi High School Band (Japan).

Recent awards and honors include selection for the American Composers Orchestra Underwood New Music Readings, the William Schuman Prize in the B.M.I Student Composer Awards (2008), an ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award (2008), First Prize in the 2008 SCI/ASCAP National Student Commission Competition, the Brian M. Israel Prize from the New York Federation of Music Clubs (2007), Second Prize in the 2007 NACUSA Young Composer Competition, the New York Art Ensemble Young Composer Competition (2005), the Dean's Prize from Indiana University, the Abraham Beekman Cox and Beekman Cannon Friends of Music Prizes from Yale College, and a Susan and Ford Schumann Fellowship to the Aspen Music Festival and School.

Nathan is currently a doctoral composition student at Cornell University where he studies with Kevin Ernste, Roberto Sierra and Steven Stucky. He received his Master of Music at Indiana University, Bachelor of Arts at Yale College, and a diploma from the Juilliard School Pre-College Division. His past teachers include Kathryn Alexander, Claude Baker, Allan Dean, John Halle, Jeffrey Hass, Sven-David Sandström, Matthew Suttor, Ira Taxin. He has also worked with John Harbison, Christopher Rouse and George Tsontakis at the Aspen Music Festival and School, Mario Davidovsky at the Wellesley Composers Conference for two summers, and participated as a trumpeter in the Boston University Tanglewood Institute for four summers.


Indiana University New Music Ensemble Premiere of “NEW WORK” for chamber orchestra. Commissioned by the Indiana University New Music Ensemble. Performance in Auer Hall, Indiana Unviersity, Bloomington, IN.	4/21/2009 08:00 PM Indiana University - Auer Hall Bloomington IN us	Phone: Email: Web:music.indiana.edu
Wellesley Composers Conference Performance of “Three Sculpture Meditations” for piano quintet. Commissioned by the Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center at Wellesley College.	8/4/2008 08:00 PM Wellesley College Wellesley MA us	Phone: Email: Web:www.composersconference.org
Wellesley Composers Conference Performance of “Three Sculpture Meditations” for piano quintet. Commissioned by the Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center at Wellesley College.	7/26/2008 08:00 PM Wellesley College Wellesley MA us	Phone: Email: Web:www.composersconference.org
Contemporary Dance Performance World Premiere of choreography to “Onement” for Chamber Ensemble and Dancers. Choreography by Erin Fleck with dancers from the Modern Dance Department of Indiana University. Performance at Waldron Theater, Bloomington, IN.	4/27/2008 08:00 PM Waldron Theatre Bloomington IN us	Phone: Email: Web:www.ericnathanmusic.com
Guest Trombone Recital Performance of “Rothko Musings” for bass trombone and percussion by Robert Soto - guest artist recital at New Mexico State University - Las Cruces, NM.	4/20/2008 08:00 PM New Mexico State University Las Cruces NM us	Phone: Email: Web:www.ericnathanmusic.com/Events Calendar.html
KAPPA III Concert Band World Premiere of “This time, next year” for Concert Band. Performance by KAPPA III Public School Band, Bronx, NY, Arimaris Cano - Director.	6/20/2007 04:00 PM us	Phone: Email: Web:www.ericnathanmusic.com
Cincinnati College-Conservatory Music07 Festival “Rothko Musings” performed at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Music07 New Music Festival (Joel Hoffman, director). More information at www.ccm.uc.edu/musicx	6/16/2007 06:00 PM Cincinnati College-Conservatory Cincinnati OH us	Phone: Email: Web:www.ericnathanmusic.com
Electronic Music Recital World Premiere of “Haven” for Electronics. Performance at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.	5/2/2007 11:00 AM Indiana University Bloomington IN us	Phone: Email: Web:www.ericnathanmusic.com
Composition Recital World Premiere of “Onement” for Chamber Ensemble and Dancers. Performance at Auer Hall, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.	4/3/2007 08:00 PM Indiana University - Auer Hall Bloomington IN us	Phone: Email: Web:www.ericnathanmusic.com
Virginia Intercollegiate Band Symposium Eric Nathan will conduct his “Nightscape/Daybreak” with the Virginia Intercollegiate Band as part of the Virginia Chapter of the College Band Directors National Association’s Symposium 32 for New Band Music. The conference takes place at Virginia Tech. Prof. John Adler is trumpet soloist.	2/9/2007 01:00 PM Virginia Polytechnic University Blacksburg VA us	Phone: Email: Web:www.ericnathanmusic.com
Electronic Music Recital January 27, 2007 at 8PM: World Premiere of “Slightly Foggy with a Chance of Tropes” for Electronics. Performance at Auer Hall, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.	1/27/2007 08:00 PM Auer Hall - Indiana University Bloomington IN us	Phone: Email: Web:www.ericnathanmusic.com

Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Icarus Dreamt	Orchestra	2008	00:09:00
Cantus	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2008	00:07:00	Cantus
Four Sculptures	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2007	00:12:00
Onement	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2007	00:06:00
Rothko Musings	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2006	00:12:00

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