SELECTED REPERTORY OF WORKS, PERFORMANCES
for orchestra:
Chaos Theory for piano and 9 instruments (2015), duration: 8'
1010/0110/str (solo), pf
Symphony No. 3 for large orchestra (2015), duration: 31’
3333/4331/timp 3perc pf hp/str
A Point of Amber Light for violin and chamber orchestra (1992–6), 20’
1111/2210/timp 1perc pf hp/str; commissioned by Peter Tanfield
1997 David Juritz, violin, Richmond Orchestra, London
From Her Husband's Hand for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra (1990), 18’
2222/2200/2perc/str [see also version for alto saxophone and piano]
2014 Syracuse University Symphony Orchestra, Ron Caravan, a sax
3 Pieces for chamber orchestra (1989), 30’
1111 sopr sax/1111/timp 1perc pf hp/str
Oyre's Garden for chamber orchestra (1985, revised 1990, 1999), 8’
1110/2331/timp 2perc pf hp/str
2006 Orchestra of the City, St. John’s Smith Square, London
1999 (1999 revision) Baldwin-Wallace College Symphony Orchestra, Berea, OH
1990 (1990 revision) Kenosha Symphony Orchestra, Kenosha, WI
1987 Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Illinois Young Composers Reading Session
Diese und die andere... for string orchestra (1986), 4’
1986 commissioned by the American String Teachers Association - Chicago Branch for the Palatine District 211 Orchestra
Symphony No. 2 for large orchestra (1984), 31’
3232/4331 euph/timp 4perc pf/str
1989 Eastern Illinois University/Community Orchestra, Charleston, IL
1986 Recital Orchestra, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Forbidden Places for chamber orchestra (1983–4), 18’
1110/1110/timp/str
1983 movt 1: Ode to Marting Hall, Recital Orchestra, Baldwin-Wallace College
Concerto for Euphonium and String Orchestra (1983), 20’
1983 Stephen Ferre, euph, Recital Orchestra, Baldwin-Wallace College
Symphony No. 1 for large orchestra: (1982), 26’
3232/4331/timp 3perc/str
1982 Composers workshop orchestra, Baldwin-Wallace College
1982 movt 2, National Music Camp, Composers Workshop, Interlochen, MI
for wind ensemble:
Inferno (1988, revised 1989), 12’
2120 sopr sax/2331 euph/2perc pf/cb; commissioned by the Northwind Ensemble
1997 (1989 revision) Baldwin-Wallace College Symphonic Wind Ensemble
1989 Recital Ensemble, Eastern Illinois University
1987 Northwind Ensemble, Chicago
Symbols and Signs (1986), 14’
3342 alto, ten, bari sax/4431 euph/timp 3perc
1987 Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
In a dream... for flute and wind ensemble (1984), 10’
1040/4331/3perc
1985 Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
for choir:
Prologue from Dr. Faustus for solo SATB and SATB choir, 4’
1990 BBC Singers, Dartington
for chamber ensemble:
Paradiso for clarinet, steel pan, percussion, piano, and string quartet (2013)
2014 Society for New Music, Syracuse NY
Night Visions for variable ensemble (2001–2013, final movement in progress)
Incorporates No Free Lunch and Remembering the Night Sky
2013 SU Contemporary Music Ensemble, Syracuse (No Free Lunch and improvised movements only)
No Free Lunch for flute, viola, violoncello, and piano (2005) 5’30”
commissioned by Simon Speare’s Big Noise
2013 SU Contemporary Music Ensemble, Syracuse (alternate instrumentation)
2006 Big Noise, Colchester Institute, Colchester, UK
Saxophone Quartet (1999), 8’
Inner Sanctum for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, violoncello, and piano (1992), 14’
commissioned by Kyle Horch
1999 Faculty ensemble, Baldwin-Wallace College
1997 Kyle Horch and friends, Church of St Giles-without-Cripplegate, London
Momente, for violin, violoncello, and piano (1994), 8’
[arr. of A Point of Amber Light, Interlude and movt 2]
Honorable mention, Morley College Composition Competition
Purgatorio for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (1988), 6’
1990 “New Music from America”, Lauderdale House, London
1989 Aspen Music Festival
Satellite Sequences for flute and clarinet (1987), 4’ (variable)
commissioned by the Near North Montessori School
1997 Platform, Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
1987 Near North Montessori School, Chicago
Fanfare and Interludes for brass trio (1987), 4’
1987 Northwestern University Alumni Trio
The Grey Masque for percussion ensemble (1986), 8’
commissioned by Glenn Freeman
1987 Aspen Music Festival
1987 Glenn Freeman Percussion Ensemble, Northwestern University
1987 Glenn Freeman Percussion Ensemble, New Music Chicago Spring Festival
Breaking the Winter Silence... for soprano, piano quartet, and percussion (1986), 12’
commissioned by Susan Charles
1988 Susan Charles, sopr, New Art Ensemble, University of Chicago
In a dream... for flute, brass quartet, string quartet, and percussion (1984), 10’
1984 Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble
As Darkness Becomes Light... for baritone, horn, cello, piano, and percussion (1983), 15’
1983 Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble
1983 movt 1, Baldwin-Wallace College Composers Workshop
Three Sketches for Three Brass for trumpet, trombone and euphonium (1982), 8’
2013 Belfer Audio Archive, Syracuse (III)
1983 Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble
1982 Baldwin-Wallace College Brass Ensemble
for string quartet:
String Quartet No. 3 (1990) 9’
1990 Aureole String Quartet, Dartington
String Quartet No. 2 (1987) 14’
String Quartet No. 1 (1987) 8’
1987 Ellis String Quartet, Aspen Music Festival
for soloist/duo:
Remembering the Night Sky for alto saxophone and piano (2001), 14’
commissioned by Kyle Horch
2001 “Anglo-American Soirée”, Kyle Horch, Pamela Lidiard, British Music Information Centre, London
From Her Husband's Hand for alto saxophone and piano (1990), 18’
1992 Paul Bro, Patrick Sinozich, Northwestern University
1991 Paul Bro, Patrick Sinozich, Three Arts Club, Chicago
1990 Kyle Horch, Pamela Lidiard, London
[see also version for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra]
Stimmen for flute and piano (1989, revised 1990), 13’
2013 Kelly Covert, Sar Shalom Strong, Cazenovia Counterpoint, Cazenovia, NY
1992 Timothy Lane, Eau Claire, WI
1992 Timothy Lane, Interlochen, MI
1990 “New Music from America,” Marianne Ehrhardt, Pamela Lidiard, London
1989 Caroline Pitman, Patrick Sinozich, Three Arts Club, Chicago
Solomon's Seal for piano (1988-89), 18’ (variable)
1989 Patrick Sinozich, Three Arts Club, Chicago
1988 movts 1-4, 6, Stephen A. Taylor, Aspen Music Festival
Mirage for alto saxophone (1985), 2’
1985 Karen Wylie, Midwest Composers Forum, Champaign, IL
1985 Karen Wylie, Northwestern University
Variations for piano
2006 Philip Smith, Poole, UK
1983 Stuart Raliegh, Baldwin-Wallace College
for electronic tape:
Free Fall (1987), 7’
1987 Composers’ Resource Second Annual Electronic Music Festival, Atlanta, GA
1987 “Eclectic Identities”, University of Michigan Dance Concert, Ann Arbor, MI
choreography by Anne Doctor
1987 Northwestern University
1987 Aspen Music Festival
Anthropomorphosis with soprano saxophone and piano (1986), 12’
1986 Kyle Horch, Julie Morrison, Northwestern University Honors Concert
Sundays for video tape (1985), choreography by Lynne Blom, 8’
Phoenix (1984), 12’
1987 Aspen Music Festival
1986 Crystal Ballroom Concert Association, Chicago
[over 25 radio and live performances worldwide]
1984 Northwestern University
Paradigm II (1984), 11’
1984 Northwestern University
Hear the voice of the Bard (1984), 9’
1984 Northwestern University
for jazz ensemble:
The Storm (1982), 12’ (variable)
2005 Jazz Impact Reunion Band, Lakeland Jazz Festival, Kirtland, OH
1984 Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble
1983 Baldwin-Wallace College Jazz Band, Central Ohio Jazz Festival, Columbus, OH [Outstanding Composer/Arranger Award]
1982 Bay Village HS Jazz Ensemble, Bay Village, OH
1982 Baldwin-Wallace College Jazz Band
Fission (1981), 11’ (variable)
1981 Baldwin-Wallace College Jazz Band
One Times Three (1980), 8’ (variable)
1980 Baldwin-Wallace College Jazz Band
Selected works in progress:
Chaos [piano concerto no. 1] for piano and orchestra, 2015
untitled study for Labyrinth for cl, vl, vc, pf (mvt 1 perf. on May 14, 2015)
Labyrinth [provisional title] for violin, violoncello and chamber orchestra, 2015
Song cycle, 2015
Evergreen [provisional title] for trombone and electronics
At the Ends of a Double Rainbow [piano concerto no. 2] for piano and chamber orchestra
Crimson Moon for chamber orchestra
Stephen G. Ferre
4963 Tall Oaks Drive
Fayetteville, NY 13066
telephone: (315)-637 3037 cell: (315)-663 6782
e-mail: stevef@notagraphia.com
EDUCATION
Doctor of Musical Arts, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1988
Composition and Theory
Master of Music, Northwestern University, 1985
Composition and Theory
Bachelor of Music Education, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH, 1983
Euphonium and Trombone
Britten-Pears School, Contemporary Performance Course, 2001
Dartington International Summer School, 1990
Aspen Center for Compositional Studies, Aspen, Colorado, 1987, 1988
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jan. 2012– present Instructor of Music Theory and Composition, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Duties: Teach Eartraining I-IV as well as Sight Singing for Non-Majors, Music Theory for Non-Majors, Diatonic Harmony. Graded recitals. Attended Composition juries. Led Composition Seminar. Conducted Contemporary Music Ensemble
Sept. 2013–present President, Notagraphia LLC, Fayetteville, NY
Sept. 1999–2013 Project Manager, Director, New Notations Computer Services Ltd, London
Sept. 1992–99 Typesetting Manager, Partner, New Notations, London
An independent specialist I.T. service company supplying music typography, music software and support, and personal computers.
Duties: Prepare music artwork for publication, market products, design and maintain website. Music and text proofing and editing. Provide arrangements and piano reductions as required.
Mar. 1991–Sept. 1992 Office assistant, Proofreader, Macmillan Publishers, Grove Dictionary of Opera, London
Duties: General office duties, data entry, page-proof reading.
Sept. 1989–Dec. 1991 Data Processing Manager, Covent Garden Records, London
Duties: Design and manage stock database, maintain computer systems, order CD stock, produce daily accounts, supervise personnel.
Aug. 1988–May 1989 Assistant Professor of music composition and theory
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL (sabbatical replacement).
Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Sept. 1987–Aug. 1988 Personal Assistant, Data Entry Operator
May 1989–Aug. 1989 Temporary Pool, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Duties: Extended assignments in Personnel, Accounts Payable, and Planned Giving, College of Arts and Sciences
June 1984–June 1987 Assistant Manager, Buyer, Rose Records, Evanston, IL
Duties: Produce daily accounts, ordering, re-stocking, supervise personnel
ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
SEMINARS: University of York 2007, 2008
Lecturer: Music Print Production
Sound Inventors Residential programme, 2004
Giggleswick School, Settle, North Yorkshire
Lecturer: Music Notation Software
COURSES: Trinity College of Music, London, 2006-7
Lecturer: Critical Skills: ICT and Sibelius Software
POSITIONS: Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, 1989
Asst. Professor of Music Theory and Composition
(Sabbatical replacement)
Courses taught: Music Composition
Music Theory
Aural Skills/Eartraining
Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 1988
Lecturer: Music Theory
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 1984-7
Teaching Assistant: Aural Skills/Eartraining
Music Composition
Graduate Assistant: Analog Studio technician
TUITION: Private Composition lessons 2013–
OTHER SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2005–2014 Administrator, Scoreboard, Internet forum for music engravers, composers and performers of new music.
2002 Panelist, “State of the Nation”, British Music Information Centre music technology session, South Bank Centre, London
2001 Co-organizer, “Anglo-American Soiree”, British Music Information Centre, London
1999 Featured composer, Baldwin-Wallace College Focus Festival
1992 Panelist, Association of British Orchestras national convention, Internet applications for music administration and management, British Association of Concert Agents, South Bank Centre, London
1990–91 Co-founder, Platform, to promote international exchange of new music. Presented three concerts of music by young American composers
1988 Co-founder, Chicago Composers' Consortium, for the performance and dissemination of new works by Chicago composers
1987 Panelist, American Symphony Orchestra League national convention, Composing in Chicago, Chicago, IL
SELECTED AWARDS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Society for New Music Commission, 2015–16
Quarterfinalist, Amazon Breakthrough Novelist Award, 2009
Performing Rights Society Foundation Bursary, Britten-Pears School Contemporary Performance Course, 2001
Society for the Promotion of New Music short list (two works), 1991
Finalist, ASCAP Awards for Young Composers, 1991
Bursary Award, Dartington Summer School, 1990
Illinois Young Composers Reading Session by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, 1988
Darius Milhaud Scholarship in Composition, Aspen Music Festival, 1987
Faricy Award for Creative Composition, Northwestern University, 1986
Fourth International Avant-Garde Electronic Music Festival, 1985
Padrone-Kanscheidt Award for a Doctoral Composition, Northwestern University, 1985
Outstanding Composer Arranger, Central Ohio Jazz Festival, 1983
SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
American Composers Forum, 2015–present
Society for New Music, board member 2012–present
Broadcast Music Inc., member, 1987–present
Sound & Music, member, 1989–present
York Guildhall Orchestra, Trombone, 2009–11
Academy of St Olaves, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, 2009–11
York Symphony Orchestra/York Opera, Bass Trombone, 2008–11
Orchestra of the City, founding member, brass fixer, Trombone, 2003–5
Britten-Pears Orchestra, Trombone, 2000–02
Ipswich Orchestral Society, Bass Trombone and Euphonium, 1999–2002
Richmond Orchestra, Principal Trombone, 1995–9
Chicago Composers Consortium, founding member, 1988–91
PUBLICATIONS
Remembering Child (Per Nørgård), reduction for chamber orchestra, Edition
Wilhelm Hansen, 2014 (forthcoming)
Cantica Concertante (Per Nørgård), arrangement for vc and 15 instruments, Edition
Wilhelm Hansen, 2012 (revised version forthcoming)
Queen and Ace (Per Nørgård), reduction for hp and chamber ensemble, Edition
Wilhelm Hansen, 2012, premiere March 2012
Bach to the Future (Per Nørgård), reduction for chamber orchestra, Edition Wilhelm Hansen,
2011, premiere March 2012
The Year of Macaroni and Cheese (short story), Wulfstan’s Literary Tumble, issue 3, spring 2012
reprinted in Wulfstan’s Miscellany, v2/3, Iconoblast, Cirencester, England, 2012.
Requiem (John Frandsen), arrangement for chorus, organ, and percussion, 2011
“Augusta Read Thomas” (expanded), The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd edition, 2011
2057 (short story), Wulfstan’s Literary Tumble, issue 1, March 2011
reprinted in Wulfstan’s Miscellany, v1, Iconoblast, Cirencester, England, 2012.
Gael-huinn (short story), Absent Willow Review, February 2011
Arresø-Billeder (Per Nørgård), arrangement for saxophone, clarinet, or oboe and chamber
ensemble, Edition Wilhelm Hansen, 2007
Helle Nacht (Per Nørgård), reduction for chamber orchestra, Edition Wilhelm Hansen, 2007,
CD recording: Bis-CD-1872, Peter Herresthal, vln, Stavanger SO, Rolf Gupta, 2012
Compulsion (short story), Deliver Us From Evil, Jaded Silence Press, 2007
“Augusta Read Thomas,” The New Grove Dictionary of Music, 2nd edition, 2001