2009 festival

The fifth season featured exciting new programming in both courses and concerts. The Florestan Recital Project mentored composers and performers in the creation and performance of new art song at the festival. The European premier of Brian Hulse's chamber opera "The Letter" along with themed programming of electro-acoustic and a "Passing Tributes" recital rounded out the concert series. Held from 14-26 July, the festival was produced in part by the Associazione Culturale Biquadro, and hosted at the Vittadini School of Music.

soundSCAPE awards

Each season, soundSCAPE recognizes the overall contributions of two participants during the festival period. The soundSCAPE Commission Award carries a cash prize of 250 USD, and a commission to compose a piece to be premiered by faculty performers at the following year's festival. The 2009 recipient of this award was Timothy Mauthe. The soundSCAPE Performer Prize also carries a cash prize of 250 USD, and was awarded to guitarist Andrew Booth.

new faculty

Our artist faculty provide participants an opportunity to work closely with leading professionals in a variety of disciplines. New faculty to soundSCAPE in 2009 were percussionist Aiyun Huang, mandolinist Avi Avital, baritone Aaron Engebreth, tenor Joe Dan Harper, musicologist Judith Lochhead.

performances

Performances at soundSCAPE were hosted at the Vittadini School of Music in Pavia. The series featured thirteen concerts in a span of nine days, with over 40 pieces receiving their world premiere. The following participants appeared in solo recitals: Jenna Anderson violin, Artem Vovk guitar, Ariana Lamon-Anderson clarinet, Amie Watson and Trent Petrunia percussion, Dorothea Hayley soprano, and Bryan Kelly piano. Click below to download complete program details:

participants

COMPOSERS
country
PERFORMERS
country
David Batchelor
USA
Ariana Lamon Anderson, clarinet
USA
USA
Jenna Anderson, violin
USA
Greg Clark
USA
Rachel Beetz, flute
USA
USA
Andrew Booth, guitar
UK
TURKEY
Yi-Jia Bu, piano
CHINA
Bryce Ingmire
USA
Yen-Lin Goh, piano
MALAYSIA
Rebecca Jensen
USA
Dorothea Hayley, soprano
CANADA
Ryan Laney
USA
Bryan Kelly, piano
CANADA
Anthony T. Marasco
USA
USA
Trevor Matthews
USA
Martha Morrison, violin
USA
Timothy Mauthe
USA
James Petercsak, percussion
USA
Katie Mueller
USA
Trent Petrunia, percussion
CANADA
USA
USA
USA
Artem Vovk, guitar
RUSSIA
USA
Amie Watson, percussion
CANADA
USA
Andrew Selle
USA
USA
    
USA
    
Lauren Wells
USA
*awarded the '08 commission prize