David Smooke - Composer

 

PROJECTS

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Upcoming Commissions:
Payton MacDonald (Alarm Will Sound), solo marimba and percussion ensemble.
Multiple violinists (including Lynn Kuo of Les Amis and Courtney Orlando of Alarm Will Sound) for violin/percussion duo.

Current Commissions:
Wendy Richman (from ICE), singing violist.
Pictures on Silence (Dr. Noah Getz, saxophone and Jacqueline Pollauf, harp).
Jeffrey Weisner (from the National Symphony Orchestra), solo bass.
Michael Parker-Harley (from Alarm Will Sound) for four bassoons or solo bassoon and prerecorded playback.

Recordings:
Definiens Ensemble is recording Taste Sensation for Winter 09-10 CD release.
Amy Briggs recorded Requests as part of her Tango Project. Stay tuned for release information.

Recent Awards:
June 2009 residency at the VCCA
2009 Peabody Faculty Development Grant for the creation of electronically enhanced instruments
2009 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award


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rehearsal of h.at.
plinkTHUNKSqwak performance
Photo courtesy of Ryan Sarsfield

 

NEWS

PROJECTS

PAST EVENTS

 

EVENTS 2009-2010

March 28, 2010
Michael Parker-Harley will perform 21 Miles to Coolville on Andrea Clearfield's Salon Concerts in Philadelphia. 7:30pm

February 28, 2010
plinkTHUNKSqwak ensemble performance with Michael Formanek, bass and John Dierker, clarinets, on Andrea Clearfield's Salon Concerts in Philadelphia, 7:30pm.

February 26, 2010
Hurricane Charm will be performed by Shirley Yoo and Stephen Buck, pianists with Victor Caccese and Terry Sweeney, percussionists at the main Hopkins campus (Homewood) in the Mattin Center, Room 101, Baltimore, MD, 8pm, FREE.

February 10, 2010
Xenia Pestova and Katelyn Clark will perform the toy piano duo Toy with Me at The Interstice, 242 Young, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 8pm.

February 6, 2010
Xenia Pestova and Katelyn Clark will perform the toy piano duo Toy with Me at Christ’s Church Cathedral in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 5pm.

February 5, 2010
Some Details of Hell will be performed by Lorena Guillén, soprano; Carla Burns, alto flute; Anthony Taylor, clarinet; Grace Anderson, cello; Jim Douglass, piano, at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, in the School of Music Recital Hall, Greensboro, NC, 7:30pm.

February 3, 2010
Premier of Introspection #11,072 by Jeffrey Weisner, bassist, 8pm, Griswald Hall, Peabody Conservatory of Music, FREE.

January 16, 2010
Pictures on Silence (Noah Getz and Jacqueline Pollauf) will perform Empty Every Night on the International Saxophone Symposium at George Mason University, Harris Theater, Fairfax, VA, 2:30 pm, FREE.

December 11, 2009
Phyllis Chen will perform Toy With Me on the Experimental Piano Series in 7pm CST, 410 S. Michigan Ave., #825, Chicago, Chicago, IL, $15 ($10 students).

November 20, 2009
Quintet Attacca will perform Trompe l'oeil along with works by Arturo Marquez, Mozart and Nielsen on the Northeastern Illinois University's Jewel Box series, 8pm CST. At 1 pm, David will be interviewed along with Quintet Attacca live on WFMT Chicago including a live performance of the piece.

November 18, 2009
Empty Every Night will be permered by Pictures on Silence, harp and saxpohone duo of Jacqueline Pollauf and Dr. Noah Getz along with a premier by Armando Bayolo on the Art After Hours Concert Series, Masion at Strathmore, 7:30 pm, Bethesda, MD, $15.

October 30, 2009
Great Noise Ensemble will perform Stillness and Occurrence, with David Smooke conducting, on their Twilight Music concert along with works by John Harbison, Roberto Sierra, Masatoshi Mitsumoto and Blair Goins, Friday, October 30, 2009, 8pm, The Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, 10309 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, Maryland.

September 2, 2009
Premier of Hurricane Charm with Shirley Yoo and Stephen Buck pianos, Josh Quillen and Adam Sliwinski percussion (from So Percussion). At the Woodmere Art Museum on their First Wednesdays Series, Philadelphia, PA.

August 7, 2009
plinkTHUNKSqwak ensemble premier performance. Improvisations on toy piano with John Dierker, clarinets and Michael Formanek, bass. 2640 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD.

June 6, 2009
ai ensemble members Isabel Castellvi and Fabienne Sévillac performed blades at Barbes, Brooklyn, NY.

May 29, 2009
The Ohio University New Music Ensemble performed Saturn in Athens, OH.

May 4, 2009
Quintet Attacca performed Trompe l’oeil on a live broadcast on WFMT Chicago.

April 26, 2009
Improvisations on toy piano and microtonally-tuned autoharp with interdisciplinary artist Mayumi Ishino at Andrea Clearfield’s Salon Series, Philadelphia, PA.

March 29, 2009
Quintet Attacca premiered Trompe l'oeil at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL.

March 23, 2009
Phyllis Chen and Takuji Kawai premiered Toy with Me (composed for this occasion and completed earlier in the week!) for two toy pianos at the Flying Teapot Cafe in Tokyo, Japan.

February 20, 2009
Amy Briggs performed Requests in a solo recital at SUNY Fredonia, NY.

February 2009
Duo Vita, Lynn Kuo violin and John Oliver guitar on tour of Ontario with Dance Music (violin remix):
10th @ 12:30, LUMINA Concert Series
Thunder Bay, Jean McNulty Recital Hall, Lakehead University

12th @ 12:10, Thursdays at Noon Concert Series
University of Guelph, School of Fine Art and Music, Guelph

17th @ noon, Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre
Four Seasons for the Performing Arts, Toronto

17th @ 7:30, Les AMIS Concerts
Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Avenue, Toronto

January 26, 2009
On Judah Adashi's Evolution Contemporary Music Series at An Die Musik, Amy Briggs performed a set including Requests, in Baltimore, MD.


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