David Smooke - Composer

Selected Earlier Events

August 2007
Wilhelm Latchoumia, toy piano, performance of Castles in the Sky on the Festival Nuits d'ete en Savoie, Savoie, France

June 2007
Ohio University New Music Ensemble performance of h.àt., Athens, OH.

September 2006
International Contemporary Ensemble premier of h.àt. on ICEfest 2006 at the Green Mill, Chicago, IL.

February 2006
Merit School of Music Faculty Recital included performances of: Dance Music, Tom and Jennifer Clippert; Perfect Mate, Stefan Hersh and Amy Briggs; Castles in the Sky, David Smooke, Rachel Goff and Sharon Chung; Anna Liffey, Julia Bentley and Amy Briggs; Requests, Amy Briggs; Taste Sensation, Patricia Morehead and Herine Coetzee; Stillness and Occurrence, members of the Fifth House Ensemble and Merit School Faculty, Amy Briggs, conductor; Chicago, IL.

February 2006
Syzygy, the faculty new music ensemble of Rice University performed Hazmats Sextet, Houston, TX.

January 2006
Definiens Project performed Taste Sensation, Los Angeles, CA.

August 2005
California E.A.R Unit premiered Hazmats Sextet at Arcosanti, AZ.

May 2004
International Contemporary Ensemble premier of Castles in the Sky and performance of Taste Sensation, on ICEfest 2004, Chicago, IL.

May 2003
Pacifica String Quartet performance of L’EDGE, Chicago, IL.

March 2003
CUBE Ensemble premier of Taste Sensation, Chicago, IL.

May 2001
eighth blackbird performance of Bobolink, Chicago, IL.

EVENTS 2009-2010

PROJECTS

PAST EVENTS

2008

December 14, 2008
Dal Niente Ensemble premiered Some Details of Hell for soprano (Carrie Henneman Shaw) and chamber ensemble, Michael Lewanski conducting at the Green Mill in Chicago, IL.

November 14, 2008
Improvisations on toy piano, violin and musical saw with interdisciplinary artist Mayumi Ishino as part of KASA/casa performance at PS143, New York, NY.

September 26, 2008
Student mezzo-soprano Madelyn Wanner performed selections from Anna Liffey with pianist Ken Osowski accompanying at Peabody in Cohen-Davidson Hall. Baltimore, MD, 8pm.

June 8, 2008
The Nucleus Ensemble of the Definiens Project with Ryan Zwahlen on oboe performed Taste Sensation at the Culver Hotel in Culver City, CA.

April 11 (7pm) and 19 (2pm), 2008
Sonar premiered Saturn in the Graham Auditorium of the Walter's Art Museum in Baltimore as part of their "The Planets" project.

April 10, 2008
Pianist Amy Briggs performed Requests in recital at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

March 19, 2008
Pianist Amy Briggs performed Requests in recital at Illinois State University.

February 22, 2008 (8pm)
Victoria Bass performed the voice and cello parts of blades in the Paul Recital Hall at the Juilliard School in New York City. (FREE)

January 31, 2008 (7:30pm)
Amy Briggs performed Requests at Symphony Space in New York City on the Pianocentric Series. (Tix=$25/30)