Mathew Rosenblum

Fields

Composition; Music Theory.

Teaching

Composition; Musical Analysis; Music Theory; Language and Music; Music Since 1945.

Selected honors/Awards

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Music Fellowship Grants (1994, 1998, 2006, 2008).

Heinz Endowments Creative Heights Residency Grant (2004).

National Endowment for the Arts Music Fellowship Grant (1992).

New York Foundation for the Arts Artists Fellowship Grant (1989).

Residencies at the MacDowell Colony (1987, 1989), Djerassi Foundation (1987), The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (1986, 1989, 2009) and Yaddo (1987).

Awards and fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (1981), the Institute of Contemporary American Music (1981), the Rockefeller Foundation (1980), and BMI (1978).

Selected Publications

Möbius Loop, C.F. Peters Corporation (2003).

Maggies, C.F. Peters Corporation (1998).

Nü kuan tzu, C. F. Peters Corporation (1997).

Circadian Rhythms, C. F. Peters Corporation (1993).

Ancient Eyes, C. F. Peters Corporation (1992).

Continental Drift, C. F. Peters Corporation (1992).

Le Jon Ra, C. F. Peters Corporation (1989).

"Sound, Structure, and Signification in Wagner's 'Evening `Star' Aria," Music Analysis vol. 16, no. 1, 1997.

Papers Read

"Non-Linear Narrative Streams in My Recent Music", at the Friday Colloquium Series, Department of Music, University of Pittsburgh (2002).

"The Sound Structure of Text and How it Relates to the Musical Structure of a Wagner Aria", at a joint meeting of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute and the Music Theory Society of New York State, Columbia University (1991).

Recordings

Words/Echoes. Capstone Records CPS 8773. Michael Lipsey, percussion.

Shadow Waltz. Albany TROY 689. Eric Moe, piano.

Under The Rainbow. Patti Monson, flutes. Albany TROY629 (2003).

Nü kuan tzu, Ancient Eyes, Maggies, Prism Players, Bradley Lubman, conductor. California EAR Unit, Stephen Mosko, conductor. CRI

Emergency Music CD 831 (1999).

Circadian Rhythms, Newband. Mode CD 33 (1994).

Le Jon Ra, Michael Finckel, Theodore Mook, celli. ACA 50th Anniversary Recording Series, Opus One #137 (1987).

Continental Drift, Tom Varner, horn; Charles Descarfino, percussion; Loretta Goldberg, piano. Opus One CD #135 (1988).

Harp Quartet, Speculum Musicae, Donald Palma, conductor. Opus One #104 (1984).

Commissions

The Big Rip (A Science Fiction Cantata) Commissioned by the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung for the Niedersächsische Musiktage (2008).

Yonah’s Dream commissioned by the Harry Partch Institute at Montclair State University (2007)

Words/Echoes commissioned by Michael Lipsey (2005)

Double Concerto for Baritone Saxophone, Percussion, and Orchestra, written for Kenneth Coon, Timothy Adams, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, commissioned by the Fromm Foundation (2004).

Multi-Media Chamber Opera, commissioned by Sequitur in conjunction with Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Miller Theater, and Meet The

Composer's Commissioning Music/USA (2003).

Shadow Waltz, commissioned by Eric Moe (2002).

Under The Rainbow, commissioned by Patti Monson (2001).

00Opinions, commissioned by the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies (1999).

Möbius Loop, commissioned by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet (1998).

Maggies, commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation (1993).

Nü kuan tzu, commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts (1992).

Ancient Eyes, commissioned by the Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players (1990).

Continental Drift (Quintet Version) commissioned by Newband (1990).

Circadian Rhythms, commissioned by Theodore Mook (1998).

Continental Drift, commissioned by Loretta Goldberg (1987).

Selected Performances

The Big Rip (A Science Fiction Cantata) performed by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet and the Calmus Ensemble of Leipzig at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany, October 25, 2009.

Möbius Loop Quartet Version performed by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet at Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico City, October 10, 2008.

Möbius Loop Concerto Version performed by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the Rascher Saxophone Quartet at Jordan Hall in Boston, Gil Rose conductor, January 21, 2007.

Nü kuan tzu performed at Merkin Hall in New York City by Speculum Musicae at the American Composers Orchestra's Orchestra Tech Festival, October 11, 2001.

Möbius Loop (Concerto Version) premiered at the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf by the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, March 23, 2000.

Maggies premiered at the Bing Theater in Los Angeles by the California E.A.R. Unit, January 14, 1998.

Circadian Rhythms performed at the Festival of New American Music in Sacramento by the New York New Music Ensemble, November 5, 1998.

Continental Drift (Quintet Version) premiered at the ISCM World Music Days in Oslo by Newband, Sept. 24, 1990.

Activities

Senior Faculty Composer, June in Buffalo (2009).

Composer in Residence, Cleveland State University (2008).

Member of the Creativity Project Working Group, funded by the Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments (2003-04).

Invited to be one of 25 core participants in the American Composers Orchestra's Orchestra Tech Conference and Festival in New York City (2001).

Panelist, Microsoft Technology and the Arts Grants, CMU Studio for Creative Inquiry (1999).

Featured Composer and guest lecturer at the Festival of New American Music in Sacramento (1998).

Invited as a guest composer and participant in the Fromm Foundation Synposium at the University of California at San Diego (1998).

Panelist, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Instrumental Music/Jazz Grants (1994).

Panelist, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Harvey Gaul Composers Competition (1994).

Panelist, Ohio Arts Council, Individual Artists Fellowships in Music Composition (1992).

Codirector with Eric Moe of the contemporary music series Music on the Edge