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Faculty AMY WILLIAMS
Assistant Professor 208 Music Building FieldsComposition; Piano; Music Theory TeachingComposition; Musical Analysis; Music Theory; Composition Seminar SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDSGeorge A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Fellowship for Music Composition (2008) ASCAPlus Award (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) New Ariel Composition Competition-second prize (2007) Audio Inversions Composition Prize (2006) Bellagio Study and Conference Center residency (2006) Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Artist Opportunity Grant (2006) University of Pittsburgh Third-Term Research Grant (2006) Pro Musica Viva (Germany) recording grant (2005) British Art Council (UK) project grant (2003) Akademie Schloss Solitude (Germany) fellowship (2000–2001) Meet the Composer grants (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000) ASCAP Grants to Young Composers (1994) SELECTED RECENT COMPOSITIONSCineshape 2 (2007) for piano and string quartet. Commissioned by the Duquesne Contemporary Ensemble. Pulse Stream (2007) for full orchestra. Commissioned by the Music Library Association. First Lines (2006) for flute and piano. Commissioned by Andrea Ceccomori and Emanuele Arciuli. Wrest (2006) for violin and piano. Commissioned by Duo Diorama. Refined Art (2005) for solo piano. Commissioned by Amy Dissanayake. Sala Luminosa (2004) for piano and chamber orchestra. Commissioned by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra. Astoria (2004) for solo piano. Commissioned by Amy Dissanayake. Let Music Live in Us (2004) for SATB choir and piano. Commissioned by the Music Institute of Chicago. Cineshape 1 (2003) for alto flute and percussion. Commissioned by the CUBE Ensemble. JB Montage (2003) for large brass ensemble and percussion. Commissioned by the Monarch Brass Ensemble. Abstracted Art I and II (2001–2002) for piano duet. Sextet (2001) for piccolo, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion. BUGALLO-WILLIAMS PIANO DUO RECORDINGSErik Oña Portrait (Wergo, 2007) Stravinsky In Black and White (Wergo, 2007) Jorge Liderman: Wind-Up Toys (Albany, 2005) Conlon Nancarrow: Studies and Solos (Wergo, 2004) Music of Conlon Nancarrow (Wergo, 2008) - upcoming CHAMBER MUSIC RECORDINGSCornelius Cardew: Material (Hat-Art, 2004) John Cage: Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (Hat-Art, 2002) RECENT PRESENTATIONS/LECTURE-DEMONSTRATIONS"The Contemporary Piano Duo". Amherst College (October 2006), Bennington College (October 2006), Georgia State University (September 2006). “Conlon Nancarrow and his Influences”. University of Missouri at Kansas City (October 2004); College Music Society National Conference, Miami, FL (October 2003). “Polyrhythm, Tempo Canons and Player Pianos: the Music of Conlon Nancarrow”. University of Michigan (October 2005), Stanford University (January 2005), Tanglewood Institute (August 2004), Akademie Schloss Solitude (September 2003), Northern Illinois University (October 2002), Northwestern University (October 2002), Bennington College (September 2002) “Composing for Piano Duo”. University of Colorado at Boulder (October 2004), Northwestern University (March 2004). “Recent Compositions by Amy Williams". SUNY at Buffalo (2007) Bellagio Study and Conference Center (May 2006), Brooklyn College (March 2006). Clayton State College (October 2005), Stanford University (January 2005), Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (October 2004), University of Colorado at Boulder (October 2004), Oberlin College Conservatory (March 2004), Bennington College (September 2002), National High School Music Institute (July 2002, July 2003, July 2004), Northeastern Illinois University (April 2002). Piano master classes: University of Colorado at Boulder (October 2004), Northwestern University (June 2002), Funen Music Conservatory/Denmark (May 1999). Composition master classes: Clayton State College (September 2006), Stanford University (January 2005), University of Pittsburgh (February 2005), Oberlin College Conservatory (March 2004), ACTIVITIESAdvisory Board Member, Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music (2007–present) Board Member, Music on the Edge concert series, University of Pittsburgh (2005–present) Member of the Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo (1995–present) Composition Mentor, Duluth Symphony Orchestra (2003–2004) Assistant Director, June In Buffalo Festival (1993–2000) Program Director, North American New Music Festival (1992–1993) |
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