Faculty member Rick Baitz’s most recent works have been immortalized by Innova Recordings and released on the new album Into Light. The three pieces presented span various stages of his career. Together, they represent a return to concert music for the seasoned media composer. Baitz’s work tends to explore musical movement in time. He speaks at […]
VCFA graduate Stephanie Meyers (Aug ’16) has released the video and single for her new song “LOCKJAW”. The song weaves a message of consent and resistance. The sparse, but striking, video echoes those themes. It invites the viewer to ponder objectification, shame, repression, and solidarity. Meyers is a singularly powerful creative force, a singer-songwriter with […]
Sandi Klein’s “Conversations with Creative Women” podcast hasfeatured VCFA student Bunny Beck in her July 3rd episode. The conversation covered Bunny’s musical background, and the way her career as a jazz artist sort of snuck up on her, despite music being a constant thread in her life. The self-described “sound junkie” and composer talks about […]
Chicago-based VCFA alum Beth Bradfish has an ongoing exhibition and an upcoming concert in New York. The concert, “Attachments,” features other members of the VCFA community and takes place on June 27th. The exhibition, Untied/United, is a collaboration with multi-discplinary artist Connie Noyes. Both projects were completed under the auspices of Harvestworks. Untied/United Untied/United is an […]
by Cameron Finch Aaron Wyanski, who graduated from the MFA in Music Composition program in 2015, recently returned to campus – this time in a slightly more unique capacity. Living in the VCFA dorms, he created his own six-month low-residency program for one. The time and space provided to him by VCFA enabled him to […]
by Cameron Finch Our interview with MFA in Music Composition faculty member Carla Kihlstedt about her latest multimedia work, Black Inscription, continues. Where did the title Black Inscription come from? I credit two people for the inspiration of Black Inscription: Natalia Molchanova and Rachel Carson. Rachel Carson made her mark much like Natalia, by not […]
by Cameron Finch Carla Kihlstedt is a composer, musician, and faculty member at VCFA’s own MFA in Music Composition program. She’s making waves with her newest multimedia song cycle, Black Inscription, a collaboration with her drummer/composer husband, Matthias Bossi, and multi-instrumentalist/composer Jeremy Flower. Written with the guidance of marine biologists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic […]
VCFA professor Diane Moser’s album Birdsongs released in March, with a couple of CD release concerts planned for April. The album features Moser on piano, Anton Denner on flute and piccolo, and Ken Filiano on bass. The album represents a culmination point in Moser’s long-held fascination with birds and birdsong in music. Moser composed the […]
VCFA alum Robert Hart (‘16) provided the score for Annette Cyr’s latest short film BLINDNESS. The film is set to be featured at the 2018 Festival de Cannes Short Film Corner in May, with Robert and Annette in attendance. The film was previously featured at the San Diego Film Week in March. Blindness follows a painter as […]
VCFA Music Composition graduate Max Johnson (Aug. ’16) and professor Diane Moser have recorded an album with clarinetist Perry Robinson, with all proceeds going to Planned Parenthood. The album is called Top of the Head, and as the name suggests, it’s improvisatory—or, as the album’s Bandcamp page puts it, “spontaneously composed.” That’s actually a fantastic way […]