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I’m really looking forward to working on the piece and ultimately the public component to this residency!

From the site:

Announcing Our 2014-15 EtM Con Edison Composers-in-Residence

David Johnston 

We are thrilled to announce the 2014-15 EtM Con Edison Resident Composers. Each composer will receive three months of residency space in a cultural facility in his/her borough of residence in addition to a $1250 stipend. The composer and host facility will also collaborate on presenting a public program for the community as the culmination of the residency.

Presenting the 2014-15 awardees and their host facilities:

Manhattan

Richard Carrick

Juan Pablo Contreras

Turtle Bay Music School

Eric Lemmon

Bloomingdale School of Music

Ian Ng

The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School 

at Lighthouse Guild International

Brooklyn

Mary Kouyoumdjian

Matt McBane
Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy

Queens

Kento Iwasaki

Nina Siniakova

Flushing Town Hall

Cadillac Moon Ensemble Performing Canis Major Tomorrow

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And, man, do they sound awesome!  I am incredibly thankful for their time working on this piece.  They are really bringing it to life!

September, 20, 2013, 7:30pm

Greenwich House Music School
46 Barrow Street
New York, NY
$15 regular/$10 student

Performing works by Eric Lemmon, Alex Weiser, Florent Ghys, and Caleb Burhans as part of a fundraising concert for their 2013-14 season.

 

Review of All of the Notes. All of the Rhythms Concert

I performed in this concert as part of Trevor New’s and Bryan Reeder’s String Quartet/Piano Quintet.  Check it out here, applicable quotes below:

The evening kicked off with Trevor New’s “Sloan”, a piece written for string quartet, with a viola soloist. The strikingly surreal and melancholic viola melodies were complemented by a crescendo of rising and uplifting pulses that evolved into a sad and beautiful harmony. “Sloan”, which featured some ambient bow noise and pizzicato violin, elegantly combined influences that spanned several centuries. The inclusion of an electric bass was a unique addition to the traditional string quartet.

Bryan Reeder’s “Piano Quintet” was an impressive piano piece that featured a string quartet. Reeder conducted his own piece, the complexity of which was apparent in Schoenberg-like leaps in melody and dynamics. The string quartet held together a tight and cohesive ambience, while the piano interlude featured the sparse, spacious, subtle dissonances that gave the composition it’s own distinct flavor.

Review of Canis Major in Feast of Music

The project I was working on all spring with my composer collective Circles and Lines and Cadillac Moon Ensemble was reviewed by online publication Feast of Music.

Eric Lemmon’s unfinished version of Canis Major, acelestial saga that combined a broad range of extended techniques and complex rhythms to create both a creepy and beautifully ethereal nebulousness of sound. Flutist Roberta Michel performed her atmospheric effects particularly well (such as circular breathing, whistletones, and slap-tonguing), greatly heightening the piece’s effectiveness.

 

Interview with Melanie Wong for Feast of Music

Circles and Lines is interviewed by Melanie Wong of Feast of Music.

“In preparation for their upcoming concert, composer collective Circles and Lines—Angelica Negron, Eric Lemmon, Dylan Glatthorn, Noam Faingold (via Skype), Conrad Winslow (absent)—and contemporary chamber group Cadillac Moon Ensemble—flutist Roberta Michel, violinist Patti Kilroy, cellist Meaghan Burke, and percussionist Sean Statser—sat down with FoM to discuss contemporary music and their unique collaboration.”

Sheesh, such a busy spring! But exciting, with tons of press!