The CMU NME performed my Open Piece No 4 on 7 December 2014. 
The piece is composed for solo violin (or viola or cello) and an ensemble of open instrumentation.

They did a fine job. The ensemble is a student run group  of very sensitive musicians and i'm lucky to have had them perform two of my works over the past few years.

CMU New Music Ensemble members:
Evan	Boegehold,	conductor/trumpet
Nathan	Brown,	trombone
Evan	Harris,	tenor	saxophone
Kai	Johnson,	percussion
Kosta	Kapellas,	double	bass
Aurther	Kimmons,	tuba
Stephen	Lounsbrough,	violin
Frank	Nawrot,	guitar
Rachael	Rule,	piano
Jenna	Veldboom,	alto	saxophone

Open Piece No. 4 "Birthday Music for Carolyn O'Brien" for violin and ensemble

Composer, contrapuntist.

Website: https://www.piershudson.com
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Email: piershudson@mail.com

I am a composer of new music or contemporary classical music whatever name you like or whichever carries the least amount of baggage in your mind. I don't care which term you use but please take a moment to listen to my works.

I currently reside in Gateswood, Alabama with my wife , Cheryl, and our son, Asa. 

I love chamber music. I write lots of it. In fact that is the only music I have written so far. Mainly it's because I've known so many great performers and I've had the opportunity to compose for them.

If you want any scores or have any questions just let me know. 
Hopefully soon I will have more recent works on the site.

Check out my website for more information. 

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Clare Shore, the second woman to earn the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition from The Juilliard  School, has received critical acclaim for her works, with reviewers from the New York Times, New York Post, Boston Globe, Washington Post and others hailing her works as "provocative" … "immensely  dramatic" … ""unpretentious" … "ingenious and evocative" … "intriguing" … "romantic to the core". While at  Juilliard Ms. Shore studied with David Diamond, Vincent Persichetti and Roger Sessions, and subsequently with Gunther Schuller. Since then, she has received numerous commissions, awards, and grants, including a  Composer Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Open Piece No. 4 "Birthday Music for Carolyn O'Brien" for violin and ensemble

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