seven dreams about my body (2023/24) for sextet
i. dream in which i float on a black sea (for toru takemitsu)
ii. dream in which my body is a flock of birds (for ben johnston) 
iii. wasps’ – nest – dream (for gyorgy ligeti)
iv. dream in which my body is a constellation (for kaija saariaho) 
v. dream in which my body is clockwork (for unsuk chin)
vi. teeth – falling – out – dream (for andrew norman)
vii. dream in which i cannot walk (for anthony cheung)


Performed at University of Chicago Tea Time Series
Justin Weiss, conductor
Paul Novak, flute
Michael Tran, clarinet
Blaise Magniere, violin
Isidora Nojkovic, cello
Winston Choi, piano
John Corkill, percussion

Image: Salvador Dalí, "Archeological Reminiscence of Millet's Angelus"

seven dreams about my body (2023/24) for sextet

Asher Lurie (b. 2003) is an internationally recognized composer, percussionist, and guitarist from Dallas, Texas. His percussion quartet "CORE" won the 2025 Tribeca New Music Young Composer Competition, and his quartet "Time Breach 807B" was a finalist in The Sound Ensemble Composition Competition. Recently, his orchestral work "Precisel"y was named a finalist for both the American Prize and the Brevard Music Center Composition Competition.
A recent graduate of the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, Lurie studied Music Theory and Composition with Donald Scott Stinson and with resident composers Matthias Pintscher, Chen Yi, and Marcos Balter. He is currently pursuing his Master’s in Composition at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, where he studies with Pierre Jalbert.
Lurie has collaborated with artists at the highSCORE Festival, soundSCAPE Composition and Performance Exchange, Cortona Sessions, Brevard Music Festival, and Atlantic Music Festival. His other notable projects include compositions for Sandbox Percussion, Unheard-of//Ensemble, arx duo, Trio Kanon, KHAOS Wind Quintet, and Silver Bow Sound. As the 2025 All-Stamps Composer and winner of the inaugural Stamps Composition Competition, he was commissioned by the Stamps Foundation to write "Make a Statement", premiered by the combined Stamps woodwind quintet, brass quintet, string quartet, jazz quintet, and genre-bending trio Time for Three.
	Lurie began his musical journey through lessons in electric guitar and bass with Mick Cervino (bassist for Ritchie Blackmore, K.K. Downing, and Yngwie Malmsteen) where he studied rock and metal music through a neoclassical lens. Inspired by this education and his Jewish heritage, Lurie’s music regularly explores aggression, explosiveness, and relentlessness with lush, dreamy touches emerging from the background.

Albert & Chartrand Saint-Louis cheminent dans le monde de la composition musicale en parcourant leurs intuitions, impressions et observations de la vie.

Ensemble, ils créent un espace où leurs talents musicaux se fusionnent et se complètent.

Leur musique est empreinte d’une atmosphère introspective et paisible. 

Venez découvrir leur univers musical sur SoundCloud ! 

« musique ambiante », « piano solo », « musique méditative », « musique orchestrale », « musique cinématique », « musique électronique »

Présentation :

Albert :
https://petitportailalbert.blogspot.com/2005/08/albert.html

Chartrand Saint-Louis : 
https://petitportailalbert.blogspot.com/2005/07/chartrand-saint-louis.html

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[English]

Albert & Chartrand Saint-Louis journey through the world of musical composition, exploring their intuitions, impressions and observations of life.

Together, they create a space where their musical talents merge and complement each other.

Their music is imbued with an introspective and peaceful atmosphere. 

Discover their musical world on SoundCloud !

« ambient music », « solo piano », « meditative music », « orchestral music », « cinematic music », «electronic music»
 
Presentation :

Albert :
https://petitportailalbert.blogspot.com/2005/08/albert-biographical-note-in-english.html

Chartrand Saint-Louis : 
https://petitportailalbert.blogspot.com/2005/08/chartrand-saint-louis-biographical-note.html

Practice balance through repetitive imbalance.

Tyson Gholston Davis (b.2000) is an American composer studying at The Juilliard School where is a recipient of the Jerome L. Greene Fellowship. Davis began composing at the age of eight years old and entered the University North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) as a high school freshman, studying with Lawrence Dillon. In the summer of 2019, Davis worked with the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA) and Antonio Pappano to premiere his work, Delicate Tension, a piece that was commissioned by the American Embassy in Berlin for the 30th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The work was performed in Berlin, Edinburgh, and Hamburg. 

Since then, Davis has been a leading desired composer to be performed and commissioned by leading ensembles. He has been the recipient of more than 22 commissions by organizations such as; The Juilliard String Quartet, the Albany Symphony, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Eighth Blackbird, WQXR (New York Public Radio), New York New Music Ensemble, Metropolis Ensemble, and various other groups and soloist. 

His recently finished work, Amorphous Figures (String Quartet No. 2) was commissioned by Da Camera Society of Houston, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Chamber Music Cincinnati for the Juilliard String Quartet. The work will be premiered in April of 2023. Currently, Davis is backed up with commissions until mid-2024 with works for soprano saxophone and piano (for Robert Young), wind quintet (for Zephyros winds), solo piano (Jonathan Biss), and several others. 

Tyson’s favorite classical composers include Beethoven, Elliott Carter, Henri Dutilleux, Unsuk Chin, and Jacob Druckman. He also loves the pop music of Marvin Gaye, John Denver, Simon and Garfunkel, and many others. He lives in Washington Heights, NYC, and enjoys frequent walks in Fort Tryon Park.

composer_compositrice | new music sorceress

Composer, creating narrative in sound, finding stories in between the notes. DMA at Cornell.

https://searefarhat.com/