This is the world premiere of the new work for double-bell horn, developed during the Virtual Brass Academy with Christine Chapman and Ensemble MusikFabrik, July 2020. This performance took place on July 30th, 2020 - in Cologne.
I am indebted to Ensemble MusikFabrik and the fantastic work they did with us in introducing us to the worlds of double-bell instruments, and to the ever-expanding repertoire of new music for these instruments they are bringing to the world.

The work explores a sense of dual forces that act and react upon each other, and how the relative mediator (the performer) indeed interacts with the score, the instrument and it's two bells, and finally how the theatre of the piece - both through actions and the position of the instrument - is transmitted to the audience. In the four sections of the piece that each explore a different facet of the manipulation of the horn - first through the use of a contra-bassoon reed to produce aggressive yet fulfilling multiphonics; then in the second and third exploring the two bells and their range of possibilities. The final section condenses the instrument down to only it's single-bell form and the mute and interacts briefly with it to express a settling within the performance. Gasping, grunting, growling and grandeur are all some of the ideas explored in this short miniature.

Image: LIGO/Caltech/MIT/Sonoma State (https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/6/1/15721268/gravitational-waves-ligo-future)

Understated Matter - for solo double-bell horn [premiere]

Daniel Riley (b. 1992) is an Australian composer and musician, born and raised in Melbourne.
 
He first achieved recognition as a treble singer with the National Boys Choir of Australia (2000-2006), performing as soloist in Britten's The Golden Vanity (2004). During this period, he also performed with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Blake's The Snowman (2004), the Melbourne Chorale in Bernstein's Chichester Psalms (2005), and with Opera Australia in productions of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Puccini's La Bohéme (2005).
 
As a composer, Daniel recently completed his Master of Music (Composition) at the University of Melbourne, under the supervision of Stuart Greenbaum and Elliott Gyger. Prior to that, he completed a Bachelor of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, graduating with First Class Honours in 2014. Past teachers have included Damien Ricketson, Paul Stanhope, Carl Vine, and Matthew Hindson. As a typesetter and copyist, he has also worked closely with Ross Edwards.
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He has previously participated in the Australian Youth Orchestra National Music Camp (Gravitations, 2016), the inaugural Flinders Quartet Composer Workshop (Ballade, 2014/16), and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers' Program (Web of Evil, 2018). In 2019, Recognition was commissioned by Arts Centre Melbourne as part of the 5x5x5: Inside Out project, and his trumpet concerto Nearer, My God, To Thee was awarded the APRA Encouragement Award. Noted musicians to have performed his music include Ole Böhn, Calvin Bowman, Brett Kelly, Sam Allchurch, Warren Trevelyan-Jones, Chris Watson, Michael Fulcher, Flinders Quartet, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Polyphonic Voices, and the Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne. In 2014, he was the recipient of the Fairweather Family Prize for Composition.
 
In addition to his work as a composer, Daniel maintains an active schedule as a freelance singer (countertenor and tenor), choral conductor, and as a casual staff member at the University of Melbourne. He is currently the conducting scholar with the Choir of Christ Church South Yarra, and from 2015-2018 was a member of the Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne. He has also previously collaborated with Polyphonic Voices, Old Cathedral Voices, the Choir of St John's East Malvern, Choir of St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne, and the Consort of Melbourne.
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Upcoming projects include a short orchestral work as part of the New Overtures project, a new work for solo flute, a small collection of organ postludes, and a second string quartet. Selected choral works are now available for purchase through Crescendo Music Publications, whilst Land of Dreams, Nativitie and Coventry Carol have also been recorded for commercial release with Acis Productions.

Okay, bio: Peter Gray (that's me) is a composer and guitarist from Charlotte, NC.   He got a guitar when he was 12 years old and has been playing and writing ever since.  Peter has had many past original projects and has played in numerous bands all over the country, most notably with Benji Hughes since  2008.  In 2016, he released the album, "The Darkness Closes In," available for download at Amazon, iTunes, etc... 
Peter now spends most of his time in a dark, little room writing and recording music, just for you. He loves you all.

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…born in Požarevac (1969)… …completed music education in the class of Professor Olga Popov…. …among international courses participate at… ….1995,17th Summer Course for Young Composers organized by ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music, Polish Section). The event was run by Martin Bresnik (USA), Silvano Bussotti (Italy), Daryl Runswick (UK), Sigune von Osten (Germany), Claude Lefevre (France), and Witold Szalonek (Poland). ….participant of the Belgrade International Forum of Composers …Music Academies’ meeting in Montenegro… …1996, participant of the International Summer Course for Young Composers in Czech Republic organized by their ISCM Section. This one was run by Sofia Gubaidulina (Russia – Germany), Viktor Suslin (Germany) and Marek Kopelent (Czech Republic)… ….. “Blue” - for accordion, harp and percussion instruments was performed at the Belgrade International Forum of Composers…. same year 1996, he started working at Jeunesses Musicales of Serbia office as an Editor & Organizer of music events… …1997 was appointed Secretary General of Jeunesses Musicales Yugoslavia…. ….graduated from the Belgrade Faculty of Music, Department for Composition and orchestration, in the class of Professor Vlastimir Trajković. ….Molto espressivo for full orchestra, was composed for the final exam…. … has been performed and recorded by the Belgrade Radio and TV Orchestra conducted by Biljana Radovanovic… …Molto espressivo was broadcasted on National TV network many times…. …1998. Participant of the Academies’ meeting in Belgrade (presentig Molto espressivo for full orchestra…. …1998. Participant of the Seminar for International Youth Leaders (July 02-05.Athens, Greece) …. Participant of the 6th International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art (August 18-31. Schwaz / Tirol – AUSTRIA) –granted with a scholarship by the society ”KulturKontakt Austria” *se picture…. ….1999. Participant of the International Summer course in Stuttgart TEILNAHMEBESTATIGUNG Marek Choloniewski (Krak6w) Komposition computermusik (Intera aktive Systeme, I ive- Elektronik) Komposition Computerm usik (Animation, Detphi) algorithmische Komposition (Smalltalk) Siegfried Eipper (stuttgart) nnalyse Neue Musilg Komposition Matthias Hermann (Stuttgaft) nnatyse Neue Musik, uusiilrwissenschaft Igor Stepanow Studio- und produktionstechnik Manuel Hidalgo (Stuttgaft) Maciej Walczak (Stuttgart lL6dr) Georg Wiitzer (Stuttga rt)Jan Choloniewski (Krak6w) Ulrike Stortz (Stuttgaft) Werner Taube (Stuttgart) Bernhard SchleiB (Stuttgart) Jiirgen Kruse (Stuttgart) Anja Fiisti (Stuttgaft) Jan Pilch (Krak6w) Com puterkurs (Internet, Homepages)……Violine Violoncello Klarinette Klavier Schlagzeug Schlagzeug…. ….2000. REX’s festival for short video forms in Belgrade ….2001 International Forum of composers, audio-video art project PASSAGES in Belgrade …. END OF PART I….. Working experience 1996-2012 had I full time job at Jeunesses Musicales of Serbia and Jeunesses Musicales of Belgrade - 1996 start to work as an Editor/Organizer - from 1997-2012 worked as Editor, Editor for International Programs and Projects ( major projects shall be updated ) , Assistant of Editor in Chief, Editor in Chief Jeunesses Musicales od Serbia, Editor in Chief Jeunesses Musicales of Belgrade, Director of Jeunesses Musicales of Serbia and Jeunesses Musicales of Belgrade, Director of International Jeunesses Musicales Competition Belgrade ( -until 2012)..... (1997) appointed Secretary General Jeunesses Musicales of Yugoslavia(ex Yugoslavia-Serbia and Montenegro) (.....) Jeunesses Musicales Belgrade Secretary (.....) Secretary General Jeunesses Musicales Serbia (.....) Secretary General Jeunesses Musicales Belgrade SOON WILL UPDATED AND ...from 2016 cooperate and working with NGO sector in Belgrade ....

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Understated Matter - for solo double-bell horn [premiere]

Sean Quinn - Composer