Nico Muhly
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| Born | 1981 Vermont |
| Occupations | Composer, musician |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards |
| Associated acts | Philip Glass |
| Website | Nico Muhly's Official Website |
Nico Muhly (Born 1981 in Vermont) is a contemporary Western classical music composer[1], who has worked and recorded with classical and pop/rock musicians. He currently lives in the Chinatown section of Manhattan in New York City.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early Years
Muhly was born in Vermont and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. His mother is a painter and teacher at Wellesley College and his father is a documentary filmmaker.[2]
As a child, Muhly sang in the choir at an Episcopalian Church in Providence[3], and he started to study piano at 10[2].
Muhly went on to study at Columbia University where he got his undergraduate degree in English and at The Juilliard School where he graduated with his Master's degree in Music. He had studied composition with John Corigliano and Christopher Rouse.
[edit] Musical works
Muhly worked in collaboration with Björk on the DVD single "Oceania" in 2004,[4] and he worked with Philip Glass as an editor, conductor, and keyboardist.[4]
In 2006, he released his first album of works, titled Speaks Volumes. In 2008, he released his second album, titled Mothertongue.
In 2009, Muhly worked on various classical compositions with the Brooklyn-based indie-folk rock band Grizzly Bear on their third album, Veckatimest[5], and he worked on Antony and the Johnsons' album The Crying Light.
[edit] Upcoming projects
Muhly, along with librettist Craig Lucas has finished an opera called Two Boys for the Metropolitan Opera . According to a New York Times article, the opera is based on a late-1990s British case involving a 14-year-old boy taking on the online identity of women to try to get someone to kill him, without success.[6] However, in an interview with the Advocate, Muhly stated that the opera is based on the story of an online friendship between two male teenagers, one of whom kills the other.[2]
Muhly is currently working on two commissions for UK-based Britten Sinfonia. The first commission is for Britten Sinfonia's acclaimed At Lunch series and will be performed in Krakow, Cambridge, London, Birmingham, and Norwich in January 2010. The second work will feature in a tour of the Netherlands and as performances in Cambridge, Norwich, London, Dartington, and Bradford-upon-Avon in February 2010.
[edit] Projects
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[edit] Arrangements and Orchestrations
- (2006) Letting Go by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
- (2007) Miserere Mei (orchestration of William Byrd's Miserere Mei)
- (2007) Deus and Bow Thine Ear (orchestration of William Byrd's Deus and Bow Thine Ear)
- (2008) All Is Well by Sam Amidon
- (2009) Various songs on Antony and the Johnsons' album The Crying Light[9]
- (2009) Various songs on Grizzly Bear's album Veckatimest
- (2009) Tricks of the Trade on Mew's album No More Stories...
[edit] Recordings
- 2007 - Speaks Volumes (Bedroom Community HVALUR1CD) (Includes Clear Music; It Goes without Saying; Honest Music; Quiet Music; Pillaging Music; A Hudson Cycle and Keep in Touch)
- 2008 - Joshua (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by various artists (Moviescore Media)
- 2008 - Mothertongue (Bedroom Community HVALUR5CD) (Includes Mothertongue I: Archive; Mothertongue II: Shower; Mothertongue III: Hress; Mothertongue IV: Monster; Wonders: I. New Things & New Tidings "Wonders: II. The Devil Appear’d in the Shape of a Man" ; "Wonders: III. A Complaint against Thomas Weelkes"; "The Only Tune: I. The Two Sisters"; "The Only Tune: II. The Old Mill Pond"; and The Only Tune: III. The Only Tune)
- 2009 - The Reader (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by various artists (Lakeshore Records)
- 2009 - "So Far Around The Bend" by The National
[edit] References
- ^ Nico Muhly Biography, http://nicomuhly.com/biography/
- ^ a b c Richards, Charlie. Boy Wonder "The Advocate, 2008-08-12" Retrieved on 2008-10-13 from advocate.com
- ^ Muhly, Nico. "Choral sex," The Guardian, April 27, 2007. Retrieved from Guardian.co.uk on 2 March 2008
- ^ a b Davies, Lucie (August 20-27, 2008), "NICO MUHLY", Now (Toronto Now Magazine): Vol 27 Number 51, http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=164525, retrieved 2009-05-22
- ^ Muhly, Nico (2009-03-01), The Latest News, Nico Muhly, http://nicomuhly.com/, retrieved 2009-03-05
- ^ Wakin, Daniel (2008-08-27), "Pop Singer Drops Plan to Compose for the Met", New York Times: E1, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/arts/music/28rufu.html, retrieved 2008-10-13
- ^ Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra program notes [1]
- ^ Nico Muhly: Honest Music
- ^ Wood, Mikael (2009-01-20), "Review: Antony and the Johnsons' The Crying Light", Boston Phoenix, http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/75338-CRYING-LIGHT/
[edit] External links
- Tim Page, "High Scorer," Smithsonian Magazine, October 2007. Retrieved on 2 March 2008.
- Andy Beta, "Of Transgendered Violas and Transatlanic Collaborators," City Pages, Issue: September 26, 2007, retrieved on 2 March 2008.
- Rebecca Mead, "Eerily Composed: Nico Muhly’s sonic magic," The New Yorker, February 11, 2008, retrieved on 2 March 2008.
- Molly Sheridan, "Composer on Fire: Defining Nico Muhly" (includes video), NewMusicBox, March 1, 2007, retrieved on 2 March 2008.
- Nico Muhly, 'Walls come tumbling down," The Guardian, October 5, 2007. Retrieved from Guardian.co.uk on 2 March 2008.
- List of published scores, Chester Music and Novello & Company, retrieved on 2 March 2008.
- Michaels, Sean (October 2008). "Nico Muhly [interview]". The Believer 6 (8): 72–77.
- Official Web Site
- Myspace Page
- Nico Muhly on Brassland Records
- Nico Muhly at Now magazine
- Nico Muhly Bio
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