Erin Gee (composer)
Erin Elizabeth Gee (born San Luis Obispo, California 1974) is an American composer and vocalist. Among the fellowships she has held are the Guggenheim and the Radcliffe Institute Fellowships,[1] and among the awards she has won for her compositions are the Rome Prize and the first prize of the International Rostrum of Composers.[2] She was on the faculty of the University of Illinois in Urbana as Assistant Professor of Composition-Theory and is currently Assistant Professor of Composition at Brandeis University.
Education
In 1997 Gee received her B.M. with honors and highest distinction in Piano Performance from the University of Iowa; there she also earned an M.A. in composition in 2002.[3] In 2007, she earned her Ph.D. in music theory from the University of Music and Dramatic Arts, Graz, Austria [4] where she studied musical composition with Beat Furrer.[5]
Career
With her brother Colin Gee, she performed at the Whitney Museum of Art[6][1] and was a resident at the Montalvo Arts Center. She won the 2008 Rome Prize and was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2009. From 2010-2011, she was a fellow in composition at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart.[7][8] In 2015, she received the Charles Ives Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.[9] The puzzle video game app Blek contains excerpts of Erin Gee's work.[10] Gee is one of the Kronos Quartet 50 for the Future composers.[11]
A reviewer from the Harvard Gazette described a performance of Gee's work as "a young woman with a microphone in each hand performing a curious and captivating symphony of sound and song".[12]
Discography
| Work(s) | Label/Performer/CD | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Mouthpiece XXVII | Hoehenrausch [13] Ensemble NOVA ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation | 2017 |
| Mouthpiece XXIV | Ryan Muncy ISM | 2016 |
| "Mouthpieces" (portrait CD) | col legno label Klangforum Wien PHACE Ensemble | 2014 |
| Yamaguchi Mouthpiece Part 3 | The Believer Magazine | 2011 |
| Mouthpiece IX (parallel version) | 102 Masterpieces: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra miniatures | 2010 |
| Akiguchi Mouthpiece | Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik | 2008 |
| Yamaguchi Mouthpiece | Entspannte Gleichzeitigkeit - Hammer Records | 2006 |
Selected awards and grants
- 2015 American Academy of Arts and Letters, Charles Ives Fellowship Recipient ( Charles Ives Prize )
- 2009 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, New York City.
- 2007 Rome Prize, The American Academy in Rome, Italy.[3]
- 2007 International Rostrum of Composers “Selected Piece” (First Prize), Paris, France.
- 2007 Teatro Minimo Prize [6] (first round), Zurich Opera House
References
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "PSNY: Erin Gee Biography". www.eamdc.com. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Erin Gee: Composer and UI Grad Erin Gee Wins the Rome Prize" Archived 2016-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, The Iowa Source, JAMES MOORE, June 2007
- ^ Erin Gee resume, URL=http://erin-gee.com/eringee.swf Archived 2014-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Montalvo Arts Center - Erin Gee". montalvoarts.org. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ a b "American Composers Orchestra Composers OutFront! Erin Gee and Colin Gee". www.americancomposers.org. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ "ERIN GEE" Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, MONTALVO ARTS CENTER
- ^ Erin Gee biography |URL=http://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/stipendium/stipendiaten/erin-gee~pe1927/
- ^ Heckel, Jodi. "News Bureau - ILLINOIS". news.illinois.edu. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ Rhodes, Dusty. "News Bureau - ILLINOIS". news.illinois.edu. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ 2018, Scimetrica, www.scimetrica.com - ©. "U. of I. composer chosen for Kronos Quartet project". www.myscience.org. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Songs without words", Harvard Gazette, Colleen Walsh, February 18, 2010
- ^ https://music.illinois.edu/news/ui-composer-erin-gee-featured-new-recording-project
External links
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
- American female composers
- Living people
- University of Iowa alumni
- Radcliffe fellows
- International Rostrum of Composers prize-winners
- 1974 births
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign faculty
- University of Graz alumni
- Musicians from Iowa
- 21st-century American composers
- 21st-century American women musicians