FORT SMITH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (AR)  7 - 11 Feb 2009 - Visiting Guest Composer extended residency included four (4) performances of VOX HUMANA (2005) - FSSO Earquake Series - Ft. Smith, Fayetteville, Bentonville.  John Jeter, Music Director & Conductor

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, Washington D C 24 - 26 Jan. 2009 Guest Composer

INDIANA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION  IMEA  -  Annual Conference, Indianpolis Convention Center.  Composition presentation, with TROY WEBDELL, Conductor and Music Director of the South Shore Orchestra (Northwest Indiana)  -   24 January 2009

2008

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  -  December, 2008 Performances of SAMURAI . . .  UNCG - Kevin Giraldi, Music Director & Conductor

INDIANAPOLIS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA  -  November 14, 15, 2008: Performances of SPIDER BABY (1996) : Indiana State Univ. Annual Contemporary Music Festival (11/14), & ICO subscription series concert at the Indiana State Historical Society Theatre (11/15).  Kirk Trevor, conductor

DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA  -  October 2008, Guest Composer
Neal Gittleman, Music Director and Conductor
Performance of EXTRACTION ON NO. 8 (2005) at the Dayton Schuster Arts Center

MISSOURI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Columbia, MO)  -  16 July  2008                                     SPIDER BABY (1996) performed by the Missouri Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Tervor, conductor "MSO Hot Summer Nights" Music Festival, Missouri Theatre Centre for the Arts

MANHATTAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA  -  29 May 2008  -  Guest Composer
NYC premiere of THE VIOLA THE WIND SWEPT AWAY (2007) for viola & chamber ensemble       Merkin Concert Hall, New York City

LE MOYNE COLLEGE (Syracuse, NY)  -  April 2008  -  Guest Composer
Residency including performances of GODZILLA (1997) with the LeMoyne College Professional New Music Ensemble,  Andrew Russo, music director, Michael Schelle, piano

BUTLER UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC BAND / WIND ENSEMBLE EUROPEAN TOUR
March 2008 - program included Schelle's PRAYER (2004) for solo cello w/ winds, percussion, harp & piano - multiple performances in Prague, Vienna, Luxemberg and Amsterdam

2007

MANHATTAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA  - @ Upstate NY, Keuka College
Premiere of IN SECRET for viola and chamber ensemble Nov 18, 2007

DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA  -  October 28, 2007
Neal Gittleman, Music Director and Conductor . . .
Performance of VOX HUMANA at the Dayton Schuster Center for the Performing Arts

SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA / Chicago  -  June 3, 8, 2007
Performances of SPIDER BABY (chamber orchestra) and BLUE PLATE SPECIAL
(for tuba alone with auxialliary percussion).  Troy Webdell, music director / conductor.

COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE: MANHATTAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
FINGER LAKES SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL:  June 4 - 18, 2007, Finger Lakes - upstate New York.   Premieres of two new chamber works composed during the 2 week residency:   NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (2007) for 11 chamber players, and THE VIOLA THE WIND SWEPT AWAY (2007) for solo viola with piano, bass clarinet, cello and percussion.

NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS GRANT  -  2007 / 2008
$22,000 grant for 2007/08 grant to support various projects and activities as Composer in Residence with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, the MCO at Keuka College (upstate New York), and New York City including: three Composer in Residence appointments for the MCO:                             
1st residency - Finger Lakes (NY) Summer Music Festival  (June 2007); Premieres of two new works written during the June 2007 residency for the 10 player resident chamber ensemble;              
2nd residency - Keuka College (July, 2007), and                                                                       3rd residency - Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, NYC, November 2007.
*** Grant also supports: performances new (2006) orchestration of Struwwelpeter (1991 tenor cycle) Jan 2007, and 5-movement Midwestfunkenmusik (2006/07), Merkin Hall, NYC, May 2007, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, AND commercial recording of an All-Schelle CD (Manhattan Chamber Orchestra) of Godzilla, Midwestfunkenmusik, Prayer (solo cello and winds) and Struwwelpeter – scheduled for October/November 2007, New York City.

MANHATTAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA  -  17 May 2007, New York City
Concert will include the NYC premiere of Schelle's HEARTLAND  (Buckeye Zombies, Michigan Militia, Hawkeye Voodoo, Badger Baby, Illinoise and Threnody for the Victims of Indiana).

INDIANA UNIVERSITY CHAMBER WINDS  -  28 March 2007
Performance of PRAYER (2004) for cello and winds at the NATIONAL conference,
CBDNA (College Band Directors National Association) - University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI.   Indiana University Chamber Winds, Stephen Pratt, conductor

GUEST COMPOSER, BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY (OH) -  March 2007

NOW FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSIC - CAPITAL UNIVERSITY (OH) - Feb 2007
Featured guest composer for five days - including seminars, masterclasses, lectures,
and performances of many pieces including GUTTERSNIPE, PRAYER and
CLIFFHANGER (all for symphonic band/wind enesmble), Schelle conducting,
and chamber music incl. Blue Plate Special, Gimme Shelter, and Subwoofer.
12 - 18 February 2007.  Rocky J. Reuter, founder / director, NOW Festival

MANHATTAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA  -  28 January 2007, New York City
World premiere of the 2006 orchestration of Schelle's STRUWWELPETER (1991)
for tenor and chamber orchestra; Steven Stolen, tenor, Richard Clark, conductor.                Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Merkin Concert Hall, 3 PM - New York City.

CARMEL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  -  19, 20 January 2007
Performance of SAMURAI (1999) at IMEA State Conference (Indiana Music Educator's Association), Convention Center, downtown Indianapolis.  Andrew King, conductor.  19, 20 January 2007

2006

PURDUE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  -  10 December 2006
PSO subscription concert includes Michael Schelle's SAMURAI(1999) . . .
Purdue Symphony Orchestra, Andrew King, conductor. 10 December 2006, 2 PM

RONEN CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, Circle Theatre, Indianapolis  -  10 October 2006
10/10/06 Performance of Schelle's HOWL! (1986) featuring David Bellman, clarinet
Strange bedfellows Allen Ginsberg and Benny Goodman meet in this 16' chambe ensemble piece. The piece was originally commissioned for Ronen by the Cathedral Arts Society, Inc. and is one of the composer's most performed chamber works across the US and abroad including recent performances in London, Los Angeles (XTET), Detroit, Dallas, Austin, Honolulu, Houston, and in Merkin Hall (NYC) with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra.

FIRENZA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL (Florence, Italy)  -  July 2006
Michael Schelle's GODZILLA - July 17. 18, 2006  -  Bologna, Italy

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY -  July 2006
La Orcquesta Filharmonica de Montevideo
With advertized public forum on Contemporary Music at the National Theatre, El Solis, presented by USA conductor Stanely DeRusha. Composers discussed included Schelle,
Adams, Corigliano, Higdon and Schwantner, giving excerpts of various orchestral scores.
Published subsequent article in SINFONICA music magazine followed.

AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE, INC. (NYC)  2004 / 06                            $25,000 grant/commmission for multiple  'Composer in Residence'  residences in the state of New Mexico: 2004 - 2006.  Eight (8) extended trips/residencies, and five (5) different orchestra world premieres . . . 2004 - 2006

ALBUQUERQUE YOUTH SYMPHONY PROGRAM, INC.   2004- 2006
Composer in Residence (2004 - 2006) - seven (7) extended residencies in New Mexico
(funded by a generous grant from the American Symphony Orchestra League, NYC
World premiere(s) of 5 new orchestral works written (2004 - 2006) for 5 different orchestras,
Popejoy Performing Arts Center, University of New Mexico, April 2006
The five new works:  
        Ear Infection  (Gloria Velasco, conductor)     
        Chrysalis  (Marie Robertson, conductor) 
        Extraction on No. 8  (Byron Herrington, conductor)  
        Vox Humana  (Sayra Siverson, conductor)
        O Monstro do Brasil (The Beast of Brazil)  (Amir Kats, conductor)

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC BAND  -  March / April 2006
Schelle's When Hell Freezes Over (1995) - double concerto for bass clarinet, baritone
sax and large symphonic band.  Thomas Rohrer, music director and conductor
Multiple performances includinig USU and the Rocky Mountain Region CBDNA Festival

THE HARTT SCHOOL OF MUSIC, Hartford, CT  -  March 2006
             Michael Schelle: 2006 ICAM Guest Composer
Masterclasses, seminars, presentations, private lessons, etc.,and a performance
of Schelle's Prayer for solo cello, 13 wind instruments, piano, bass and percussion,
Esther Jenkins, cello  -  ICAM (Institue of Contemporary American Music) -  March 2006

BUTLER UNIVERSITY JCFA SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY ARTIST RECITAL
MICHAEL SCHELLE,  JCFA Composer in Residence - Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall
       Butler University, Indianapolis:    6 March 2006
Faculty and guest artists included Jay Hassler (NYC), Steven Stolen, Nancy Davis Booth,
Jon Craibel, Richard Auldon Clark, Loretta Contino, Todd Kaufmann, Jay Young, Catherine Bringerud, and David Murray.  Program included:
    Blue Plate Special,  Swanwhite,  Struwwelpeter,  Subwoofer  and  Godzilla

ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC WINDS  -  March 2006
Prayer for solo cello, 13 wind instruments, piano, bass and percussion
Steven Eggleston, conductor, Nina Gordon, cello

MANHATTAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA  -  February 2006
Schelle's Prayer for solo cello, 13 wind instruments, piano, bass and percussion
Richard Auldon Clark, conductor, William Grubb, cello - Merkin Concert Hall, NYC

2005

HOT SPRINGS FILM FESTIVAL (Hot Springs, AR)  -  October 2005
      World Premiere of the award-winning documentary 
   EXTREME ORCHESTRA! OPENING NIGHT  (2004/2005)
      (Dee Schore, Rene Guerrero - producers/directors)
This 65 minute film focuses on the intense 72 hours up to the downbeat of opening night for the Fort Smith (AR) Symphony Orchestra, John Jeter, Music Director and Conductor. Schelle's popular 1999 orchestral work, SAMURAI, originally commissioned and premiered by the Dayton Philharmonic, is the featured music and the film includes dozens of interviews, rehearsals, recording sessions, etc. with composer Michael Schelle and conductor John Jeter. The film has been screened since at major film festivals in Dallas and Seattle, and is being considered for commercial broadcast by Bravo, NPR/APR, National Public Television and the A & E Channel.

EVANSVILLE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA  -  October 22, 23, 2005
               Alfred Savia, music director and conductor
WRIGHT FLIGHT Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (2002) - Andrew Russo, piano
(Originally commissioned and premiered (2003) by the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra,
Neal Gittleman, music director and conductor, commercial recordinig: Albany Records)

INDIANA UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE   October 2005
Schelle's Prayer for solo cello, 13 wind instruments, piano bass and percussion
Stephen Pratt, conductor, Jonathan Ruck, cello  -  Auer Concert Hall, IU Bloomington
(Prayer (2004) was originally commissioned and premiered (April 2004) by Robert Grechesky,
music director of the Butler University Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble, in memory of
his Mom, written for (and premiered by) William Grubb, and funded in part by the Holcomb
Research Foundation and the Butler University Faculty Grants Program)

DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHSESTRA  -  October 2005
Schelle's Spider Baby (1997) and Samurai (1999);  Neal Gittleman, conductor
New Center for the Performing Arts, Dayton, OH

MANHATTAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA  -  May 2005
Schelle's Godzilla (1996) for clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor sax, piano, bass, percussion
Richard Auldon Clark, conductor - Schelle, piano. - Merkin Concert Hall, New York City

AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE, NYC  -  March 2005
Three day residency of meetings, brainstorming, presentations for 7 composers commissioned
for extended residency programs sponsored by the American Symphony Orchestra League and Meet the Composer  Composers invited to participate included Michael Schelle, Jennifer Higdon, David Dzuby, Michael Daugherty . . . ASOL offices, New York City, NY  -  March 2005

EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY  (Detroit)  -  February 2005
Five (5) day residency as featured Guest Composer for EMU's New Music Festival.
Masterclasses, seminars, presentations, and several performances by EMU ensembles and faculty including Samurai (EMU orchestra), Guttersnipe (EMU Symphonic Band), many chamber works including  Gimme Shelter,  Hammerstein,  Howl,  Struwwelpeter . . .

MANHATTAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA  -  January 2005
Schelle's Howl! for solo clarinet, flute, cello, piano and percussion
Richard Auldon Clark, conductor; Jay Hassler, clarinet.  Merkin Concert Hall, NYC

Rain Has Flown for soprano and orchestra (text of Vladimir Nabokov): premiere with Jeffery Meyer, conductor, and soprano Julia Kogan in St. Petersburg, December 25, 26, 2009. 

 MICHAEL SCHELLE with legendary Russian composer VLADIMIR MONTANAVSKI

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CHINA  :  26 DEC 2009  thru  6 JAN 2010

10 day / 7 concert China tour by the South Shore Orchestra (Chicago) featured Schelle's 'Wright Flight' Piano Concerto; Miho Sasaki, soloist, on each program

Photos of a few of the grand China concert halls where our concerts took place :

SHANGHAI, BEIJING, HANGZHOU, NINGBO, ZHOUSHAN, YUHUAN and JIAXING

( Rehearsal excerpt on YOUTUBE ... type in  " Michael Schelle Wright Flight "  )

BEIJING GRAND THEATRE featuring the Bosendorfer Ten-Foot Imperial Grand !!

Beijing, early January 2010 :

the coldest and snowiest Beijing in 35 years ..... yeow

Beijing State Electric Power Grid and Agricultural University

  Pianist MIHO SASAKI, following the Beijing performance of WRIGHT FLIGHT

Sample concert programs:

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You can find breathtaking urban skyline panarama photos anywhere, so instead ... here are a few "off the beaten path" shots of the 10 day China trip ...

NINGBO,  ZHEJIANG PROVENCE

 Restaurant chefs looking for street food to add to the simmering soup . . .

 Friendly, but cautious HANGZHOU STREET CAT : I saved him from ending up in the soup

THE FUTURE OF CHINA IS IN HIS HANDS . . .

Ferry to the Sacred Island ...

Groupies ... on the streets of Hangzhou City, China

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GIVE HER A FULL SCHOLARSHIP !!!

Very cool iron piece @ The Beijing Airport International Terminal

Crossing the International Dateline, somewhere over Siberia.

                        Wait ... I can see Sarah Palin !!

For many more China Tour photos, please visit the South Shore Orchestra website, www.southshoreorchestra.com

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JAPAN   2008 and 2009

1.  ARTS COUNCIL GRANT for EXTENDED TRAVEL IN JAPAN, 1/2008

2.  GUEST COMPOSER:  NAGOYA IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, 11/2009

* ARTS COUNCIL OF INDIANAPOLIS  Individual Creative Renewal Grant  2007 - 2008
$7,500 grant for composition, WW II - related research and travel (Poland, Germany, Japan)  TOKYO, HIROSHIMA, etc. for performances TOKYO ENSEMBLE  CoMET (Contemporary Music Ensemble of Tokyo), research, and study with the distinguished Japanese composer HIFUMI SHIMOYAMA.  Also, later visits to DACHAU Concentration Camp (Germany) and Europe. All to culminate in a large, muti-media WWII work.  2008

* FEATURED GUEST COMPOSER:  NAGOYA IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY,  November 2009

2009:  In TOKYO, Japan, with legendary composer HIFUME SHIMOYAMA (b. 1930)

    SHIMOYAMA LIVES IN A HIGH-RISE APARTMENT OVERLOOKING

THE TOKYO DOME  and the URBAN ROLLERCOASTER NETWORK :

With Prof. Tangiru Fujii, Nagoya Imperial University, Japan : November 2009

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                                         NAGOYA SPIRAL TOWER

TOKYO

With 5 Star Tokyo Hotel Master French Chef, FUSAYUKI SASAKI, in his own modest kitchen, CHIBA CITY (Tokyo suburb), JAPAN ... 2008

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MIYA JIMA ISLAND . . .

CONFUSED, ON MIYA JIMA ISLAND, OFF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF JAPAN, 2008

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HIROSHIMA

   

           

                               HIROSHIMA DOWNTOWN PEACE PARK

 

 

 

 

 

HIROSHIMA AT NIGHT

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NAGOYA CASTLE

   

 

    

 

    

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• BULLET TRAIN BACK TO TOKYO . . .

 

TOKYO AT NIGHT

 

 

 

              

 

 

     Ahhhhhhhh . . .

  

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             TOKYO STREET FAIR / KINDERGARTEN NEW YEAR FESTIVAL  . . .

 

 

              

 

  

 

 

 

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HIMEJI CASTLE, JAPAN

   

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                  TERRIFYING  SAMURAI  WARRIORS  @  HIMEJI  CASTLE

             

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ANOTHER TERRIFYING  SAMURAI  WARRIOR,  HIMEJI CASTLE  .  .  .

 

 

              

 

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EUROPE   2008

BUTLER UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC BAND EUROPEAN TOUR  -  March 2008. Program included Michael Schelle's PRAYER (2004) for solo cello & winds, percussion, harp & piano - multiple performances in Prague, Vienna, Luxemberg and Amsterdam

SALZBURG

  

         

 

VIENNA

 

AMSTERDAM

 

 

LUXEMBERG

PRAGUE

 

 

 

 

           

 

                       

 

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DACHAU

DACHAULIED

 

 

 

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