VISITING GUEST COMPOSER
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SOUTH SHORE ORCHESTRA (Chicago) CHINA TOUR: 26 December - 7 January, 2010. 11-day concert tour of China, with performances in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Zhousahn, Ningbo, Jiaxing and Shaoxing sponsored by the Confucius Institute for International Knowledge. The seven (7) concert tour featured Schelle's WRIGHT FLIGHT ('02 Piano Concerto), Miho Sasaki, piano, on each program. The concerts also included music by Bernstein, Copland, Paganini, and two Chinese composers. Zhejiang Province, Beijing, Sand Southeast China
Jiaxing, China Grand Theatre
Downtown Beijing . . . the notorious FUYOU STREET
( see China foto album on the 'NEWS / PHOTOS' page )
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Guest Composer / Keynote Speaker: NAGOYA IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY (Japan): 11/09
NAGOYA IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY (Japan) School of Music / School of International Studies:
2009 "Technology of New Pleasures" Symposium (hmmm, perhaps better Engrish transration would be "Process of New Enjoyment(s)" ?? :) An international symposium focusing on the 'new' : eclecticism and bricolage in the arts. The 3 featured guests were: a Chinese multi-media artist,
a British writer and me, the guest composer. 5 days: mid-November 2009
I was also commissioned to write and deliver the symposium's KEYNOTE ADDRESS
"New Music: The Thorn in the Side of Classical Traditions"
International particpants in the 2009 Nagoya Imperial University Symposium:
Featured Guest Composer Michael Schelle is poiniting to the poster ...
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The NIU Symposium also featured the world premiere of Schelle's multi-media NAGOYA SPIRAL (2009) for 4 players, speakers, lights & 'tape', a new work inspired
by the breathtaking downtown Nagoya Spiral Building (see photos below) ...
Below: Miho Sasaki (L) and NIU Prof. Togiru Fujii (a new music specialist) work desperately against time to translate my Keynote Address into Japanese ... !!
L to R: Miho Sasaki, Michael Schelle, Masayuki Yasuhara (Musicologist / theremin specialist : Aichi Prefectural University), Akira Kobayashi (Composer : Aichi Univ.), Tagiru Fujii (Nagoya Imperial University Prof. of German Literature and New Music Specialist), ??? (Prof. Fujii's grad assistant :)
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NOVEMBER 2010 : AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS & MUSIC (Japan)
Featured Guest Composer: Michael Schelle
Aichi Prefectural University (Japan) School of Music and Fine Arts
"Decay and Regeneration in Music" : an international festival / symposium.
Featured Guest Composer for composition masterclasses, seminars, and performances of my chamber music including Hammerstein, Gimme Shelter, etc.
Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music
Yazako, Nagakute, JAPAN *** December 2010
. . . also in December 2010 : Guest Composer, Tokyo College of Music
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For additional JAPAN photos:
Guest Composer trips in 2008, 2009, 2010 . . .
See end of "NEWS / PHOTOS" page
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ORCHESTRA RESIDENCIES (recent)
TOLEDO YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - February 2010
ALABAMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - September 2009
MANHATTAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA / NYC (x7) - 2005 thru 2010
SOUTH SHORE ORCHESTRA - Chicago & CHINA . . . 2008/2010
FORT SMITH (AR) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (x2) - March 2007, Feb 2009
INDIANAPOLIS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA - November 2008
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (x3) - 2005 thru October 2008
MISSOURI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - July 2008
ALBUQUERQUE YOUTH SYMPHONY - 2004 thru 2006
ORCHESTRA RESIDENCIES (1980's - 2007)
MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA
DETROIT SYMOHONY ORCHESTRA
CLEVELAND CHAMBER SYMPHONY
BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ST. PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ORKESTRA PROJEKT (Indianapolis)
ALBANY (NY) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHETSTRA
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
NEW YORK FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
MANHATTAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
SPRINGFIELD (MA) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ALABAMA SYPHONY ORCHESTRA (Birmingham)
EVANSVILLE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ILLINOIS ORCHESTRA (Bloomington)
CLEVELAND CHAMBER SYMPHONY
GREENWICH (CT) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
KNOXVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
FORT SMITH (AR) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
NORTHWEST INDIANA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SOUTH BEND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
. . . and many others
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COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE 2004 - 2006
ALBUQUERQUE YOUTH SYMPHONY Program, Inc.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Photo: Albuquerque Junior Orchestra, the youngest of the FIVE orchestras,
after rehearsals for their new piece, EAR INFECTION
Gloria Valesco, conductor (center, left)
ALBUQUERQUE YOUTH SYMPHONY Program, Inc., 2004 - 2006:
Five (5) commissions for 5 orchestras (elementary thru advanced high school)
Seven (7) extended New Mexico state residencies: 2004 - 2006
Funding: AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE, INC. New York City
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MANHATTAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Merkin Concert Hall & Symphony Space, New York City
Ten (10) extended residencies, 2005 - 2010
With my kids, Patrick (NYU grad student) & Katie (designer/grad student, New Haven, CT)
@ the premiere of HEARTLAND 2007 (Buckeye Zombies, Bluegrass Voodoo, Hawkeye Feeder,
Ill-i-Noise, Badger Baby, Michigan Militia, and Threnody for the Victims of Indiana)
MANHATTAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, Merkin Hall, New York City, 2008
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COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE
Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional (San Jose, Costa Rica)
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INVITED SINGLE FEATURED GUEST COMPOSER
COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE - COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY
(up to 5 days)
PRINCIPAL 21st CENTURY RESIDENCIES
(3 - 5 days extended residency) including performances of my works by various university ensembles (orchestra, wind ensemble, chamber, solo) "All-SCHELLE" concerts, masterclasses, seminars, composition lessons, film music lectures, etc.
California Lutheran University - 9th Annual New Music Festival
The Music of Michael Schelle - March, 2011
Urban Quartet (Phoenix, AZ) - October, 2010 (premiere of Stiff for string quartet)
Portland Conservatory of Music, Maine - April, 2010
Millikin University, Illinois - March, 2010
Tippecanoe Chamber Music Society, Lafayette, IN - March, 2010
Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN - February, 2010
Nagoya Imperial University (Japan) - November, 2009
University of Oklahoma School of Music- February, 2009
The Catholic University of America
School of Music,Washington D.C. - Jan, 2009
LeMoyne College (Syracuse, NY) - April, 2008
LeMoyne College (Syracuse, NY) - April, 2008
Bowling Green State University (OH) School of Music - March, 2007
Dallas, TX - featured Guest Composer for screenings of Extreme Orchestra!
Finger Lakes (NY) Summer Music Festival Composer in Residence
June/July, 2007 - 3 week residency funded by the New York State Arts Council
NOW Music Festival: Capital University (OH) - Schellefest 07- Feb, 2007
Purdue University (Symphony Orchestra guest composer) - December, 2006
ICAM (Institute of Contemporary American Music) Hartford, CT - March, 2006
University of New Mexico(Albuquerque) - March, 2006
Eastern Michigan University New Music Festival - Schellefest 05 - Feb, 2005
ICAM (Institute of Contemporary American Music) Hartford, CT - March, 2006
University of New Mexico(Albuquerque) - March, 2006
Eastern Michigan University New Music Festival - Schellefest 05 - Feb, 2005
(six day residency)
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DOCUMENTARY FILM: EXTREME ORCHESTRA! (2005)
features music of MICHAEL SCHELLE (Samurai, 1999)
(see publications tab for more information on this documentary film)
Premiere: Hot Springs (AR) Film Festival, October 2005 - in residence
Dallas, TX - featured Guest Composer for screenings of Extreme Orchestra!
extensive interviews, audience interactions, etc. June, 2006
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Bowdoin College, Maine - May, 2005
Illinois Wesleyan University - December, 2004
Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh) - November, 2004
Hartt School of Music - University of Hartford (CT) - October, 2004
University of Arkansas, Fort Smith Campus - September, 2004 (1 day)
Cedarville College (OH) - September, 2004 (1 day)
DePauw University (Greencastle, IN) - January, 2003, January 2002
Illinois Wesleyan University - December, 2004
Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh) - November, 2004
Hartt School of Music - University of Hartford (CT) - October, 2004
University of Arkansas, Fort Smith Campus - September, 2004 (1 day)
Cedarville College (OH) - September, 2004 (1 day)
DePauw University (Greencastle, IN) - January, 2003, January 2002
Taft Music School (Crown Point, IN) - March, 2003
Millikin University (IL) - November, 2002
Millikin University (IL) - November, 2002
Illinois Wesleyan University New Music Festival -November, 2002
University of the Ozarks & Westark College (AR) - November 2001
University of the Ozarks & Westark College (AR) - November 2001
Louisiana State University School of Music, Baton Rouge - October, 2001
University of Kansas New Music Festival - Schellefest - February, 2001
University of Kansas New Music Festival - Schellefest - February, 2001
NOW Festival of New Music - Capital University (Columbus, OH) - Feb 2000
HAMILTON COLLEGE, New York - paper/presentation selected in an international competition: MUSIC OF JAPAN III: Change and Tradition (Toshiro Mayuzumi, guest composer). Paper presented: Film Music of Japan: Godzilla and His Spawn - April, 1999
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FEATURED SINGLE GUEST COMPOSER, 1980's - 2000 :
Sam Houston State University New Music Festival - "Schellefest '96",
NOW Festival of New Music- Capital University
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
Syracuse University / Society for New Music; Syracuse, NY,
Kent State University 5th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music
Washington State UniversityAnnual New Music Festival - Schellefest '90
Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Visiting Composer series
University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA)
Illinois Wesleyan University New Music Festival
Moorhead State University (MN) New Music Festival
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music
Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts (Vienna, VA)
Composer in Residence: Wolf Trap Composer's Cottage
National University of Costa Rica (San Jose)
University of Southern California (USC Los Angeles)
Indiana University at Fort Wayne (IUFW)
Second Annual Festival of Indiana Music, Indianapolis
University of Notre Dame, Indiana University at South Bend
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wabash College (IN)
Saint Mary's College (South Bend, IN)
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
Indiana University (Bloomington)
Cleveland State University
University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Music
Millikin University School of Music (IL) , Webster University (St. Louis)
Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford
State University of New York - Albany
State University of New York - Binghamton
State University of New York - New Paltz
State University of New York - Fredonia, etc . . . .
Dozens of performances (score selected in national competitions) and "in residence" particpation at regional / national ASUC, SCI, CMS, CBDNA conferences / festivals at colleges / universities across the USA: 1980's - present
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BIG SKY COUNTRY, MONTANA 2008
GUEST COMPOSER
MONTANA HEUTTERITE COLONY / COMMUNE: OCTOBER 2008
LEWISTOWN, MONTANA
German-speaking kids, one-room school (grades 2 - 8 combined . . . )
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NATIVE AMERICAN CAVE & CLIFF PAINTINGS
MONTANA, c. 1500's . . .
PRE-TRANSFIGURATION PORTRAITS OF THE COMPOSER
