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E-Mail: Josh.Levine@oberlin.edu
Office:
Bibbins 210
Office Phone:
440-775-5286
Address:
77 W. College St.
Oberlin, OH 44074
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Division of Composition
Assistant Professor of Composition
Education:
- Basel Music Academy (Switzerland), Lehrdiplom, mit Auszeichnung (Teacher's Diploma, with Highest Honors), 1979
- University of California, San Diego, M.A. in Music Composition, 1994, Ph.D., 2002
- Additional courses of study at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and IRCAM (Paris)
- Principal composition teachers: Brian Ferneyhough, Balz Trümpy; further studies with Heinz Holliger, George E. Lewis, Tristan Murail, Guy Reibel, Roger Reynolds, Harvey Sollberger, Rand Steiger, and Chinary Ung
Awards, Honors, Residencies (partial listing):
- Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition, Premier Prix and special jury prize (Euphonie d'Or)
- Darmstadt Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Stipend Prize
- International jury selections (Ensemble Intercontemporain commission, ISCM World New Music Days)
- University of California, San Diego, Gluck and Weill Fellowships for Composers
- Foundation Patiño/Republic of Geneva (Switzerland), composer residency (Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris)
Professional Affiliations:
- College Music Society
- SUISA
Teaching Background and Related Professional Activities:
- Lecturer in Composition, Theory, and Electronic Music, San Francisco State University (2000-08)
- Visiting Lecturer in Composition, Stanford University (2007)
- Lecturer (Associate-in-Music), Theory and Composition, University of California, San Diego (1999-2000)
- Guest speaker at various universities internationally, member of composition selection panels and juries
Commissioned Works (partial listing):
- Clear Sky for soprano saxophone and ensemble (Festival Rümlingen)
- Transparency (Part I), for percussion (Aiyun Huang)
- Land, for 22 instruments (Ensemble Intercontemporain)
- A part of many journeys, for horn, 2 trombones, cello, and contrabass (Ensemble Intercontemporain)
- Downstream, for guitar and computer-processed guitar sounds (Groupe de musique expérimentale de Bourges)
- Zwischenwelt, for percussion, small ensemble, and computer electronics (Ensemble Contrechamps and République et Canton de Genève)
- "... in gleicher Weise umher", for soprano, violinist, guitarist, and ensemble (Pro Helvetia)
Commercial and Radio Recordings:
- Tel, for electronic tape, in Cultures Electroniques (Harmonia Mundi/Le Chant du Monde)
- Numerous radio broadcasts, including the BBC; Radio France (ORTF); Swiss Radio DRS and RSR; and Swedish, Belgian, and Polish national radio corporations
Performances (partial listing):
- Merkin Hall (NY)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
- Cité de la Musique, Centre Pompidou, Maison de la Radio, and IRCAM (Paris)
- ISCM World New Music Days (Stockholm)
- British Music Information Centre (London)
- Festival Synthèse (Bourges, France)
- Berne Biennale
- Tage für Neue Musik (Zürich)
- With musicians including: singers Donatienne Michel-Dansac, Katharina Ott, and Jen Cobb; clarinetists Ernesto Molinari and Carl Rosman; saxophonist Marcus Weiss; percussionists Aiyun Huang, Françoise Rivalland, and David Shively; guitarists Magnus Andersson, Seth Josel, and Geoffrey Morris; cellist Rohan de Saram; members of Klangforum Wien and Ensemble Phoenix; and the Ensemble Intercontemporain, musikFabrik NRW, Manhattan Sinfonietta, Basel Sinfonietta, Ensemble Contrechamps, Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain, and the IGNM Ensemble-Basel
- Led by conductors including: David Robertson, Peter Rundel, Johannes Kalitzke, Rand Steiger, Giorgio Bernasconi, and Jürg Wyttenbach
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