NEWS
Quirk released!
Co-produced by Eric Honour and me, Quirk, Music for Clarinet and Electronics is a fun and intriguing snapshot of today’s tendencies in electronic music. Read the review of the CD by newmusicbox.org
22 and counting!
The Society of Electroacoustic Music of the United States, SEAMUS, just released their latest CD, Music from SEAMUS, Volume 22, with music from the 2012 conference. I’m featured on Jason Bolte’s With My Eyes Wide Shut.
Student goes National
Cole Miller (15), one of my students, was accepted into the highly competitive National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) Youth Fellowship Program at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Congratulations to Cole for his achievement!
Read more about the NSO program
Premiere at Kalamazoo
The premiere of Amass for Clarinet and Computer by composer Christopher Biggs was a success. WMU is fortunate to have him as a faculty. I gave a clarinet masterclass and had time to get into the studio and record the piece (Plus, we made it into the Sunday news). I look forward to coming back to Kalamazoo.
SEAMUS 2012
It was my first time at Seamus (Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States) and it was a great experience. I performed Jason Bolte’s With my Eyes Shut for clarinet and electronics. The great reverberation of the hall helped me blend with the fixed media quite well.
It was the final concert of the festival and we shared the program with legends such as Jon Appleton. A great honor!
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What’s coming up on 2012
SEAMUS Festival in February and the world premiere of Christopher Bigg’s Amass, and incredible piece inspired by the popular movements in the middle East, Latin America and the US.
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That was 2011
I have been away from the news for a while! The end of 2011 was filled with great things. Some of them were:
Masterclass and recital at the University of Central Missouri. The audience was incredibly enthusiastic!
US Premiere of Nick Carswell’s Ghost/Wave for video and clarinet. A very powerful piece.
Livewire Festival 2012 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. A nicely run festival.
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Got Plastic?
Composer Jorge Sosa just released his first CD entitled Plastic Time. Mauricio is featured on Refraction I, an electro acoustic piece influenced by Gregorian chant. Check out this and other pieces for flute, violin and trombone. Congratulations to Jorge! To learn more click here
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ELECTRO<>ACÚSTICO on tour
Composer Christopher Biggs and Mauricio successfully completed their Fall 2010 tour visiting eight colleges in the Midwest. They offered lectures, master classes and performances of music for clarinet and electronics.
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Improvised Soundtracks
Mauricio is the musical producer of IT’S A-LIVE, a collaboration between him and video artists Caitlin Horsmon and Liz Van Verth. He and a troupe of performers will improvise soundtracks to videos specifically made for this show.
October 12, 7:30 p.m. Epperson Auditorium, Kansas City Art Institute,
4415 Warwick Blvd, Kansas City, MO
Free admission
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Inspiration from ArtsKC!
In August, Mauricio was awarded a 2010 Inspiration Grant by the ArtsKC Fund. This competitive grant is managed by the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City and will allow Mauricio to purchase equipment to perform electro-acoustic music for clarinet and computer.
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World Premieres at La Esquina
On October 2, 7:00 p.m. at La Esquina Performing Arts Space (1000 West 25th St, Kansas City, MO) Mauricio will present a recital of new pieces for clarinet and electronics. World premieres by: Rodolfo Acosta, Jason Bolte, Andrew Cole and Eric Honour. Also:
-Bapu by Asha Srinivasan
-Harvey by Mark Snyder
Special guest: Rebecca Ashe, flute.
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Keep Austin Weird!
Mauricio and Christopher Biggs recently traveled to Austin, TX to perform at Clarinetfest 2010 as part of a recital entitled “Electronic Potpourri.” Kudos to the International Clarinet Association and the clarinet professors at the University of Texas for a well-run festival, with great concerts and masterclasses.
The pieces performed were:
10 to the Negative Power of Minus 33 by Christopher Biggs and Refractions I by Jorge Sosa.
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Recital in St. Louis
In May, Mauricio was selected as one of three winners of the Artist Presentation Society Audition-2010 held in St. Louis, MO.
On March 27, 2011 he will perform a recital for clarinet and piano as part of their 2010-11 series. To learn more click here
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On May, 2010 Mauricio gave a master-class at the Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. The positive attitude and openness of the students and their interesting repertoire made this class a success (We even heard Madrigal by Mario Lavista!)
Mauricio Salguero
Clarinetist and Saxophonist
