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Missy Mazzoli (1980-    )

Missy Mazzoli, composer Missy Mazzoli was recently deemed one of "the most consistently inventive and surprising composers now working in New York." (New York Times) Her music has been heard all over the world in performances by the Kronos Quartet, the Minnesota Orchestra, eighth blackbird, the South Carolina Philharmonic, the Albany Symphony. the Spokane Symphony, the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, NOW Ensemble, the Da Capo Chamber Players and many others. She's recently been commissioned by Kronos Quartet, eighth blackbird, the Whitney Museum and Carnegie Hall. Her work was recently performed as part of the Bang-on-a-Can New Music Marathon and the 2007 Cabrillo Festival of New Music. In 2006 Mazzoli was a featured composer at Merkin Hall in New York City and at the Gaudeamus New Music Festival in Amsterdam. She is a recipient of a Fulbright Grant to the Netherlands, the 2007, 2008 and 2009 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award, a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and grants from the American Music Center and the Jerome Foundation. In 2006 she taught beginning composition at Yale University, and is now Executive Director of the MATA Festival of New Music in New York City, an organization founded by Philip Glass dedicated to commissioning and promoting new works by young composers. Mazzoli is also an active pianist, and often performs with Victoire, an "all-star, all-female quintet" (Time Out New York) she founded in 2008 dedicated exclusively to her own compositions.  Mazzoli attended the Yale School of Music (M.M. 2006), the Royal Conservatory of the Hague (post-graduate studies 2002-2004) and Boston University (B.M. 2002). Her principal teachers were Louis Andriessen, David Lang, Martin Bresnick, Aaron Jay Kernis, and John Harbison. Recent projects included the premiere of Harp and Altar, a work for electronics and string quartet commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, the premiere of Still Life With Avalanche, commissioned and performed by eighth blackbird, the premiere of The Sound of the Light, a new work commissioned by Carnegie Hall and two performances of These Worlds In Us by the Minnesota Orchestra. Upcoming performances include the premiere of new works commissioned by the Whitney Museum of Art, the Santa Fe New Music Ensemble and the League of Composers Orchestra. Mazzoli also recently received a Jerome Foundation Grant to support the creation of Song from the Uproar, a large-scale multimedia work featuring NOW Ensemble and filmmaker Stephen Taylor that premiered in New York City in May, 2009.

COMPOSITIONS                                                            Mazzoli Links     ~ ~ ~     Works by Genre    ~ ~ ~    Mazzoli on Mazzoli
Orizzonte, piano and electronics (pre-recorded soundtrack) (2004)
In Spite of All This, clarinet in A, violin, cello, electric guitar, vibraphone, piano and drum kit (2005)
Shy Girl Shouting Music, soprano, electric guitar, piano and double bass (2005)
These Worlds In Us, orchestra (2006)
Volume, 2 percussionists [steel drum, vibraphone, 2 kick drums and 5 glass bottles of water] (2006)
Lies You Can Believe In, violin, viola and cello (2006)
In Burnt Norton, film score (2006)
Magic With Everyday Objects, flute, clarinet, electric guitar, double bass and piano (2007)
Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos, piano and electronics (2007)
The Sound of the Light, flute, violin, trumpet, trombone and piano (2008)
Still Life with Avalanche, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion (2008)
i am coming for my things, clarinet, violin, 2 keyboards, double bass and electronics (2008) [for ensemble "Victoire']
A Song for Arthur Russell, clarinet, violin, 2 keyboards, double bass and electronics (2008) [for ensemble "Victoire']
India Whiskey, clarinet, violin, 2 keyboards, double bass and electronics (2008) [for ensemble "Victoire']
A Door into the Dark, clarinet, violin, 2 keyboards and double bass (2008) [for ensemble "Victoire']
Harp and Altar, string quartet and electronics (2009)
Like a Miracle, clarinet, violin, 2 keyboards, double bass and electronics (2009) [for ensemble "Victoire']
The Diver, clarinet, violin, 2 keyboards and double bass (2009) [for ensemble "Victoire']
Cathedral City, clarinet, violin, 2 keyboards, double bass and electronics (2009) [for ensemble "Victoire']
A Thousand Tongues, amplified cello, voice and pre-recorded electronics (one player) (2009)
    - A Thousand Tongues, amplified viola, voice and electronics (one player) (2009; arr. 2010)
A Fool and His Money, film score for silent film by Alice Guy Blaché, violin, clarinet, 2 keyboards and double bass (2009)
When Marion Was Little, film score for silent film by Alice Guy Blaché, violin, clarinet, 2 keyboards and double bass (2009)
Death Valley Junction, string quartet (2010)
A Song for Mick Kelly, clarinet, violin, guitar, 2 keyboards, chord organ and double bass (2010) [for ensemble "Victoire']
Tooth and Nail, amplified viola and pre-recorded electronics (2010)
Dissolve, O My Heart, violin (2010)
Violent, Violent Sea, chamber orchestra (2011)
You Know Me From Here, string quartet (2012)
Salt, mini-opera, alto voice, amplified cello and electronics (2012) [libretto: Erin Cressida-Wilson]
Song from the Uproar: the Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt, chamber opera (2010-12) [after journals of Isabelle Eberhardt]


WORKS BY GENRE                                                            Mazzoli Links    ~ ~ ~    Mazzoli on Mazzoli    ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Salt, mini-opera, alto voice, amplified cello and electronics (2012) [libretto: Erin Cressida-Wilson]
Song from the Uproar: the Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt, chamber opera (2010-12)
        [libretto: Missy Mazzoli, after the journals of Isabelle Eberhardt] [with films by Stephen Taylor]

Orchestra
These Worlds In Us, orchestra (2006)
Violent, Violent Sea, chamber orchestra (2011)

Chamber
In Spite of All This, clarinet in A, violin, cello, electric guitar, vibraphone, piano and drum kit (2005)
Volume, 2 percussionists [steel drum, vibraphone, 2 kick drums and 5 glass bottles of water] (2006)
Lies You Can Believe In, violin, viola and cello (2006)
Magic With Everyday Objects, flute, clarinet, electric guitar, double bass and piano (2007)
The Sound of the Light, flute, violin, trumpet, trombone and piano (2008)
Still Life with Avalanche, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion (2008)
i am coming for my things, clarinet, violin, 2 keyboards, double bass and electronics (2008) [for ensemble "Victoire']
A Song for Arthur Russell, clarinet, violin, 2 keyboards, double bass and electronics (2008) [for ensemble "Victoire']
India Whiskey, clarinet, violin, 2 keyboards, double bass and electronics (2008) [for ensemble "Victoire']
A Door into the Dark, clarinet, violin, 2 keyboards and double bass (2008) [for ensemble "Victoire']
Harp and Altar, string quartet and electronics (2009)
Like a Miracle, clarinet, violin, 2 keyboards, double bass and electronics (2009) [for ensemble "Victoire']
The Diver, clarinet, violin, 2 keyboards and double bass (2009) [for ensemble "Victoire']
Cathedral City, clarinet, violin, 2 keyboards, double bass and electronics (2009) [for ensemble "Victoire']
Death Valley Junction, string quartet (2010)
A Song for Mick Kelly, clarinet, violin, guitar, 2 keyboards, chord organ and double bass (2010) [for ensemble "Victoire']
You Know Me From Here, string quartet (2012)

Solo Instrument
A Thousand Tongues, amplified cello, voice and pre-recorded electronics (one player) (2009)
    - A Thousand Tongues, amplified viola, voice and electronics (one player) (2009; arr. 2010)
Tooth and Nail, amplified viola and pre-recorded electronics (2010)
Dissolve, O My Heart, violin (2010)

Piano
Orizzonte, piano and electronics (pre-recorded soundtrack) (2004)
Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos, piano and electronics (2007)

Vocal
Shy Girl Shouting Music, soprano, electric guitar, piano and double bass (2005)

Film
In Burnt Norton, film score (2006)
A Fool and His Money, film score for silent film by Alice Guy Blaché, violin, clarinet, 2 keyboards and double bass (2009)
When Marion Was Little, film score for silent film by Alice Guy Blaché, violin, clarinet, 2 keyboards and double bass (2009)

Electronic
Orizzonte, piano and electronics (pre-recorded soundtrack) (2004)
Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos, piano and electronics (2007)


MAZZOLI  LINKS                                                            Works by Genre    ~ ~ ~    Mazzoli on Mazzoli     ~ top of page ~
Classical Resolutions: Missy Mazzoli Defies Dogma, Demands Diversity (Missy Mazzoli, NPR)
G. Schirmer Signs Missy Mazzoli (NewMusicBox Staff)
Missy Mazzoli Has a Different Take on Classical Music - and People Are Listening (Stephen Brookes, The Washington Post)
Missy Mazzoli Named Winner of Annual Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers (Detroit Sym Orch)
Missy Mazzoli - The Stock of Brooklyn's Postmillennial Mozart Continues to Rise (Olivia Giovetti, Time Out New York)
Reporting Live from Minnesota (Missy Mazzoli, NewMusicBox)
Westfield Students Meet the Composer (NJ.com)
The Will to Explore (Dan Cook, Free Times)

Composer's website    . . .   contact Missy Mazzoli:  here
Mazzoli @ Twitter

Mazzoli @ Albany Symphony Orchestra
Mazzoli @ Arts Alive!
Mazzoli @ ASCAP
Mazzoli @ Bard College
Mazzoli @ City Pages
Mazzoli @ Classical Archives
Mazzoli @ CMColumbusNow
Mazzoli @ composition:today
Mazzoli @ Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Elaine Lebenbom Award Winners
Mazzoli @ ElsewhereCelloOpera
Mazzoli @ Facebook
Mazzoli @ Good Child Music Publishing
Mazzoli @ The Hermitage
Mazzoli @ InstantEncore
Mazzoli @ MATA    also    here
Mazzoli @ Los Angeles Philharmonic    also    here
Mazzoli @ Manhattan New Music Project
Mazzoli @ MusicWeb International
Mazzoli @ MySpaceMusic
Mazzoli @ NewMusicBox
Mazzoli @ The New York Times
Mazzoli @ Night After Night
Mazzoli @ NPRmusic
Mazzoli @ Le Poisson Rouge
Mazzoli @ G. Schirmer
Mazzoli @ Tumblr
Mazzoli @ Victoire
Mazzoli @ Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
Mazzoli @ WBUR
Mazzoli @ WNYC
Mazzoli @ You're So Post-Post-Rock Right Now

Publisher
Mazzoli @ G. Schirmer    also    here
Mazzoli @ Good Child Music Publishing    also     here    and    here

Streaming Audio
Mazzoli @ Composer's website
Mazzoli @ Classical Archives
Mazzoli @ last.fm
Mazzoli @ MySpaceMusic
Mazzoli @ NPRmusic
Mazzoli @ SoundCloud
Mazzoli @ Tumblr
Mazzoli @ WBUR
Mazzoli @ WNYC/Soundcheck
Mazzoli @ WQXR/Q2 Music

Recordings
Mazzoli @ Composer's website
Mazzoli @ Amazon.com
Mazzoli @ ArkivMusic
Mazzoli @ CD Universe
Mazzoli @ ClassicsOnline
Mazzoli @ Discogs

Video
Mazzoli @ YouTube
Mazzoli @ Google Video
Mazzoli @ SoundNotion.tv
Mazzoli @ Vimeo    also    here

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Mazzoli on Mazzoli: Composer Portrait (VIDEO)







Mazzoli on Mazzoli: Mobtown Modern's New Music Dialogues (VIDEO)







Mazzoli on Mazzoli: A Conversation w/Missy Mazzoli /Pittsburgh New Music Net (VIDEO)







Mazzoli on Mazzoli: About the Detroit Music Scene/SoundNotion (VIDEO)







Mazzoli on Mazzoli: Hilary Hahn and Missy Mazzoli (VIDEO) [in 4 parts] 







Mazzoli on Mazzoli: Soundcheck/WNYC (streaming audio)
Missy Mazzoli, composerComposers Speak on the Web at Pytheas
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Mazzoli on Mazzoli: Introducing Missy Mazzoli/WQXR - Q2 Music (streaming audio)
Missy Mazzoli, composerComposers Speak on the Web at Pytheas
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