Nathan Davis: News

NEWS

TimeOut NY and Steve Smith named my cd with ICE in the top 10 Best Classical Albums of 2011:

5 - Nathan Davis, The Bright and Hollow Sky (New Focus)
Long a tremendous asset to the International Contemporary Ensemble as both a brilliant percussionist and a resourceful composer, Nathan Davis finally documented five of his sonically beguiling works, with predictably rich results.

The Meehan/Perkins Duo's beautiful recording of Diving Bell is released on their new cd "Travel Diary" on Bridge Records.

Musical America has named me their New Artist of the Month, with this featured profile article.

Fall 2011 brings the premiere of Mozart's Sister, a monodrama conceived and performed by actress Sylvia Milo. I am writing music for the international production together with Phyllis Chen.

My new CD, The Bright and Hollow Sky, is out! It is a cycle of pieces written for ICE over the last few years. The performances are fantastic, and it was recorded at the state-of-the-art concert hall at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at RPI. More information on my discs page and excerpts can be heard here and at New Focus Recordings. The disc is available for sale on my shop page, at the New Focus site, cdbaby, itunes, and other retailers.

ICELab in HD - Spring '11 brought a new batch of pieces as part of the International Contemporary Ensemble's new ICElab program, including pieces I wrote for soprano Tony Arnold and large ensemble, and for bassoonist Rebekah Heller and 4-channel processing. You can see the entire LPR concert, as filmed by Meerkat Media, streaming on WQXR's Q2, and read the review from the NYTimes.

NPR's recent profile on Claire Chase on All Things Considered featured my piece "Like sweet bells jangled" - you can hear the segment here.

The piece is streamed in its entirety on WNYC's New Sounds with John Schaefer.

Lincoln Center opened their Tully Scope Festival in February 2011 with "Bells" (click for more information), my half-hour work for a few winds, many mobile chimes, and all the mobile phones of the audience.

click for reviews from The New York Times, The Berkshire Review, and Lucid Culture.

Doug Perkins recorded "Simple Songs of Birth and Return" for mbira and electronics. It will be on Doug's forthcoming solo disc, but for now you can hear it at www.dougperkins.com.

Memory Spaces, my debut solo cd, includes three of my pieces for percussion and other objects with electronics, as well as Kaija Saariaho's gorgeous "Six Japanese Gardens". It is available through the shop page of this site, at cdbaby.com, and downloadable through iTunes.

light-painting portrait above by Aurora Crowley, created in a single 2-minute exposure - and no photoshop