12/12:
Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival released a beautiful promotional video, using segments from my "Vermont Chamber Symphony".
12/29/12:
FluterScooter has recorded all four parts of Transfigured Carols. Listen here and buy the score/parts here.
1/11/13:
The Inscape Chamber Orchestra has just finished recording Three Poems of Jessica Hornik and Imagined Landscapes: Six Lovecraftian Elsewheres for the Sonos Luminus label. Check out the recording of the premiere performance (2009) under the Listen tab.
1/20/13:
Ars Futura will present a concert in Philadelphia of newly commissioned works. The entire second half is comprised of works of mine including untitled for solo piano, four pieces for flute and piano, and five movements for piano trio. Special thank to Stir Lounge for a post-concert reception with specialty cocktails!
1/25/13:
LiveConnections presents IVA and Tripod Trio including transcriptions/arrangements of mine for soprano, clarinet, violin and piano. Info here.
2/3/13:
Inscape Chamber Orchestra premieres Imagined Landscapes: Six Lovecraftian Elsewheres . info here.
2/28/13:
Rutgers University and bassoonist Christopher Wickham premiere a new concerto for bassoon and wind ensemble.
3/24/13:
Fluter Scooter performs four movements for flute and piano at the New York Flute Salon . info here.
She will also perform the work in Philadelphia in April.
5/5/13:
My new "Achilles et Patroclus" will be premiered at the "Our Stories in Song" event, benefiting The Hetrick-Martin Institute , 4pm at Grace Church in Newark, NJ . info here. Buy the 5-minute spatial solo piano work here.
5/11/13:
My new "SILENCE=DEATH" on poetry by Rafeal Campo will be premiered at the "AIDS Quilt Songbook" event , 7pm at William Way Community Center in Philadelphia. Buy the 5-minute work for spoken word and piano here.
6/7/13:
Check out Inscape Chamber Orchestra 's debut album, on the impressive audiophile, Sono Luminos. This CD features two works of mine, "Three Poems of Jessica Hornik" and "imagined landscapes: Lovecraftian elsewheres" . Pre-order here. Scores available here.
6/5/13:
I wrote a micro-essay on my "flutespirations" for the awesome digital mag, The Flute View. Check it out here.
5/17/13:
Ars Futura performs "four movements" for flute and piano at the ISurvival Kit Gallery in Cleveland , Ohio . info here. Buy the work here.
8/2-10/13:
Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival have announced the dates for this summer's festival in Jamaica, VT. A new work for flute, oboe, clarinet, harp and strings will be premiered.
8/11-14/13:
Vermont Poet Laureate, Sydney Lea, and I will be in residence at the Vermont College for Fine Arts in Montpelier, VT. Two new song sets will be premiered on Syd's "Suite in Mudtime" and "Seasons" (for soprano and string quartet.
9/15/13:
Join us for "An Afternoon of Poetry and Music" featuring the poetry of Jeanne Minahan and my "Six Anti-Love Love songs" for celeste/piano and soprano. The September 15, 2013, 3 pm reading and concert will take place at Curtis Institute's Field Concert Hall. Scores available here.
2014
6/15/14:
Special thanks to Eric Charnofsky for including "imagined landscapes:six Lovecraftian elsewheres" on his very cool Not Your Grandmother's Classical Music! Today's edition of Not Your Grandmother's Classical Music is here and available for an entire week: http://wruw-stream.wruw.org/archives/56/584.mp3. Let me know what you think of the first work, a piece for piano and orchestra by Frumerie. The composition that follows is a fascinating chamber piece by Joseph Hallman, CIM alumnus. Here's the playlist: http://www.wruw.org/guide/playlists.php?show_id=584&playlist_id=35818
6/14/14:
Many thanks to WRTI's Kile Smith for including the Inscape Chamber Orchestra's recording of my "Three Hornik Poems" on this inspired playlist!http://wrti.org/post/songs-and-without-words
6/13/14:
Excited to announce The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra West Coast premiere of "imagined landscapes: six Lovecraftian elsewheres" based on my reading of H.P.Lovecraft. 4/19/15.
5/1/14:
Many thanks to Karen Rile for the thoughtful profile in the Pennsylvania Gazette.
4/2/14:
a fun interview with Interlude Hong Kong!
3/28/14:
A really neat concert with composers Scott Ordway, Erica Ball, Annie Neikirk, and David Hertzberg alongside the Arneis Quartet and mezzo Christina English from Boston this Friday in Chestnut Hill!
The art installation changes with the sunset!i info here.
2/27/14:
Thanks to University of Pennsylvania SAS Frontiers magazine and Blake Cole for a fun article!
2/22/14:
A fun interview with Ginny Kennedy on Alabama Public Radio, WLRH and Maestro Joe Lee! (Man, I love Alabama!)
2/5/14:
A nice write up on "Suite in Mudtime" in Vermont's Seven Days. I think I can speak on behalf of Syd and the amazingly generous folks at Vermont College of Fine Arts when I say that we would love to see and meet all of who you can make it to the premiere!
Also very grateful for the kind words and the inclusion on NYTimes Classical playlist: "...as well as a buoyant song cycle by Mr. Hallman that simply must be heard."
2/11/14:
Happy to announce a performance with The Secret Opera of the song cycle "Raving Beauty", written while in residence at the Rosenbach Museum & Library! 3/29/14 in NYC.
2/8/14:
Vermont Poet Laureate, Sydney Lea, and I will be in residence at the Vermont College for Fine Arts in Montpelier, VT. A new song cycle will be premiered on Syd's "Suite in Mudtime" (for soprano and string quartet) with the radiant Abigail Haynes Lennox singing.
2/23/14:
I will be in residency with the Hunstville Youth Orchestra who will premiere "Press Play, Please", a new work for orchestra based on a story I dreamed of a girl who finds a robot. Powering him up, they have many adventures.
2/7/14:
Kari Anderson speaks with Joseph Hallman about the collaboration, and about his compositional process on VPR.
1/22/14:
An essay of mine on NewMusicBox on my experiences with poverty and the impediments it and I created for myself as a young musician.
And a little interview/profile with the very fun Bryan Buttler on Philadelphia Magazine's TICKET where I dish on my love for AHS.
9/16/13:
"Two pieces by Joseph Hallman singled him out as the one to watch, especially “Imagined Landscapes,” six atmospheric miniatures inspired by the nightmares of H. P. Lovecraft. Even the use of whispers, shouts and other noises did not seem like a cheap effect but part of a musical whole, a complement to the composer’s skillful handling of each instrument. "
Thanks to the Washington Post for the kind words!
9/29/13:
I will participate in a quick residency at the University of South Florida on September 29, 2013. My Concertos for tuba and bass clarinet will be performed by faculty members, Calvin Fallwell and Jay Hunsberger. More info here. Scores available here.
10/26/13:
Ars Futura will perform "four movements for flute and piano" at the Cleveland Public Library- Main branch. Info here. Listen to a an archived performance here.
11/7/13:
I will serve as Guest Artist at Kutztown University Woodwind/Brasswind Day with Ars Futura on November 7 here. Scores available here.
12/5/13:
Rutgers University and bassoonist Christopher Wickham premiere a new concerto for bassoon and wind ensemble. Info here. Scores available here.
12/15/13:
Huntsville Youth Orchestra will perform a new work for Maestro Lee's 10th Anniversary.
6/23/14:
Dr. Christopher Wickham performs "Haiku" for bassoon and piano at the International Double Reed Society's 42nd Annual Conference . info here. Buy the 5-minute work for bassoon and piano here.
Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival released a beautiful promotional video, using segments from my "Vermont Chamber Symphony".
12/29/12:
FluterScooter has recorded all four parts of Transfigured Carols. Listen here and buy the score/parts here.
1/11/13:
The Inscape Chamber Orchestra has just finished recording Three Poems of Jessica Hornik and Imagined Landscapes: Six Lovecraftian Elsewheres for the Sonos Luminus label. Check out the recording of the premiere performance (2009) under the Listen tab.
1/20/13:
Ars Futura will present a concert in Philadelphia of newly commissioned works. The entire second half is comprised of works of mine including untitled for solo piano, four pieces for flute and piano, and five movements for piano trio. Special thank to Stir Lounge for a post-concert reception with specialty cocktails!
1/25/13:
LiveConnections presents IVA and Tripod Trio including transcriptions/arrangements of mine for soprano, clarinet, violin and piano. Info here.
2/3/13:
Inscape Chamber Orchestra premieres Imagined Landscapes: Six Lovecraftian Elsewheres . info here.
2/28/13:
Rutgers University and bassoonist Christopher Wickham premiere a new concerto for bassoon and wind ensemble.
3/24/13:
Fluter Scooter performs four movements for flute and piano at the New York Flute Salon . info here.
She will also perform the work in Philadelphia in April.
5/5/13:
My new "Achilles et Patroclus" will be premiered at the "Our Stories in Song" event, benefiting The Hetrick-Martin Institute , 4pm at Grace Church in Newark, NJ . info here. Buy the 5-minute spatial solo piano work here.
5/11/13:
My new "SILENCE=DEATH" on poetry by Rafeal Campo will be premiered at the "AIDS Quilt Songbook" event , 7pm at William Way Community Center in Philadelphia. Buy the 5-minute work for spoken word and piano here.
6/7/13:
Check out Inscape Chamber Orchestra 's debut album, on the impressive audiophile, Sono Luminos. This CD features two works of mine, "Three Poems of Jessica Hornik" and "imagined landscapes: Lovecraftian elsewheres" . Pre-order here. Scores available here.
6/5/13:
I wrote a micro-essay on my "flutespirations" for the awesome digital mag, The Flute View. Check it out here.
5/17/13:
Ars Futura performs "four movements" for flute and piano at the ISurvival Kit Gallery in Cleveland , Ohio . info here. Buy the work here.
8/2-10/13:
Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival have announced the dates for this summer's festival in Jamaica, VT. A new work for flute, oboe, clarinet, harp and strings will be premiered.
8/11-14/13:
Vermont Poet Laureate, Sydney Lea, and I will be in residence at the Vermont College for Fine Arts in Montpelier, VT. Two new song sets will be premiered on Syd's "Suite in Mudtime" and "Seasons" (for soprano and string quartet.
9/15/13:
Join us for "An Afternoon of Poetry and Music" featuring the poetry of Jeanne Minahan and my "Six Anti-Love Love songs" for celeste/piano and soprano. The September 15, 2013, 3 pm reading and concert will take place at Curtis Institute's Field Concert Hall. Scores available here.
2014
6/15/14:
Special thanks to Eric Charnofsky for including "imagined landscapes:six Lovecraftian elsewheres" on his very cool Not Your Grandmother's Classical Music! Today's edition of Not Your Grandmother's Classical Music is here and available for an entire week: http://wruw-stream.wruw.org/archives/56/584.mp3. Let me know what you think of the first work, a piece for piano and orchestra by Frumerie. The composition that follows is a fascinating chamber piece by Joseph Hallman, CIM alumnus. Here's the playlist: http://www.wruw.org/guide/playlists.php?show_id=584&playlist_id=35818
6/14/14:
Many thanks to WRTI's Kile Smith for including the Inscape Chamber Orchestra's recording of my "Three Hornik Poems" on this inspired playlist!http://wrti.org/post/songs-and-without-words
6/13/14:
Excited to announce The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra West Coast premiere of "imagined landscapes: six Lovecraftian elsewheres" based on my reading of H.P.Lovecraft. 4/19/15.
5/1/14:
Many thanks to Karen Rile for the thoughtful profile in the Pennsylvania Gazette.
4/2/14:
a fun interview with Interlude Hong Kong!
3/28/14:
A really neat concert with composers Scott Ordway, Erica Ball, Annie Neikirk, and David Hertzberg alongside the Arneis Quartet and mezzo Christina English from Boston this Friday in Chestnut Hill!
The art installation changes with the sunset!i info here.
2/27/14:
Thanks to University of Pennsylvania SAS Frontiers magazine and Blake Cole for a fun article!
2/22/14:
A fun interview with Ginny Kennedy on Alabama Public Radio, WLRH and Maestro Joe Lee! (Man, I love Alabama!)
2/5/14:
A nice write up on "Suite in Mudtime" in Vermont's Seven Days. I think I can speak on behalf of Syd and the amazingly generous folks at Vermont College of Fine Arts when I say that we would love to see and meet all of who you can make it to the premiere!
Also very grateful for the kind words and the inclusion on NYTimes Classical playlist: "...as well as a buoyant song cycle by Mr. Hallman that simply must be heard."
2/11/14:
Happy to announce a performance with The Secret Opera of the song cycle "Raving Beauty", written while in residence at the Rosenbach Museum & Library! 3/29/14 in NYC.
2/8/14:
Vermont Poet Laureate, Sydney Lea, and I will be in residence at the Vermont College for Fine Arts in Montpelier, VT. A new song cycle will be premiered on Syd's "Suite in Mudtime" (for soprano and string quartet) with the radiant Abigail Haynes Lennox singing.
2/23/14:
I will be in residency with the Hunstville Youth Orchestra who will premiere "Press Play, Please", a new work for orchestra based on a story I dreamed of a girl who finds a robot. Powering him up, they have many adventures.
2/7/14:
Kari Anderson speaks with Joseph Hallman about the collaboration, and about his compositional process on VPR.
1/22/14:
An essay of mine on NewMusicBox on my experiences with poverty and the impediments it and I created for myself as a young musician.
And a little interview/profile with the very fun Bryan Buttler on Philadelphia Magazine's TICKET where I dish on my love for AHS.
9/16/13:
"Two pieces by Joseph Hallman singled him out as the one to watch, especially “Imagined Landscapes,” six atmospheric miniatures inspired by the nightmares of H. P. Lovecraft. Even the use of whispers, shouts and other noises did not seem like a cheap effect but part of a musical whole, a complement to the composer’s skillful handling of each instrument. "
Thanks to the Washington Post for the kind words!
9/29/13:
I will participate in a quick residency at the University of South Florida on September 29, 2013. My Concertos for tuba and bass clarinet will be performed by faculty members, Calvin Fallwell and Jay Hunsberger. More info here. Scores available here.
10/26/13:
Ars Futura will perform "four movements for flute and piano" at the Cleveland Public Library- Main branch. Info here. Listen to a an archived performance here.
11/7/13:
I will serve as Guest Artist at Kutztown University Woodwind/Brasswind Day with Ars Futura on November 7 here. Scores available here.
12/5/13:
Rutgers University and bassoonist Christopher Wickham premiere a new concerto for bassoon and wind ensemble. Info here. Scores available here.
12/15/13:
Huntsville Youth Orchestra will perform a new work for Maestro Lee's 10th Anniversary.
6/23/14:
Dr. Christopher Wickham performs "Haiku" for bassoon and piano at the International Double Reed Society's 42nd Annual Conference . info here. Buy the 5-minute work for bassoon and piano here.
