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Kurt Rohde has led two significant initiatives to create opportunities for underrepresented composers:
The "Kurt Rohde Emerging Composers Fund" is a commissioning project that supports composers in the early stages of their professional creative lives by providing them the opportunity to create a new work alongside the performers of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble through workshops, public rehearsals, reviews, and numerous performances. The goal is to facilitate a lasting relationship between the composer and performers that continues beyond the commissioning project.[16][17]
The "Kurt Rohde Farewell Tour - PARTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6" is another commissioning project aimed at underappreciated creative voices in the new music community. By commissioning 5 to 6 composers for each part of the project to compose works for solo viola, viola and piano, or viola and electronics, Rohde seeks to expand the viola repertoire with new works from an extremely diverse range of composers, while addressing and possibly redefining the possibilities of what the viola is capable of in the 21st century.[18]
Awards and Recognitions
Rohde has received numerous accolades for his contributions to music, including:
Rome Prize: Awarded by the American Academy in Rome (2008)[19]
"ONE: Chamber Music of Kurt Rohde": Released by Innova Recordings[1]
"Treatises for an Unrecovered Past" and "It wasn’t a dream…": Released on Albany Records in 2019[1]
Works
Opera
Kurt Rohde has composed several operatic works, known for their innovative approaches and engagement with contemporary issues. Here is a list of his operatic compositions:
"Death With Interruptions": A chamber opera based on the novel by José Saramago, exploring themes of love and mortality.[38][39]
"Newtown Odyssey": A floating opera in collaboration with artist Marie Lorenz and writer Dana Spiotta, addressing themes of climate change and environmental justice. This work was made possible with support from Creative Capital and the NEA.[40][41]
"4:30 Movie": A micro-opera based on poems by Donna Masini, created with support from the NEA and the San Francisco Arts Commission.[42]
"Power is Everywhere": For soprano and small ensemble, featuring texts by Michel Foucault, composed in 2017.[43]
"Never was a knight...": For solo tenor and ensemble, composed in 2016–2017, created for tenor Joe Dan Harper in collaboration with artists David Humphrey and Jennifer Coates.[44]
Orchestra
DoubleFrankinTroubleStein for two amplified violas and orchestra (2011)
Bis Bald a fanfare for orchestra (2008)
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer for string orchestra (2002)
Sun King for string orchestra (2002)
Strong Motion for chamber orchestra (2002)
Five Pieces for Orchestra (1999-2000)
Oculus for string orchestra (1999)
Vocal
(Water Lilies Floating) (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2022)
Water Lilies 8 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2022)
Water Lilies 7 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2022)
Water Lilies 6 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
Water Lilies 5 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
Water Lilies 4 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2022)
Water Lilies 3 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
Water Lilies 2 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
Water Lilies 1 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
It wasn’t a dream… for soprano, tenor and piano four-hands on texts of Diane Seuss (2018)
Three Scented Candles for soprano and piano, on texts of Scott Hunter (2018)
to sing for solo soprano and electronics (2018/rev. 2020/rev. 2023)
power is everywhere an observed distraction for soprano and small ensemble on texts of Foucault for soprano and small ensemble (2017)
Never was a knight... for solo tenor and ensemble (2016–17)
No Time To Hate for soprano and piano (2016)
Three Minutes with Ned for tenor and piano (2013–14)
La Commedia, a concerto grosso, destroyed and reassembled (ongoing)
Three Whisper Canons and a Palimpsest, for soprano and double bass (2024)
Seeking all that's still unsung, for string quartet (2024) This work was made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.[46]
The Hardest Folk Songs Ever Written, for a large ensemble (2023)
The Future is Finite, for wind quintet and double bass (2021)
Sonic Tunic, a remix after "Tunic (Song For Karen)" by Kim Gordon and Sonic Youth for violin and vibraphone (2021)
A Tree That Exists in Silence (from The Overstory) for 3 to 5 voices (2021)
Blue, a remix of Joni Mitchell for alto flute, violin, viola, and cello (2020)
Ave, a remix of Hildegard von Bingen for alto flute, violin, viola, and cello (2020)
This submission appears to
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Kurt Rohde has led two significant initiatives to create opportunities for underrepresented composers:
The "Kurt Rohde Emerging Composers Fund" is a commissioning project that supports composers in the early stages of their professional creative lives by providing them the opportunity to create a new work alongside the performers of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble through workshops, public rehearsals, reviews, and numerous performances. The goal is to facilitate a lasting relationship between the composer and performers that continues beyond the commissioning project.[16][17]
The "Kurt Rohde Farewell Tour - PARTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6" is another commissioning project aimed at underappreciated creative voices in the new music community. By commissioning 5 to 6 composers for each part of the project to compose works for solo viola, viola and piano, or viola and electronics, Rohde seeks to expand the viola repertoire with new works from an extremely diverse range of composers, while addressing and possibly redefining the possibilities of what the viola is capable of in the 21st century.[18]
Awards and Recognitions
Rohde has received numerous accolades for his contributions to music, including:
Rome Prize: Awarded by the American Academy in Rome (2008)[19]
"ONE: Chamber Music of Kurt Rohde": Released by Innova Recordings[1]
"Treatises for an Unrecovered Past" and "It wasn’t a dream…": Released on Albany Records in 2019[1]
Works
Opera
Kurt Rohde has composed several operatic works, known for their innovative approaches and engagement with contemporary issues. Here is a list of his operatic compositions:
"Death With Interruptions": A chamber opera based on the novel by José Saramago, exploring themes of love and mortality.[38][39]
"Newtown Odyssey": A floating opera in collaboration with artist Marie Lorenz and writer Dana Spiotta, addressing themes of climate change and environmental justice. This work was made possible with support from Creative Capital and the NEA.[40][41]
"4:30 Movie": A micro-opera based on poems by Donna Masini, created with support from the NEA and the San Francisco Arts Commission.[42]
"Power is Everywhere": For soprano and small ensemble, featuring texts by Michel Foucault, composed in 2017.[43]
"Never was a knight...": For solo tenor and ensemble, composed in 2016–2017, created for tenor Joe Dan Harper in collaboration with artists David Humphrey and Jennifer Coates.[44]
Orchestra
DoubleFrankinTroubleStein for two amplified violas and orchestra (2011)
Bis Bald a fanfare for orchestra (2008)
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer for string orchestra (2002)
Sun King for string orchestra (2002)
Strong Motion for chamber orchestra (2002)
Five Pieces for Orchestra (1999-2000)
Oculus for string orchestra (1999)
Vocal
(Water Lilies Floating) (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2022)
Water Lilies 8 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2022)
Water Lilies 7 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2022)
Water Lilies 6 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
Water Lilies 5 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
Water Lilies 4 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2022)
Water Lilies 3 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
Water Lilies 2 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
Water Lilies 1 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
It wasn’t a dream… for soprano, tenor and piano four-hands on texts of Diane Seuss (2018)
Three Scented Candles for soprano and piano, on texts of Scott Hunter (2018)
to sing for solo soprano and electronics (2018/rev. 2020/rev. 2023)
power is everywhere an observed distraction for soprano and small ensemble on texts of Foucault for soprano and small ensemble (2017)
Never was a knight... for solo tenor and ensemble (2016–17)
No Time To Hate for soprano and piano (2016)
Three Minutes with Ned for tenor and piano (2013–14)
La Commedia, a concerto grosso, destroyed and reassembled (ongoing)
Three Whisper Canons and a Palimpsest, for soprano and double bass (2024)
Seeking all that's still unsung, for string quartet (2024) This work was made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.[46]
The Hardest Folk Songs Ever Written, for a large ensemble (2023)
The Future is Finite, for wind quintet and double bass (2021)
Sonic Tunic, a remix after "Tunic (Song For Karen)" by Kim Gordon and Sonic Youth for violin and vibraphone (2021)
A Tree That Exists in Silence (from The Overstory) for 3 to 5 voices (2021)
Blue, a remix of Joni Mitchell for alto flute, violin, viola, and cello (2020)
Ave, a remix of Hildegard von Bingen for alto flute, violin, viola, and cello (2020)