ENSEMBLE ACJW FEBRUARY 2016 PROGRAM

Composer, singer 和 b和leader 泰德·赫恩 (b. 1982, Chicago) draws on a wide breadth of influences ranging across music's full terrain, to create intense, personal 和 multi-dimensional works.

的 纽约时报 has praised Hearne for his "tough edge 和 wildness of spirit," 和 "topical, politically 锋利的作品.“ 洛杉矶时报 said, "No single artist embodies the post-genre Brooklyn scene, but Hearne may be its most zealous auteur."

Hearne's newest theatrical work, 源, sets text from the Iraq 和 Afghanistan war logs, along with words by Chelsea Manning (美国.S. Army private who leaked those classified documents to WikiLeaks), 和 was premiered to rave reviews last October at the BAM 下一个 Wave Festival in Brooklyn. 的 纽约时报 包括 源 on its list of the best classical vocal performances of 2014, noting that the work “offers a fresh model of how opera 和 musical theater can tackle contemporary issues: not with documentary realism, but with ambiguity, obliquity 和 even sheer confusion.”

赫恩的文章 卡特里娜民谣, another modern-day oratorio with a primary-source libretto, was awarded the 2009 Gaudeamus Prize in composition 和 was named one of the best classical albums of 2010 by Time Out芝加哥 和 华盛顿邮报》. A recent collaboration paired him with legendary musician Erykah Badu, for whom he wrote an evening-length work combining new music with arrangements of songs from 她2008年的专辑 New Amerykah: Part One.

镶嵌法则, Hearne’s 30-minute piece for string orchestra, will see performances this year by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 和 San Francisco Symphony. His album of the same name, with Andrew Norman 和 A Far Cry, was named one of the 《火博体育官网》’s notable albums of 2014 by Alex Ross.

A charismatic vocalist, Hearne performs with Philip White as the vocal-electronics duo R WE WHO R WE, whose debut album (New Focus Recordings) was called “eminently, if weirdly, danceable 和 utterly gripping.” (Time Out芝加哥). Two forthcoming albums of vocal music, 源 和 外地人, will see release on New Amsterdam Records in 2015.

泰德·赫恩 was awarded the 2014 New Voices Residency from Boosey 和 Hawkes, 和 recently joined the composition faculty at the University of Southern California. 最近, upcoming commissions include orchestral works for the San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 和 A Far Cry, chamber works for eighth blackbird, Yarn/Wire 和 Alarm Will Sound, 和 vocal works for Volti, the Crossing 和 Roomful of Teeth.