Group for New Music

Flash Concert on Friday.

2008-10-18T13:08:00.006-05:00

Hey folks,
We got enough music now so we'll hold the concert on Friday. The composers and music info are list below:

name	music	duration
Ming-ching Chiu	marimba solo	9'
John Nichols	electronic fixed media composition	8'
Daniel Swilley	Electro-Acoustic	5'
LoadBang404	Max/MSP + performers	30'
Allie Reitz	2 piano pieces	9'
Kari Besharse	Electro-Acoustic	13'
Pin Hsin Lin	Marimba Solo	8'
Christina Tarn	Cello solo	2'

Sound Exchange(Invasion?) Funding

2008-10-17T19:17:00.002-05:00

Hello Everyone,

SORF has approved most of the funding for the Sound Exchange concert.

Just as a reminder, if there are any concerts where we can send 3 or more composers/performers then please talk to us(Ming-Ching and myself) so that we can help with funding.

Have a good weekend,

Jason

Trip Funding Information

2008-10-02T12:25:00.002-05:00

Hi Folks,
Due to the change of SORF policy, each Registered Student Group only has four chances to get funding for trips (no matter how many people are involved) during the entire year. In order to benefit as many members as possible, Jason and I decided not to accept funding application for personal trip. The minimum number of persons of each application must be at least 3. So far Sound Exchange concert is most likely the first event we can get financial aid for, which means GNM has 3 more chances to get money during the following year. Sorry for people who have personal trip plans this year. GNM might not be able to help.

Collaborative Improv opportunity with Dance folk...

2008-09-14T22:11:00.002-05:00

Hiya gang!

So, If you play something besides the piano and are interested, a friend of mine who is an MFA student in dance is joining me to put together a show either in the Art Annex on the south quad, or in the Krannert Art Museum (more on that later).

There is a main improv piece that we have been talking about, but also, there will be an opportunity for you all to come up with shorter improv works with or without dancers as you wish (and as they are available).

The target date period for this project is sometime in the middle of October (before the exchange concert). Soooo, this is going to be really fun. You should do it. Let me know.

James Bunch and Samuel Gingher won the 21st Century Piano Commission

2008-09-08T20:31:00.003-05:00

Jimmy and Sam's proposal won the 21st Century Piano Commission Contest. They will hold their own concert at KCPA in spring 2009.

Steve Taylor's piece at KCPA

2008-09-06T11:48:00.001-05:00

UISO will play Steve's piece The Floating World at KCPA on Friday, Sept.19.

First Funding Application Deadline

2008-09-06T11:14:00.006-05:00

The first batch of applications will be submitted on ( or before ) Sep.24 to the university by GNM. If you have any activities between Oct.10 2008 and May.17 2009, especially for those who have events BEFORE Oct.24, please inform Ming-ching or Jason, and have your documents ready( such as budget, trip plan, etc). More detail will be release on Sep.17.

Once again, we can't guarantee getting financial aid successfully.

Next application deadline is on Oct. 8, for events between Oct.24 and May 17, especially for those which are held before Nov.7. The application deadline calendar is right here, if you wish. Please take a look and prepare in advance.

Event History

2008-09-02T21:34:00.010-05:00

2008.10.07 Tue.	Forum: Reynold Tharp: Recent Music
2008.09.30 Tue.	Forum:Interactive Theory Instruction for the Twenty-First Century
2008.09.27 Sat.	Bang on a Can Marathon. at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
2008.09.25 Thu.	Forum: Composers David Lang and Julia Wolfe
2008.09.16 Tue.	Messiaen's Quartet for the end of Time
2008.09.13 Sat.	Composition-Theory Divisoin Party!!
2008.09.02 Tue	Composers' Forum at 1201 Music Building

Opportunity to perform at Taste of the Arts

2008-09-01T14:44:00.003-05:00

Taste of the Arts will take place in KCPA on November 1st. We can have a 15-minute performance there if we want to. If any composer is interested, contact Ming-ching. more info

Kyle Received 2009 UI Chamber Orchestra Commission!

2008-08-31T12:58:00.001-05:00

Kyle Rowan has been selected by Maestro Donald Schleicher to receive the 2009 UI Chamber Orchestra Commission. He will compose a new work to be premiered by the Orchestra at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in February 2009.

EMM will play pieces by Tsai-yun, Kari, Jake, and Taylor!

2008-08-31T12:28:00.005-05:00

Tsai-yun's Circadian Rhythm, Kari's Ear to the Ground, Taylor's Resonance, and Jake's silica are selected by Electronic Music Midwest. These pieces will be played in the EMM Festival 2008 at Lewis university on the weekend of mid-October. more info

Ming-ching's Percussion Duo in CSULB

2008-08-31T12:22:00.004-05:00

Ming-ching's percussion Duo Uncompression won the first prize of IronWorks Percussion Duo 2008 composition contest. This piece will be performed by IronWorks Percussion Duo in California State University, Long Beach on October 12th. more info

Upcoming Events

2008-08-30T17:11:00.021-05:00

2008.10.21 Tue.	Forum:Aurel Stroe: His Music-Ideas-Teaching by Sever Tipei
2008.10.24 Fri.	Sound Exchange Concert at UIUC
2008.10.26 Sun.	Sound Exchange Concert at Roosevelt University, Chicago

Members

2008-08-27T21:49:00.031-05:00

President: Gautam Srikishan

Treasurer: Ming-ching Chiu

Members:

Aum, Shin-young	saum2 [at] illinois.edu
Beere, Halim	halimbeere [at] gmail.com
Besharse, Kari	besharse [at] illinois.edu
Briggs, Taylor
Bunch, James
Burnson, William Andrew
Calianno, Vin
Cho, Jinok
Choi, Jongyun Yuni	muzechoi [at] Gmail.com
Collins, Quinn
Frenkel, Edo
Gingher, Samuel	SamGingher [at] Gmail.com
Ha, Moon young
Harrell, Leon Huang, Tsai-yun
Kim, Heeyun	heekim[at] illinois.edu
Krugel, Cheryl
Lett, Stephen
Lin, Pin-hsin	peihsuanlin@hotmail.com
Nichols, John
Rowan, Kyle
Rundall, Jacob
Seo, Juri
Swilley, Daniel
Taube, Heinrich
Taylor, Stephen

You can be the next one.

There is no way to sign your name up here. If you want your name to be in the list, please email either Ming-ching or Jason.

Announcement

2008-08-27T20:50:00.012-05:00

Dear UIUC composers and theorists,

Welcome! Alumni and current students and faculty of the UIUC composition-theory division should already know what GNM (Group for New Music) is, but this year we have many new friends joining us who might not.

GNM is a Registered Student Organization (RSO) of UIUC. Basically, GNM is a loosely formed group. In the past, the main task of GNM was to help composition students get funding from school for travel expenses. Now we want to offer more opportunities for our members to present themselves to the public beyond the UIUC campus to the rest of the world. That's one reason this website has been established.

The other reason for building this site is to make a stronger connection between each of its members. Although many of us show up everyday in the Music Building, some do their work elsewhere and might not know other students as well. This website offers a great chance for everybody to get to know each other better.

So, what do you need to do?

First of all, most importantly, sign up to receive the RSS feed of this website to receive posts automatically. We plan to post our members' activities here and other important information (such as funding application deadlines), so don't miss out! To do this, click on the two boxes at the top of right column (the boxes under "Subscribe Me").

After signing up for the RSS feed, if you like, you may choose to participate as an author on this website. Or if you prefer you can just keep a low profile, BUT we encourage you to blog along with us! (Everyone wants to be famous, right?)

To become an author, e-mail Ming-ching or Jason and indicate you want to be an author on this website. Once you become an author, you can post anything you want (isn't that nice?). This is especially helpful for those of you without your own website.

If you don't want to be an author but still want your activities to be posted (so that everybody from Kiribati to Nepal can see it!), provide the info to any administrator or author and tell him or her to post it for you.

Also:

1. If you have any idea how to improve this site (such as adding links to some awesome websites), please tell us.

2. If you want your name to show up in our "Members" list on the page, please let us know. You can also provide the email address or URL. We will hyperlink your name to that email/website.

3. There is a group on Facebook called UIUC Composers, if you're a UIUC composer but you're not in UIUC Composers, you're welcome to join the group. Actually there is a link to the group at "link" section at the right column on this page. Just click it! If you need somebody to invite you, ask an administrator to invite you, so far we have 15 administrators (crazy!). Actually the group has been idle for a while, so maybe we can think about doing something with it. Any suggestions?

4. By the way, who are the members of GNM? If you've paid the dues this semester, then you ARE a member. If you have not paid the dues, you are...errr...still a member. Does anyone know how much the dues are? Treasurer? More on this later.

That's it! Enjoy life at UIUC!