Carrie Magin
Striking a unique balance between her creative outlets of performance and composition, marimba-focused percussionist and composer Carrie Magin has had successful performances in both the United States and Europe. Her recent orchestral composition, Miles of Gold, was selected to be read in April 2010 on the Buffalo Philharmonic Young Composers Forum and was premiered by the commissioning ensemble, the Akron Youth Symphony, in May 2010. Miles of Gold was also selected as a finalist in the Indianapolis Symphony Glick Young Composers Competition in 2010. Magin’s recent work, Sheer Meridian for flute, clarinet, double bass, and piano, was premiered in Blonay, Switzerland by an ensemble including Tim Munro of eighth blackbird at the Music10 Festival. Other recent compositions include Charrette for Duo46 (violin and guitar) and Špilberk (marimba duo), which was composed and performed under the guidance of world-renowned marimbist Keiko Abe in Villecroze, France.
Performing engagements have included a tour of the Slovak Republic with the JAMU Percussion Ensemble, marimba performances in southern France, and percussion improvisation at the “Brno Festival of Contemporary Music and Visual Arts” in the Czech Republic. A year’s worth of practicing, composing, coaching, and organizing culminated in Magin’s Marimba & Music, a unique multi-media concert experience comprised of twelve musicians, original compositions, video, self-created lighting, and an organized visual/temporal flow. Marimba & Music was held in Brno, Czech Republic in 2007.
Carrie Magin had the honor of spending one year in Innsbruck, Austria on a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship and in 2008 was awarded a Strategic Opportunity Stipend from the New York Foundation for the Arts to study with composer Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon at the Eastman School of Music. She is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Composition from the University of Cincinnati and holds two Bachelor’s Degrees in Composition and Percussion from the University of Michigan. She has also obtained short-term study certificates in Composition and Marimba from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, Czech Republic.
Carrie Magin is currently composing a commissioned work for Kenyon Williams, Associate Professor of Percussion at Minnesota State University Moorhead.
contact: carriemagin@yahoo.com