James Geiger

James Geiger Director of Bands South Habersham Middle School 237 Old Athens Hwy. Cornelia, GA 30531 jgeiger77@yahoo.com

BIOGRAPHY James Geiger (b.1977) is currently the Director of Bands at South Habersham Middle School in Cornelia, Georgia. A native of Palatka, Florida, Mr. Geiger received the B.M. in Music Education and Composition from Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA) in 2000. After teaching in the Columbia and Jones County school systems in Georgia, he accepted a graduate assistantship in theory from the University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN) where he graduated in 2005 with the M.M. in Music Composition. For the last five years Mr. Geiger was the Director of Bands at West Laurens Middle School in Dublin, Georgia. Under his tenure his bands consistently scored excellent and superior ratings at adjudicated festivals. A commission for the band entitled "Moonscape Awakening" by Joni Greene recently won third prize in the Frank Ticheli Competition and is currently published by Manhattan Beach Music. Another piece that was dedicated to Mr. Geiger and his band was entitled "Fantasy on an Old English Melody" by Timothy Loest, a composer with FJH Music, and received a world premiere recently. James' music has been performed at numerous SCI and CMS conferences, the Oregon Bach Festival, Free Play Artist Series, Electroacoustic Juke Joint and by select chamber members of the Wichita, Syracuse, and Columbus (OH) symphonies, The Third Chair Chamber Players, The Cathedral Brass, The Clinton String Quartet, and New Music Hartford. He has studied with Kenneth Jacobs, Sonny Walden, Michael Braz, and David Mathew.

UPCOMING AND RECENT PERFORMANCES June 19, 2010 Petite Suite for oboe and bassoon Now featured on the "Listening Page" at the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers website. January 28, 2010 Scherzo from New England Miniatures for flute and cello Rachel Arnold and Ashley Addington from New Music Hartford are the opening act for Danny Holt. The Lily Pad, Inman Square, 1353 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA. Click here for info on the concert.. November 14, 2009 The Maharajah's Dream for electronic performance 3rd Annual Electroacoustic Juke Joint Delta State University, Cleveland, MS. August 30, 2009 Scherzo from New England Miniatures for flute and cello New Music Hartford Benefit Concert for the South Park Inn Shelter. ArtSpace Gallery, 555 Asylum Ave., Hartford, CT. Click here for info on the concert.. March 28, 2009 Petite Suite for oboe and bassoon "Tutti" New Music Festival Denison University, Granville, OH. October 31, 2008 Fragments for two marimbas SCI Region VIII Conference California State University-Stanislaus, Turlock, CA. June 23, 2008 The Knob Noster Incident for solo snare drum as part of Symphonic Music Camp Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA. July 7, 2007 Dystopian Suite for solo piano (movements 1 and 3) Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. Performed by fellow SCI member Tyler Harrison. June 25, 2007 Three Dances for Lily for solo marimba (movement 2, Dream) as part of Symphonic Music Camp Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA. March 18, 2007 Out of the Depths for solo flute and percussion Now featured on the "Listening Page" at the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers website. March 15, 2007 Three Dances for Lily for solo marimba (movements 1 and 2) Southeastern Composers League Annual Forum University of North Carolina at Greensboro. February 23, 2007 Out of the Depths for solo flute and percussion SCI Region V Conference Clarke College, Dubuque, IA. February 8, 2007 Out of the Depths for solo flute and percussion SCI Region VI Conference University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO. January 25, 2007 The Maharajah's Dream for electronic performance as part of the Free Play series, #6: Listening Chamber featuring the works of local artists Dennis Nahavetian and Tara Stephensen Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI. November 11, 2006 Captive Soul for string quartet Performed by the Clinton String Quartet SCI Region II Conference, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. October 6, 2006 Out of the Depths for solo flute and percussion Now featured at the Today's Composers website. March 9, 2006 Out of the Depths for solo flute and percussion Performed by the Third Chair Chamber Players (Lincoln, NE) CMS Great Plains Conference, University of Nebraska at Kearney. March 31, 2005 Out of the Depths for solo flute and percussion New Music Concert II,University of Tennessee at Knoxville. March 12, 2005 Fanfare for brass quintet Performed by the Cathedral Brass (Hastings, NE) CMS Great Plains Conference, William Jewell College, Liberty, MO. March 10, 2005 Dystopian Suite for piano solo CMS South Central Conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. November 18, 2004 Dystopian Suite for piano solo (movements 2 and 3 only) Fanfare for brass quintet Performed by the Cumberland Brass (UT Student Brass Quintet) New Music Concert I, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. March 19, 2004 The Path from Reflections from the Law Library for baritone voice Southeastern Composers League Annual Forum, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS. January 30, 2004 schwerza for alto saxophone and piano SCI Region VI Conference, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR.

Compositions

Fragments

Fragments.mp3 - complete

Fragments.pdf - complete

Fragments is a work for two marimba players who try to sound like one. Melodic fragements that are far apart at first begin to draw nearer until they coelesce in rhythmic unity. Finale GPO Player, duration 5'10"

Dystopian Suite

Dystopian Suite.mp3 - complete

Dystopian Suite.pdf - excerpt

Written during a two week hiatus from working on my Master’s thesis, this eclectic group of short pieces pays homage to the little known piano works of Arthur Honegger written during his Les Six days in 1920s Paris. Each movement shares Honegger’s love of “quasi-dodecaphony” and the third movement contains a Berg-like “hidden message” to loved ones in the melody. It was premiered by the composer at the University of Oklahoma in 2005. Performer: James Geiger Venue: University of Oklahoma Duration: 9'18"

Three Dances for Lily: 2. Dream

Three Dances for Lily: 2. Dream.mp3 - complete

Three Dances for Lily: 2. Dream.pdf - complete

This is the second movement of a suite of baby dances dedicated to my daughter Lily on her first birthday. I got the idea for this movement by watching her move and twitch in her sleep. Performer: Finale GPO Player Duration: 2'20"

Out of the Depths

Out of the Depths.mp3 - complete

This is an updated version of the previous recording I had earlier. It was performed at the SCI Region VI Conference at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, MO. Lorraine Miller, flutist in the Wichita Symphony and Mike Sekelsky, band director and percussion instructor at UCM are the performers. Duration:7'43"

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