JEREMY PODGURSKY
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| Jeremy Podgursky finished the Grawemeyer Fellowship in music composition (M.M.) in 2007 at the University of Louisville where he studied with Steve Rouse (acoustic) and John Gibson (electronics). His music has been featured in venues and festivals in the United States, the Netherlands and Japan. Along the way, he studied privately and in masterclasses with the likes of John Adams, Tan Dun, Simon Bainbridge, Ivan Tcherepnin, Karel Husa, Pierre Boulez, George Tsontakis, Gyorgy Kurtag, Sebastian Currier, Steven Stucky and Peter Leiberson. Recent performances include such professional groups as the Arsenal Trio and the North/South Consonance Chamber Orchestra; upcoming performances by the Juventas New Music Ensemble and the Lost Dog Ensemble. Recent awards include 1st place in the 2007 National SCI/ASCAP commissioning competition, winner of Juventas New Music Ensemble 2008 call-for-scores, and honorable mention in the 2008 Minnesota Orchestra Composers Institute. Jeremy recently completed his first year as an adjunct lecturer in Music Theory and Composition at the University of Louisville. He has also teaches several after-school composition programs in Louisville area high schools. Jeremy was the singer/songwriter/guitarist for the critically acclaimed psychedelic rock band THE PENNIES (www.thepennies.com). THE PENNIES toured the US and part of Europe, recorded multiple releases on CD and vinyl, the most recent of which was released in 2006 on Ear X-Tacy Records. IVY, a song Jeremy wrote for THE PENNIES, earned him a spot as finalist in the 2005 International Songwriter?s Competition. Jeremy also composed and recorded a CD of ambient chamber music commissioned by the Louisville School of Massage. Entitled SUBTLE BODIES, the CD was released in 2005 for meditative and relaxation purposes. Scored for strings, piano, percussion, and light electronic treatement, SUBTLE BODIES represents Jeremy's interests in the more spacious elements of music, not to mention the holistic properties of sound. The CD can be purchased through www.subtlebodies.com and www.cdbaby.com. | |
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Nonsense or Sorcery?#*%! |
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| Nonsense or Sorcery?#*%!.mp3 - complete | |||
| Nonsense or Sorcery?#*%!.pdf - complete | |||
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1st place in National 2007 SCI/ASCAP Competition. Performance by ARSENAL TRIO (Ben Sung - violin, Hrant Parmasian - Cello, Jihye Chang - piano) | |||
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O Dance! O Light! Onami! (2005) for chamber orchestra |
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| O Dance! O Light! Onami! (2005) for chamber orchestra.mp3 - complete | |||
| O Dance! O Light! Onami! (2005) for chamber orchestra.pdf - complete | |||
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This is my first piece of concert music since 1999. It concerns properties of light (wave/particle duality) and other metaphysical poop. But truthfully, I just liked the way the notes and rhythms sounded together. The performance was on April 4th, 2006 at the University of Louisville Margaret Comstock concert hall. It was performed by student performers and conducted by Cary Cobb (grad student). | |||
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Random Love Generator |
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| Random Love Generator.mp3 - complete | |||
| Random Love Generator.pdf - complete | |||
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This is my first electroacoustic piece for alto sax and Max/MSP. The incoming signal (saxophone) was filtered into eight different frequency ranges, each of which were run through a delay with a randomly generated delay time. Chaos stopped. Villages were rebuilt. People procreated. The amazing Jacob Duncan played saxophone and I played with the knobs and faders. Recorded in the electronic studios at the University of Louisville, 11/08. | |||
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All of the Possible Bodies (2003-4) |
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| All of the Possible Bodies (2003-4).mp3 - complete | |||
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From my CD SUBTLE BODIES, this piece was written for string quartet and electronics (ProTools). After working almost exclusively on rock and roll for a few years, this CD was my first step back towards concert music. It was also the first CD that I composed, engineered, produced, and edited by myself. It took forever. Enjoy! | |||
©2006 by Jeremy Podgursky
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Jeremy Podgursky is a member of Society of Composers, Inc. SCI is dedicated to the promotion of composition, performance, understanding and dissemination of new and contemporary music.