Craig Shepard Künstlerische Tätigkeit

	Craig Shepard
	Künstlerische Tätigkeit


	Published by Edition Wandelweiser (since 1999) 2010 On Foot performed as part of the Sprachklang series at Kaiserwellen in Düsseldorf Composition December performed by Tim Parkinson at Music We’d Like to Hear, London Compositions Tiefenbrunnen and Chinagarten premiered at Make Music New York Documentation for Trompetensee published by Edition Wandelweiser, Haan, Germany 2009 Commissioned by the Musikpodium der Stadt Zürich to write Zürichsee for 18 or more trumpets Composition Weehawken performed by Philip Thomas at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Vallorbe, le 23 juillet 2005 selected as a finalist at Nothing New? competition at the University of Huddersfield On Foot performed at the Stone NYC, curated by Travis Just Performed on Henry Brant’s Orbits at the Guggenheim, New York Collaboration with Doug Barrett, Sean Meehan, Al Laufeld, and Dan Perlin on Mark Shepard’s Hertzian Rain at Eyebeam, New York 2008 Documentation for the project On Foot published by Edition Howeg, Zürich Toured with Christian Wolff Performed on Thomas Buckner’s Interpretations series at Roulette, New York City 2007 Awarded grant from Change, Inc. On Foot performed at Kunstraum Düsseldorf Composition Words Move Music premiered at Klang im Turm Munich, and Kunstraum Düsseldorf 2006 Curated the Further series at the Schlosserei Nenniger in Zürich String Quartet #1 performed by the Bozzini String Quartet at the Kunstraum Düsseldorf 2005 Conceived and realized On Foot, a 31-day concert tour of Switzerland Commissioned by Tanja Masanti to compose Jane for two pianos Trombonist with Collegium Novum Zürich (2001-2005) Research into listening dispositions published in the Schweizerische Musikzeitung Artistic Director of Vor und Nach Artistic Director of Wolff Weiter, a concert tour with Christian Wolff Composition Heartbeat performed by Maulwerker at TESLA, Berlin 2004 Commissioned by the Kantorei of the City of Solothurn to compose the work They Can Tell You for choir, two cornetts and two sacbuts Performed on Alfred Zimmerlin’s Or-bit at the ISCM World New Music Days Collaborated on the project Wir suchen überall das unbedingt in the Atelier Christoph Nicolaus, München Curated the Cage Weiter series at the Schlosserei Nenniger in Zürich Conceived and executed the research project Hördispositionen (Listening Dispositions) at the Hochschule Musik und Theater Zürich 2003 Empty : Open commissioned by the Gesellschaft für Literatur, Kunst und Musik Romanshorn Performed with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company Conceived and realized the 21-day project Ears to Hear at the Bellevue See-Promenade in Zürich Collaboration on the project 120 Tage Kunst im Bunker, München Composition Wind (3) performed at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin Compositions October and December premiered by Guy van Dromme in the Kunstraum Düsseldorf 2002 Performed Baroque trombone on the recording Ave Maria with the Vokalensemble München 2001 Performed Manfred Werder’s Stück 1998 in the Galerie Mark Müller Zürich and Stadtbibliothek Aarau Premier of November by Jongah Yoon at the Kunstraum Düsseldorf Premier of Orchard by Tobias Liebezeit and Marcus Kaiser at the Kunstraum Düsseldorf Lines (6) performed by Caspar Glättli at the Gallerie Mark Müller Zürich 2000 Collaborated on Zehnmal Eins / Einmal Zehn (John Cage’s Music for Ten) in the Kunstraum Düsseldorf 1999 Joined the Wandelweiser Composers Ensemble Lines (1) premiered in the Gallerie Mark Müller Zürich Lines (2) premiered by the Singeborgs at the Kunstraum Düsseldorf Presented more than 20 performances of experimental music in self-renovated textile factory in Vernon, Connecticut. 1998 Received the Northwestern School of Music Dean’s Grant to perform and travel in Europe Bachelor of Music, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, magna cum laude Major: trombone (with Frank Crisafulli) Minor: composition (with Michael Pisaro, Amnon Wolman, Alan Stout)