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1938 Lewis Mtn Rd.

Charlottesville, VA

22903-2451

jshatin@me.com

http://www.judithshatin.com

Judith Shatin’s music “…allows the imagination to have a field day…” according to The New Music Connoisseur. Twice a fellow at the Rockefeller Center in Bellagio, she has received four NEA fellowships and grants from the American Music Center, Meet the Composer, the New Jersey State Arts Council, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Her music was the subject of a two-season retrospective, sponsored by the Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Arts Partners program. That project culminated with her evening-length folk oratorio, Coal, for which she wrote her own libretto and harvested sounds in Eaglesnest coal mine in Twilight, West Virginia. Shatin is drawn to timbral and structural exploration, and often combines acoustic and digital elements. The results can be heard in Elijah’s Chariot, for string quartet and electronics, commissioned and toured world-wide by the Kronos Quartet; or in For the Birds for amplified cello and electronics made from birdsong. Shatin also develops interactive technologies, as in Tree Music (2003), for interactive computer music installation; Sea of Reeds for amplified clarinet with PVC tubing and live electronics, toured extensively by clarinetist F. Gerard Errante; and Kairos for flute and live electronics, performed by Patricia Spencer at the Beijing International Computer Music Conference. Her lighthearted piece, The Wendigo, commissioned by the San Francisco Girls Chorus and scored for treble chorus and electronics, was performed at the World Music Days in Slovenia in 2003. Some recent pieces, such as Singing the Blue Ridge, for mezzo, baritone, orchestra and electronics made from wild animal sounds, have focused on the environment. Singing the Blue Ridge was commissioned by Wintergreen Performing Arts through Americans for the Arts for a major project, Preserving the Rural Soundscape. Shatin led sound walks, gave improvisation classes, and worked with local civic groups, using art to create civic dialogue. Music for acoustic ensembles continues to hold an important place in Shatin’s oeuvre. Recent pieces include The Jabberwocky (TTBB, 2006), commissioned by the Virginia Glee Club; Clave (fl, cl, sax, vln, vla, vc, pno, perc, 2005), commissioned by the newEar Ensemble; Amulet (treble chorus, 2003), premiered by the New York Treble Singers; and Run (piano quartet, 2001), commissioned by the Currents Ensemble. Shatin has also been commissioned by groups such as the Ash Lawn Opera, Barlow Foundation, Chamber Music Conference of the East, Core Ensemble, Kronos Quartet, National Symphony, Jane Franklin Dance, Monticello Trio and the University of Virginia. She has also served as faculty at the Chamber Music Conference of the East and the Wellesley Composers Conference. Shatin’s music is in demand internationally, with performances ranging from the World Music Days in Slovenia, to a recent tour of her Fledermaus Fantasy in Japan, and premieres in Denmark and Russia. Her music is frequently featured at such as the Aspen, Grand Teton, Autumn Warsaw, West Cork and many others. Recent CD’s include Piping the Earth on the Capstone label (CPS-8727) and Dreamtigers on Innova (innova 613). Residencies include La Cité des Arts, Bramshaus, Mishkan Amanim, MacDowell, Virginia Center for the Arts and Yaddo. Her music is performed worldwide, with upcoming performances in Denmark, Mexico and Russia as well as numerous venues in the U.S. An advocate for contemporary music, Shatin has served as President of American Women Composers, on the boards of the League of Composers/ISCM and of the American Composers Alliance and currently serves as a member of the advisory board of the International Alliance for Women in Music. Educated at Douglass College (AB, Phi Beta Kappa), The Juilliard School (MM, Abraham Ellstein Prize) and Princeton University (PhD), She is currently William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor and Director of the Virginia Center for Computer Music at the University of Virginia. For more information, visit www.judithshatin.com. –JS

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Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Follies and fancies : a chamber opera in one act	Opera/Theater		01:00:00
Spin	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		01:31:01
The Janus Quartet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
Wind Songs	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
Meridians	Solo instrument, non-keyboard		00:00:00
Fasting Heart	Solo instrument, non-keyboard		00:00:00
Gabriel's Wing	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		01:31:01
Three Summers Heat	Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources		00:00:00
Ruah	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
Wedding Song	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble		00:00:00
Sister Thou Wast Mild and Lovely	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble		00:00:00
Ignoto Numine	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
Secret Ground	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
Time To Burn	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2006	00:09:18
Teruah	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2006	00:08:00
The Jabberwocky	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2006	00:05:30
Teruah	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2006	00:08:00
For The Birds	Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources	2005	00:14:00
Clave	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2005	00:11:00
Three Summers Heat	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2005	00:19:00
Cherry Blossom And A Wrapped Thing; After Hokusai	Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources	2004	00:08:00
Penelope's Song	Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources	2003	00:09:30
Fledermaus Fantasy	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2003	00:19:00
Singing the Blue Ridge	Orchestra	2002	00:14:30
Run	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2001	00:08:30
Grito Del Corazón	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2001	00:05:11
Alleluia	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2001	00:04:00
Fledermaus Fantasy	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:19:00
Ockeghem Variations	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:21:00
Shapirit Y'fehfiah (Beautiflu Dragonfly	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1999	00:00:04
Songs Of War And Peace	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1998	00:16:00
Fantasìa Sobre El Flamenc	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1998	00:09:45
Elijah's Chariot	Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources	1996	00:19:42
Dreamtigers	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1996	00:13:46
Hearing The Call	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1995	00:02:00
Adonai Ro'i	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1995	00:02:32
Chai Variations	Keyboard	1995	00:21:01
'tis A Gift To Be Simple	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1993	00:02:30
Stringing The Bow	Orchestra	1991	00:15:00
Hark My Love	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1991	00:04:00
Piping The Earth	Orchestra	1990	00:08:48
Doxa	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1989	00:06:06
Etude Et Coeur, L	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1987	00:06:00
Marvelous Pursuits	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1987	00:18:00
View From Mt. Nebo	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1986	00:15:00
Werther	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1986	00:09:00
Icarus	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1985	00:00:00
Ruah	Orchestra	1985	00:23:00
Glyph	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1984	00:17:00
Passion according to Saint Cecilia	Orchestra	1984	00:00:00
Follies and fancies	Opera/Theater	1983	01:00:00
Widdershins	Keyboard	1983	00:08:30
Akhmatova Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1982	00:09:00
Study In Black	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1981	00:04:10
Sursum Corda	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1981	00:08:00
Gazebo Music	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1981	00:06:00
Nightshades	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1979	00:00:00