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CSUN Symphony premiering Tanbura Dreams in Los Angeles, December 2012. For more info or to order a score click here.
News
New dates for Edge Ensemble
Three performances in the Netherlands for the Brendan Faegre Edge Ensemble are now confirmed: Zaal100 in Amsterdam, Korzo Theater in The Hague, and Muziekhuis in Utrecht. See events for more details.February 2013
Blog at Third Angle
Third Angle Ensemble has posted Faegre's first blog entry documenting the compositional process of his new work Amplified String Quartet No. 1. Read it here.January 2013
Video for Tanbura Dreams
Video of the premiere of Tanbura Dreams is now available on the Tanbura Dreams page, and is the featured homepage media for Winter 2012.December 2012
Masterclass dates
Faegre will present on his music at several universities/colleges in the Pacific Northwest this March. Check events for more info.December 2012
New commission / Winner of TROMP
Circles: sacrament was chosen as winner of the TROMP Percussion Eindhoven Composition Competition, which results in a commission from November Music for premiere next year.November 2012
New commission / International Finalist in NIIMC
Third Angle Ensemble has commissioned a new work for amplified string quartet as part of being named Finalist in the International category of their New Ideas in Music Competition.October 2012
New commission / LGMF Composer-in-residence
The Lake George Music Festival has asked Faegre to return as their 2013 Composer-in-residence, and will commission a new work in honor of artists Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, who spent many summers in Lake George during the late 1910s and 1920s.October 2012
Circles competing at TROMP
Circles: sacrament has been selected to compete in the TROMP Percussion Eindhoven composition competition this November. Check events for more details.September 2012
Recording of Four Koans
Mastered audio of the world premiere of Four Koans at the Lake George Music Festival last summer is now posted online. Go to the Four Koans page to listen.September 2012
Winner of CSU Northridge Prize
Tanbura Dreams has been awarded the CSU Northridge Composition Prize. The work will be premiered by the CSUN Symphony under the direction of John Roscigno this December. See events for details.July 2012
Performance at Gaudeamus
Circles: sacrament will be performed at the Gaudeamus Muziekweek festival in September. See events for more info.July 2012
Winner with PARMA
The Circular Ruins has been chosen as a winner of the 2012 PARMA Student Composer Competition.May 2012
Blog at hcmf//
The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival has just posted Faegre's first blog entry about working with Icarus Ensemble through the European Composers' Professional Development Programme.May 2012
Premiere
Violist Hannah Levinson and violinist Leah Asher will premiere movement II of Four Koans in May, and perform movements I and III in April. See events for details.March 2012
Winner with BMMF
Circles: sacrament for percussion trio has been selected for the Beijing Modern Music Festival Young Composers Project and will be premiered at this year's festival in May.March 2012