NEWS
HERMES CAMACHO, composer
September 4, 2008
Selected as a finalist/participant for the 2008 Iron Composer Competition
Omaha, Nebraska.
August 4, 2008
Premiere of Suite Bennington at the Chamber Music Conference of the East
Bennington, Vermont
August 3-10, 2008
Composition Fellow, Chamber Music Conference of the East
Bennington, Vermont
July 7-19, 2008
Faculty, Sacramento Youth Symphony Chamber Music Workshop
Sacramento, California
June 20, 2008
Masterclass lesson with Steve Reich (visiting composer, Music08)
Cincinnati, Ohio
June 15-22, 2008
Performance of Martyr Alone at the Music08 Festival
Cincinnati, Ohio
April 30, 2008
Masterclass with visiting composer, John Adams
University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music
April 14, 2008
Premiere of revised version of Caprices for two flutes
Wet Ink New Music Series
University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music
April 12, 2008
GAMMA-UT performance of Three Pieces for mixed sextet.
University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music
April 1, 2008
Violinist for the premiere of Joshua Keeling's Carnival for string quartet
March 25, 2008
Masterclass with visiting composer, Claude Baker
University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music
March 18, 2008
The University of Texas at Austin School of Music receives a $55 Million donation from
Sarah and Ernest Butler, making it the largest gift to a public music school in the United
States. The school is renamed in their honor.
March 3, 2008
Premiere of Martyr Alone for violin and viola
UT-Austin Wet Ink New Music Series
September 28, 2007
Premiere of Caprices for Two Flutes
Performed and Commissioned by Antares Boyle
Sydney Conservatorium
Sydney, Australia
September 28, 2007
Masterclass with visiting composer Susan Botti, University of Texas at Austin
July 16-22, 2007
Faculty, Sacramento Youth Symphony Chamber Music Workshop
July 9 - 13, 2007
Faculty, Sacramento Youth Symphony Preparatory Program
May 15, 2007 (postponed)
Premiere of Caprices for two flutes
West Recital Hall at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Sydney, Australia
Commissioned by Antares Boyle
Performed by Antares Boyle and Janet McKay
April 19, 2007
Premiere of Three Pieces for mixed sextet
University of Texas at Austin, Wet Ink New Music Series
December 5, 2006
Masterclass with visiting composer Jennifer Higdon, University of Texas School of Music
November 1, 2006
Performance of movement III from Sketches for piano, Beth May performing at Northwest
Vista College in San Antonio.
October 18, 2006
Premiere of Sketches for piano, Beth May performing at the University of Texas School of
Music.
September 26, 2006
Honorable Mention, 2006 SCI/ASCAP Student Commissioning Program.
July 17-23, 2006
Faculty, Sacramento Youth Symphony Chamber Music Workshop
July 10 - 14, 2006
Faculty, Sacramento Youth Symphony Preparatory Program
June 18, 2006
Masterclass with Derek Bermel, Cincinnati, Ohio (Music06)
June 14, 2006
Performance with the Music06 String Quartet.
June 10-18, 2006
Selection and participation at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory Contemporary Music
Festival (Music06).
May 11, 2006
Graduation from the College of Music of the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Master
of Music in composition.
May 6, 2006
Regional Winner, 2006 SCI/ASCAP Student Commissioning Program.
May 5, 2006
Reading session by University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra of Passages for Orchestra
April 2006
Violist for the premiere of Noah Braun's String Quartet No. 7.
November 13, 2005
Performance of A Tale of Samhain takes place at the First Baptist Church of Boulder with the
Boulder Youth Symphony, conducted by Music Director, Paige Vickery.
October 16, 2005
Premiere of Three Movements for Chamber Symphony in Grusin Recital Hall at the University
of Colorado at Boulder, as part of the Pendulum New Music Series, the composer conducting.
September 28, 2005
Performances of Summer Miniatures take place at the Mondavi Center with the University of
California, Davis Summer Symphony, Fawzi Haimor conducting.
August 31, 2005
Named the 2005-2006 Composer-in-Residence with the Boulder Youth Symphony.
July 17, 2005
Summer Miniatures premieres with the Sacramento Youth Symphony Chamber Music
Workshop at Saint Anthony's Church in Sacramento, California, the composer conducting.
July 15, 2005
Jagged Waltz premieres with the Jeunesse Chamber Orchestra of the Sacramento Youth
Symphony Chamber Music Workshop at Eskaton Village in Carmichael California, composer
conducting.
July 11-17, 2005
Week-long chamber music workshop with the Sacramento Youth Symphony, conducting,
coaching, and premiering new works (Summer Miniatures and Jagged Waltz).
February 16, 2005
First movement from Quartet for Strings performed by the Vinca String Quartet for the
February Pendulum New Music Series Concert at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
November 30, 2004
First performance of String Quartet No. 2 "Cold Winter" by the Vinca String Quartet in the
Music Theatre of the University of Colorado at Boulder for a masterclass with Chicago
Symphony Orchestra Composer-in-Residence, Augusta Read Thomas.
September 2004
Performance of Three Days for mixed trio
University of Colorado Pendulum New Music Series
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