Block M Records - New Music On The Block (2008)

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New Music On The Block (2008)
NMOTB

Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 New Music on the Block Competition:

Kevin DeKimpe - Catfish
(School of Music, Theatre & Dance; Performing Arts Technology -Music)

Vicki Huang - The Long-Term Effects of Familiarity
(School of Music, Theatre & Dance; Performing Arts Technology -Music)

Ching-Mei Lin - Fantasy for Alto Saxophone and Marimba
(Rackham Graduate School; Doctor of Musical Arts - Composition)

Stewart Randolph -ITQT
(School of Music, Theatre & Dance; Performing Arts Technology - Music)

Jack Stratton - EZMac
(School of Music, Theatre & Dance; Performing Arts Technology - Media Arts)

William Zuckerman - Current, Deep, and Cool
(School of Music, Theatre & Dance; Composition)

A panel of three judges selected winners representing a variety of musical genres.

Block M Records proudly presents this year's winners in concert at 7 p.m. on Friday, January 9, 2009. This free concert is open to the public and will be presented in the Digital Media Commons Video Studio in the James & Anne Duderstadt Center on the North Campus of the University of Michgian.

Winners will also record their works at the Digital Media Commons Audio Studio in the Duderstadt Center. The recordings will be released on the Block M Records (BMR) label and distributed through the iTunes Music Store. Stay tuned for announcements regarding that release!

Special thanks, again, to this year's judges: Kristin Kuster (Associate Professor of Composition, School of Music, Theatre & Dance); Sid Meier (co-founder of Firaxis Games and creator of Civilization and Pirates!; architectural acoustician); John Storyk (Partner/Co-founder, Walters-Storyk Design Group); John Merlin Williams (Director, The James and Anne Duderstadt Center and Executive Producer, Digital Media Commons).

More information about New Music On The Block (2008) coming soon!

New Music On The Block (2008) is available for purchase from the iTunes Music Store. Previews of all selections are also available in the BlockM Records catalog