[email protected] | www.ashleyfure.net | (b. 1982, USA)
Harvard University – Cambridge, Massachusetts
PhD Candidate in Music Composition, Expected Completion May 2013Cursus 2, October 2010 – June 2011 Cursus 1, September 2008 – April 2009
Harvard University – Cambridge, Massachusetts
Master of Arts in Music Composition with Distinction, June 2006 Bachelor of Music in Composition, June 2004
Interlochen Arts Academy – Interlochen, Michigan
Diploma in Music Composition, June 2000
Kranichsteiner Stipendienpreis, Soma, Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music, 2012
Staubach Honorariumfor the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music, 2011
Cité Internationale des Arts 6-MonthFellowship, Paris, France, 2011
NPR Music “100 Composers under 40” Featured Composer, WQXR, New York 2011
Adelbert W. Sprague Prize, Aperture/Iris, 2010
Akademie Schloss Solitude 10-Month Fellowship, Stuttgart, Germany, 2009
National Endowment for the Arts Commission Grant for Cyan, 2008
ISCM World Music Days Young Composers Prize Finalist, Blush, 2008
U.S. Nominee, Susurrus, World Music Days, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2008
Oscar Schafer Grant for Distinguished Teaching, Harvard University, 2008
John Knowles Paine Fellowship (6), Harvard University, 2005 - 2010
Derek C. Bok Teaching Award (6), Harvard University, 2006 - 2010
SCI/ASCAP Student Competition Prize, Susurrus, 2008
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George Arthur Knight Prize, Susurrus, 2007
IAWM Pauline Oliveros Prize, Susurrus, 2007
"Masterwork of the New Era," ERM Media, Susurrus, 2007
National Public Radio’s Saint Paul Sunday features Inescapable, 2007
Blodgett Composition Prize, Shrapnel, 2006
Oberlin Conservatory Grand Prize in Composition, 2004
New Work | for Large Ensemble and Live Electronics | 2014
Commissioned by the Kranichsteiner Stipendienpreis for the 2014 Darmstadt Summer Vapor | Electroacoustic Ballet created with Yuval Pick | 2014
Commissioned by IRCAM for the 2014 Manifeste Festival in Paris, FranceSoma | for Ensemble (6 Players) | 2012
Commissioned for Curious Chamber Players by the Staubach Honorarium for the 2012 Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music Veer | Multimedia Installation created with Adam Fure | 2012
Commissioned by Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, Germany Therefore I Was | for Cello, Piano, and Percussion | 2012
Commissioned by the Jezek Prize for Talea Ensemble in New York, New York Hover | Multimedia Installation created with Adam Fure | 2012
Premiered at Gallery Project in Ann Arbor, Michigan Tripwire | Multimedia Installation created with Jean-Michel Albert | 2011
Premiered at the Agora Festival in Paris, France Pull | for Electric Guitar and Percussion | 2010
Premiered by Ensemble Nikel at the Tzlil Meudcan Festival in Tel Aviv, Israel Aperture/Iris | for Ensemble (9 Players) | 2010
Commissioned by Calithumpian Consort in Boston, Massachusetts Commissioned by the Marquette Symphony Orchestra in Marquette, Michigan Wire & Wool | for Cello and Electronics | 2009
Premiered by Florent Maigrot in Paris, France Névé | for Oil Drum and Instruments (8 Players) | 2008
Premiered by White Rabbit in Cambridge, Massachusetts Blush | for Large Ensemble and Electronics (17 Players) | 2007
Commissioned by the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble in Oberlin, OH Ashley Fure | Curriculum Vitae | Page 2 of 5 Susurrus | for Flute, Violin, Cello, Percussion, and Electronics | 2006
Commissioned by eighth blackbird for the Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival Drips of Hiss | for String Quartet | 2006
Premiered by the Arditti Quartet in Cambridge, Massachusetts Steamed | for Soprano and Live Electronics | 2005Premiered by Hannah Lash in Cambridge, Massachusetts Spines | for Large Ensemble (13 Players) | 2005Premiered by l’Orchestre National de Lorraine at the Acanthes Festival in Metz, France Inescapable | for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, and Percussion | 2005
Commissioned by eighth blackbird in Chicago, Illinois Work with the Bones | for Violin Solo | 2004
Commissioned by Aimee Weiss in New York, New York Shrapnel | for String Quartet | 2004
Premiered by the Jasper Quartet in Oberlin, OhioClay Teeth | for Chamber Orchestra | 2004
Premiered by the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble in Oberlin, OhioTripwire, L’Osopshère, Strasbourg, France, December 2012
Soma, Curious Chamber Players, Darmstadt, Germany, July 2012
Susurrus, Walden School Players, July 2012
Veer, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, June 2012
Wire & Wool, Severine Ballon, Stuttgart, Germany, June 2012
Tripwire, Montréal Biennale Numérique, Montreal, Canada, April 2012
Therefore I Was, Talea Ensemble, New York, New York, March 2012
Hover, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 2012
Wire & Wool, Kivie Cahn-Liphman, Northampton, Massachusetts, March 2012
Wire & Wool, Kivie Cahn-Liphman, Oberlin, Ohio, February 2012
Tripwire, Stereolux Festival, Nantes, France in January 2012
Tripwire, Nemo Festival, Paris, France, September 2011
Tripwire, Nuit Blanche, Paris, France, September 2011
Tripwire, Panorama, Tourcoing, France, June 2011
Tripwire, Agora Festival, Paris, France, June 2011Pull, Ensemble Nikel, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 2010Aperture/Iris, Calithumpian Consort, Boston, Massachusetts, April 2010Ashley Fure | Curriculum Vitae | Page 3 of 5 Wire & Wool, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 2009Susurrus, Echoi, San Diego, California, May 2009
Susurrus, Marquette Symphony Orchestra, Marquette, Michigan, April 2009
Lakewater (1999), Marquette Symphony Orchestra, Marquette, Michigan, April 2009
Cyan, Marquette Symphony Orchestra, Marquette, Michigan, April 2009
Wire & Wool, Florent Maigrot, Paris, France, March 2009
Blush, Lithuanian State Orchestra, Vilnius, Lithuania, October 2008
Névé, UCSD Performer’s Union, San Diego, California, June 2008
Blush, White Rabbit, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 2008
Susurrus, Echoi, Buffalo, New York, April 2008
Susurrus, White Rabbit, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 2008
Susurrus, Siren Ensemble, Göteborg, Sweden, March 2008
Névé, White Rabbit, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 2008
Susurrus, Ensemble SurPlus, Stuttgart, Germany, July 2007
Blush, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Oberlin, Ohio, April 2007
Donaueschinger Musiktage Off-Programme, Donaueschinger, Germany 2012
Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music, Darmstadt, Germany, 2012
Biennale Internationale d’Art Numérique, Montreal, Canada, 2012
Stereolux Festival, Nantes, France, 2012
Panorama Festival, Tourcouing, France 2011
Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music, 2010
Tzlil Meudcan New Music Course, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2010
World Music Days, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2008
Siren Festival, Göteborg, Sweden, March 2008
Akademie Schloss Solitude Summer Academy, Stuttgart, Germany, 2007
Third-Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, Richmond, Virginia, 2006
Acanthes Music Festival, Metz, France, 2005
Midwest Composers Symposium, Oberlin, Ohio, 2003
Midwest Composers Symposium, Champagne, Illinois, 2002
American Academy in Fontainebleau, France, 2002
Ashley Fure | Curriculum Vitae | Page 4 of 5 Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Composition, January 2012 - May 2012
o Upper-division seminar: designed syllabus, lectures, and assignments
o Taught 12 Students weekly; supervised recitals and studio class
Harvard University – Cambridge, Massachusetts
o Introduction to Western Music from Beethoven to the Present
o Advanced Music Theory o Music and Politics
o Explored links between political philosophy and compositional practice
o Historical analysis of 5 major premieres in the Western canon
o Introduction to Music Composition o Introduction to Music Theory
SOFTWARE: Max/MSP/Jitter, Protools, Audiosculpt, Open Music, Finale
LANGUAGES: English (native), French (fluent)
Chaya Czernowin, Lewis Nielson, Steven Takasugi, Brian Ferneyhough, Helmut
Lachenmann, Hans Tutscku, Harrison Birtwistle, Julian Anderson, Joshua Fineberg, Bernard
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