Erin Gee is an American composer

Composer

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She graduated from the University of Iowa

University of Iowa

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 with a BA and MA in piano and composition, and from University of Music and Dramatic Arts, Graz, with a PhD in music theory in 2007.

With her brother Colin Gee, she performed at the Whitney Museum of Art.

In 2009 to 2010, she was a Radcliffe Institute Fellow, and a resident at the Montalvo Arts Center. In 2010, she is in residence at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart

Stuttgart

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Works

• 2009 SLEEP, premiered Zürich Opera House
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• 2009 "Mouthpiece XIII: Mathilde of Loci Part 1 (voice and orchestra) 8 min.
• 2009 "Mouthpiece XII" (voice and electric chamber ensemble) 7 min.
• 2009 "Mouthpiece XI" (voice and large ensemble) 10 min.
• 2008 "Mouthpiece X" (voice and large ensemble) 17 min.
• 2008 "Sawari Mouthpiece" (koto) 10 min.
• 2008 "Sawari Guchi - the Spinning Mouthpiece" (koto) 7 min.
• 2007 "4 Variations on a Mouthpiece" (piano) 7 min.
• 2007 "Mouthpiece: Segment of the 4th Letter" (Bass Fl, Clar, Viola, Contrabass, Perc) 9 min.
• 2006 "Mouthpiece IX" (voice and orchestra) 16 min.
• 2006 "Mouthpiece IV for Choir" (choir) 6 min.
• 2006 "Mouthpiece VII for Choir" (choir) 4 min.
• 2006 "Yamaguchi Mouthpieces for Choir" (choir) 7 min.
• 2006 "Mouthpiece Topology" (vocal ensemble) 9 min.
• 2005 "Akiguchi Mouthpieces" (solo voice) 15 min.
• 2005 "Yamaguchi Mouthpieces" (solo voice) 9 min.
• 2005 "Mouthpiece VIII" (voice and chamber ensemble) 15 min.
• 2005 "Kunst der Fuge" (Bach/Gee) (chamber orchestra) 4 min.
• 2004 "Mouthpiece VII" (voice and chamber ensemble] 8 min.
• 2004 music for "Dakota" (voice and elec.) 40 min.
• 2004 "Inside the forest, heights become wide" [acc., organ] 4 min.
• 2004 "Mouthpiece VI" (voice and chamber ensemble) 6 min.
• 2004 "Mouthpiece V" (voice and chamber ensemble) 6 min.
• 2004 "Mouthpiece IV" (voice solo) 3 min.
• 2003 "Take a little in a water and put the In on the inside bit" (player piano) 4 min.
• 2003 "Mouthpiece III" (ensemble) 15 min.
• 2002 "Mouthpiece remix" (elect. acoustic) 3.5 min.
• 2002 "Quill.h." (vln,vla) 13 min
• 2002 "Mouthpiece II" (voice solo) 5.5 min.
• 2001 "Das fliegende Untertasse und der sterbende Baum" (percussion solo) 7.5 min.
• 2001 "formmask" (amplified fl, cello) 8 min.
• 2001 "Crim" (elec. acoustic) 3 min.
• 2000 "The left wing of inhale no. 37" (tpt, perc) 6 min.
• 2000 "Mouthpiece I" (voice solo) 2 min.
• 1999/2003 "Sift" (a) (cl., alt. sax., cell) 4 min; (b) (clar, piano, cello) 4 min

Review

Anyone wandering by the Radcliffe Gymnasium on Wednesday (Feb. 17) would have wondered at the sounds emanating from the vaulted hall, and likely stopped to investigate. There they would have found a young woman with a microphone in each hand performing a curious and captivating symphony of sound and song.

External links

• Artist's website