I think of myself, and have been described as, a poet-composer. I sculpt my music akin to how poets create, refine, and polish their poems.
Chicago, IL
Joined July 2023
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New study scores available from @AugustaReadT
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Happy new year and welcome 2025!
Map of Form and Aura as drawn by the composer of Sun Plaits.
Performance information coming shortly.
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With my cherished friends, the extraordinary Duo Diorama: Minghuan Xu, violin and Winston Choi, piano, after their musical, dazzling, eloquent, passionate, and vivid performance of TOFT SERENADE for violin and piano. December 10, 2024 in Chicago, IL.
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Thanks to Clarissa Bevilacqua for a spectacular & nuanced World Premiere of Sun Plaits — Bridges & Links for solo violin on Nov 15, 2024 at the celebratory opening & ribbon cutting ceremony for the University of Chicago’s John W. Boyer Center in Paris, France.
Photo © Brett Walsh
With my friend, superstar cellist Anssi Karttunen in Monaco, October 7, 2024.
Photograph by Samuel Andreyev
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Map of Form and Aura of Solstice Ritual - Homage to Varese and Ravel as drawn by the composer.
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Very special thanks @BroadwayWorld for featuring #RyanTownsendStrand's Dear Mrs. Kennedy with pianist #KarinaKontorovitch @sonolummusic! @LibbyLarsen @AugustaReadT #JenShyu #WillLiverman #TomCipullo & more set letters to Jackie after JFK's assassination.
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Dans « Terpsichore’s Box of Dreams », la compositrice @AugustaReadT nous guide à la découverte de ses créations chatoyantes.
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Chez @NimbusRecords
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Composers @LibbyLarsen, @AugustaReadT, #JenShyu, #WillLiverman, #TomCipullo & more set letters to Jackie after JFK's assassination.
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Pick up or download your copy of Dear Mrs. Kennedy:
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DECEMBER 4, 2024 - Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition in Concert — An evening of music & conversation with Augusta Read Thomas.
For more information and to get tickets click the link below:
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Map of Form and Aura of SUN PLAITS - BRIDGES & Links, for solo violin as drawn by composer.
World premiere of Sun Plaits - Bridges and Links, is being performed by Clarissa Bevilacqua, at the Pavillon Gabriel on the Champs Elysées in Paris this Friday!
STAR BOX, magnificently performed by Connor Butler, Ethan Cowburn Evan Miller & Jacob Parra. Northern Illinois University’s PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE, Nov 10, 2024. Special thanks to Gregory Beyer, Director of Percussion Studies, NIU School of Music
Photo credit: Gregory Beyer
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Now available for pre-order: CHILDREN'S STORIES
Pre-order here: cedillerecords.org/albums/ch…
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OUT TODAY @sonolummusic: #RyanTownsendStrand's brilliant debut solo release, Dear Mrs. Kennedy, with pianist #KarinaKontorovitch. @AugustaReadT #JenShyu #WillLiverman #TomCipullo @LibbyLarsen & more set letters to Jackie after JFK was assassinated in 1963. sonoluminus.com/store/dear-m…
Upcoming performance, 16th November
OH JACQUELINE for tenor and piano. Commissioned by Ryan Townsend. Performed by Ryan Townsend Strand, and Karina Kontorovitch, at the Ravinia Music Festival.
Click on the link below for more information and tickets:
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If you missed it the first time....
Available now on YouTube, Inside the Composer’s Studio with Augusta Read Thomas and Dean Deborah L. Nelson.
Click the link below to watch now:
youtube.com/watch?v=zOdWYAV9…
Photo credit © Anthony Barlich
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*Map of Form*
Galaxy Dances, doodle of energy of the composition.
Performance of DANCING GALAXY (the band version of GALAXY DANCES) is taking place on November 22, 2024 at RNCM Concert Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom.
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