Stephen Rush: Composer, Artist, Professor
here’s the PIECE: January 16 at Hill Auditorium- University of Michigan/ MLK Day Symposium featuring singers Scott Piper and Daniel Washington; NICE ARTICLE HERE PLUS ADDRESS FOR THE WEBCAST is mlksymposium.umich.edu “Black Pilgrims” is a depiction of a fictional dialogue between Malcolm X and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – set to Hiphop beats …
MY MLK/MARTIN mini-opera called “Black Pilgrims” Read More »
how does it work? A remote control boat on a pond – loaded with a “burner phone” – sends bluetooth GPS signals to land, the coordinates are mapped into names of freedmen/freedwomen from the Underground Railroad – through Ann Arbor and Detroit – along with names of stationmasters of the U.R., and “slave songs” (Songs …
Pond Music XVIII- “Sojourner Pond Music”- Oct. 24-28; 12-7p; free; all ages and people Read More »
Long awaited, after 4 postponements – my Fluxkit (!) Opera, Iceguys: a Vaudeville Singspiel based on the one US person aboard Shackleton’s Endurance. It’s an all-age crazy fun time – donations accepted but free – 4pm at the Neutral Zone in Ann Arbor. Come One Come All! poster with Details below:
The work’s text is from the Taittiriya Upanishad which is a celebration and virtually incomprehensible discourse on the nature of Joy. The idea? Joy as you may perceive it, is too SMALL. Keep thinking bigger. NOW – thing Bigger. Loads of fun. Lovely Performance under the baton of the amazing Jared Anderson with the Michigan …
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My Performance HERE:
Electronic, jazz, opera, chamber and symphonic music, spoken word) STEPHEN RUSH – Discography Electronic: Crystal Mooncone – psychedelic electronic music • Listening Music for the Age of the Crystal Moon Cone Get it HERE for 15$ • Pauline Oliveros and the Digital Music Ensemble Get it HERE: • Go Blue – Digital Music Ensemble with …
Rush is a renowned composer, educator and scholar and a Distinguish Professor of Music at the University of Michigan. He has taught in the departments of music composition, theory, dance, technology, music education and jazz. He receieved the Teaching Innovation Prize for the coordination of the “Creative Process Course,” taught to over 600 students, and …
“Chamber Music of Stephen Rush” out on Albany Records; YouTube Playback here Review: “Stephen Rush is an eclectic composer, just as comfortable with jazz idioms as with experimental music in the realm of Pauline Oliveros. All of the works on this release involve winds, often in unexpected combinations. The most unexpected of these is “Whirlwind,” …
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