Nico Muhly

Nico Muhly is a composer born in Vermont in 1981 and currently living in Chinatown in New York City. A graduate of Columbia University and The Juilliard School with undergraduate degrees in English and Music Composition, Muhly studied under John Corigliano and Christopher Rouse. He has also worked alongside Björk in collaboration in the DVD single Oceania in 2004 and Philip Glass as an editor, conductor, and keyboardist.

In 2006 he released his first album of works entitled Speaks Volumes.

Projects

Choral

• First Service (2004)
• A Good Understanding (2005)
• Bright Mass With Canons (2005)
• Expecting the Main Things from You (2005)
• I Cannot Attain Unto It (2005)
• The Sweets of Evening (2006)
• Syllables (2007)

Film

• (2006) Choking Man
• (2008) Joshua
• (2006) Wonder Showzen

Incidental

• (2005) Iphegenia at Aulis (”Gweek Project”)

Orchestra

• (2001–2002) Fits & Bursts
• (2003) Out of the Loop
• (2004) So to Speak
• (2006) It Remains to be Seen
• (2007) Wish You Were Here
• (2007) Seeing is Believing

Percussion

• (2002) Beaming Music
• (2003) Time After Time
• (2004) It’s About Time
• (2005) Pillaging Music
• (2005) Ta & Clap

Piano

• (2003) Three Études for Piano
• (2005) A Hudson Cycle
• (2005) Pillaging Music

Small Ensemble

• (2003) Time After Time
• (2003) Clear Music
• (2003) Duet No 1: Chorale Pointing Downwards
• (2004) By All Means
• (2006) How About Now

Solo

• (2002) Honest Music
• (2002) Radiant Music
• (2004) It’s About Time
• (2005) Keep in Touch
• (2005) Pillaging Music
• (2005) It Goes Without Saying

Voice

• (2007) The Only Tune

Arrangements and Orchestrations

• (2007) Miserere Mei (orchestration of William Byrd's Miserere Mei)
• (2007) Deus and Bow Thine Ear (orchestration of William Byrd's Deus and Bow Thine Ear)

Recordings

• 2007 - Speaks Volumes by various artists (Bedroom Community B000KCHW2W) (Includes Clear Music; It Goes Without Saying; Honest Music; Quiet Music; Pillaging Music; A Hudson Cycle and Keep In Touch)
• 2008 - Joshua (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by various artists (Moviescore Media)

Sources

• Tim Page, 'High Scorer', Smithsonian Magazine, October 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2008
• Andy Beta, 'Of Transgendered Violas and Transatlanic Collaborators', City Pages, Issue: September 26, 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2008.
• Rebecca Mead, 'Eerily Composed: Nico Muhly’s sonic magic', The New Yorker, February 11, 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2008
• Molly Sheridan, 'Composer on Fire: Defining Nico Muhly' (includes video), NewMusicBox, March 1, 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2008
• Nico Muhly, 'Choral sex', The Guardian, April 27, 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2008
• Nico Muhly, 'Walls come tumbling down', The Guardian, October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2008
• List of published scores, Chester Music and Novello & Company. Retrieved 2 March 2008.

External link

• Official website