Liza White, composer
© Joanna Eldredge Morrissey 2009
News:
From May 24th - June 13th, I was in residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts! The VCCA is a working retreat for visual artists, writers, and composers located at Mt. San Angelo, Virginia. I got a great start on a new piece for tenor saxophone and electronic percussion (still untitled), and I met wonderful, inspiring people and had an amazing time.
Movements of my new work-in-progress Four Ways... will be performed in August - November in collaboration with the Machine Project, artist in residence at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles! The movements, which can also exist as self-contained pieces, will be interspersed with other newly composed miniature works in five-minute concerts for exclusive audiences of two people at a time in the museum's Little William Theatre.
On April 21st, my piece Babylon for trumpet and drum set was performed at Hertz Hall on the UC Berkeley Noon Concert series. The piece incorporates theatrical elements and influences from hip hop music. Check back soon for a video on the Music page!
I recently won the 2009 Margaret Blackburn Biennial Composition Competition! The competition is for female student composers, with a prize of $1000 awarded by the Pittsburgh Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota.
Watch for news of performances of my brand new piece Ballad of the Mean Angry Jazz Hater Monster! this fall, as part of Danny Holt's piano and percussion project, in California and on the east coast. Dates TBA.
