Liza White, composer
© Joanna Eldredge Morrissey 2009
News:
Movements of my new work Four Ways... will soon be performed as part of the Little William Theater Festival of New Music at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles! The Little William Theater, which has been established in the coatroom of the museum, accommodates two performers and two audience members at a time. The movements, which can also exist as self-contained pieces, will be interspersed with over 350 other newly composed miniature works in five-minute concerts. The Little William Theater Festival of New Music is curated by Machine Project, artist in residence at the Hammer Museum, and will take place every Saturday from 1-4 PM, beginning on August 7th and running through November.
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.
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. Watch the 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. Dates TBA.
