2/28/08: The concert calendar has been updated with lots of news of upcoming performances...
9/24/07: NEWSFLASH: Curtis K. Hughes has been appointed composer-in-residence with the Radius Ensemble for 2007-08, and will be composing a new work for Radius to be premiered in May. Meanwhile, the concert season is starting off with performances in Boston and NYC of "danger garden" featuring the extraordninary Firebird Ensemble. Finally, a new little treat has been added to the audio page of this website: "lesson plan," a short composition dedicated to composer Lee Hyla, as performed live by the amazing Amy Advocat on bass clarinet.
4/17/07: Check the concert calendar for lots of news about recent and upcoming performances, including 2 premieres.
12/12/06: The website has been updated with a brand new links page and updates to the concert calendar. Also, check out these reviews of 2 recent performances: "danger garden" in New Music Connoisseur and The Beck Journals Vol. 2" at Sequenza 21.
9/27/06: Don't miss the October 7 New York Premiere of "The Beck Journals, Vol. 2," featuring the Firebird Ensemble. Check the concert calendar for details.
3/30/06: Check out the review in today's Boston Globe of the premiere of "danger garden," which featured Collage New Music.
3/16/06: Catch two world premieres this Spring, featuring Collage New Music and the Firebird Ensemble, as well as a performance by the Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble. Visit the concert calendar for complete information.
11/26/05: News Update: Curtis K. Hughes's Quartet for Saxophones (1999) has just been released on the Third Rail Saxophone Quartet's Debut CD, "Danger." Also, the recent collaborative concert "National Insecurity II" is the subject of an eloquent article in New Music Box by composer Julia Werntz.
10/18/05: NEWSFLASH: Curtis K. Hughes has been appointed the 2005-06 Composer in Residence with Collage New Music, whose season begins on 10/31. Also, on November 13, Curtis K. Hughes and David T. Little present "National Insecurity II," the second annual program of all political music by contemporary American composers at MIT. For complete details on these and other events, visit the concert calendar. In other news, a major new orchestral work, Symphony (in 3 movements), has recently been completed. (See the works page for an updated list of all compositions by Curtis K. Hughes.)
6/28/05: NEWSFLASH: Curtis K. Hughes has recently received the 2005 ASCAP Foundation Leonard Bernstein Composer Fellowship at the Tanglewood Music Center and a 2005 St. Botolph Club Foundation Grant-in-Aid Award. This summer, check out concerts in June and July at Tanglewood (including premieres of "The Beck Journals, Vol. 1" - 6/30 and "Minority Whip" - 7/30) and at the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival in Vermont. For complete details, visit the concert calendar.
3/25/05: This month, the site has updates to the concert calendar, the bio, the list of works, AND a new MP3 to listen to: "Un Cauchemar Fievreux" (1995) for strings, posted in celebration of the 10 year anniversary of its composition. (Visit the audio page to download.) Also this month, on newsstands only, you can find a nice brief review in the March issue of The Wire of the CD AVOIDANCE TACTICS.
1/12/05: The site has been updated with upcoming concert dates, including performances of "Two-Faced" and "narrative x." For complete details, visit the concert calendar. Also, there is a new review posted online on New Music Connoisseur of a performance last year of "Insult to Injury," and a new MP3 to listen to: "Myopia 2" for 12 saxophones. (Visit the audio page to download.)
10/24/04: Check out the concert calendar for info about the upcoming post-election performance of "Insult to Injury," and a panel discussion on Microtonal Music.
8/6/04: NEWSFLASH: The music of Curtis K. Hughes and other young Americans is featured this month as part of the 100th program of Art of the States, an internationally distributed radio program produced by WGBH. The program features a previously unreleased LIVE performance (2001) of AVOIDANCE TACTICS #1 by the incomparable Sarah Bob and Aaron Trant (a.k.a. Primary Duo). Streaming audio of the entire performance can be heard at the Art of the States website.
5/21/04: Check out the new review of the CD "AVOIDANCE TACTICS" at New Music Box.
4/03/04: ANNOUNCING "NATIONAL INSECURITY": On May 15, Curtis K. Hughes and David T. Little present a special program of all political music at MIT, featuring performances of "National Insecurity" and "Insult to Injury." Coming up even sooner, catch the world premiere of AVOIDANCE TACTICS #2, and a special performance of AVOIDANCE TACTICS #1 (electronic version)! Get all the info at the updated concert calendar.
3/03/04: NEWSFLASH: On March 9, "Myopia 2," a brand new work for 12 saxophones by Curtis K. Hughes, is to be the featured premiere on the upcoming centennial festival for Boston's Jordan Hall. For complete details, visit the concert calendar. Meanwhile, in other recent updates to this website, you can find newly uploaded program notes for recent compositions, including "Myopia 2," "Insult to Injury," "Two-Faced," and "National Insecurity."
1/15/04: Happy New Year! Coming up, don't miss the premiere performance of "Insult to Injury," which is hot off the press. You can hear it on February 1 in Brookline, MA, or on February 7 at the Radius Ensemble concert in Cambridge, MA. where Curtis will be giving a pre-concert talk. Check out the concert calendar for more information. Please note, meanwhile, that the January 22 performance of "Two-Faced" has been cancelled, although the concert is still highly recommended!
11/6/03: You can't avoid it any longer — AVOIDANCE TACTICS is here. Order your copy right now!
10/31/03: The premier of the site redesign is here, just in time for the release of the forthcoming CD. Here's a preview of the cover design:
Tracks include "Quartet for Saxophones," "Salt In the Wound," "Myopia 1," "AVOIDANCE TACTICS #1," and "String Quartet." Copies will be on sale right here on this website by approximately November 6! Meanwhile, catch the world premiere of the brand new composition "Two-Faced," at the November 6th concert.
7/23/03: After a brief hiatus due to a change in hosting, this page has been updated. In just a few weeks, the forthcoming CD of chamber music by Curtis Hughes, "Avoidance Tactics," (Cauchemar Records 001) will be available. Meanwhile, 3 new MP3s are available from the audio page.
6/1/03: Recent events have included the premieres of new works including "Get Happy," "Narrative X," and "National Insecurity," as well as the NYC premiere of "AVOIDANCE TACTICS #1" which received a positive review in the New York Times.
