Jessica Rudman Selected as a Omaha Symphony Competition Winner
Ms. Rudman was recently selected as one of four competition winners of the Omaha Symphony's Call for Scores. Her work, Fantasy Variations on a Forgotten Myth, will be workshopped and performed by the Symphony's Chamber Orchestra during their New Music Symposium on April 8- 10, 2008.
Review by Dan Barry of the Hartford Advocate
The December 7, 2007 issue of the Hartford Advocate includes a review of The Hartt School's semi-annual Public Works Concert. Dan Barry writes:
"...Likewise, Jessica Rudman trafficked in questions of the heart, though the pieces from her Suite for Alto Sax, Bass Trombone, Viola, and Cello were less like a story and more like a simulcast. At any one moment, themes of inner turmoil would compete with numbness for airtime, evoking complexity where many of her peers were simply bipolar. Rudman’s rigorous sonic palette was capable of rendering ideas like the joy of transgression and recklessness as a distraction from loneliness. She only previewed the first three pieces of the six-piece suite; I’m looking forward to the second half."
To read the complete article, please visit the Hartford Advocate online.
Upcoming and Recent Performances
APRIL 8 - 10, 2008: Fantasy Variations on a Forgotten Myth will be workshopped and performed at the Omaha Symphony's New Music Symposium. Ms. Rudman was selected as one of four competition winners.
APRIL 5: Trilogy will be premiered by Performance 20/20 at The Hartt School.
APRIL 3, 2008: Tar on Wood will be performed by the Hartford Sound Alliance at the Hartford Art School.
APRIL 1, 2008: The Somnabulist, featuring a score by Jessica Rudman will be shown at the Hartford Art School.
MAR. 27, 2007: Two Poems for Women's Chorus and Napoleon Complex will be performed at the Greater Hartford Annual Women Composers Festival.
MAR. 26, 2007: Tar on Wood will be premiered by the Hartford Sound Alliance at the Greater Hartford Annual Women Composers Festival.
FEB. 9, 2008: Between Memory and Dream was performed by Joe'Daleo and Dan Mumbauer at the Hartt-Dartmouth Exchange Concert in Hanover, NH.
NOV. 17, 2007: An Evening of New Music by Jessica Rudman was presented in West Hartford, CT. The concert featured works from 2005 - 2007.
JUNE 16, 2007: Unfinished Love Songs was performed by Joe'Daleo and Dan Mumbauer at the Hartt-Dartmouth Exchange Concert in Hanover, NH.
MAR. 17, 2007: Times of Speaking and Silence was performed by the East Coast Composers Ensemble at the Nevada Encounters of New Music Festival in Las Vegas.
FEB. 13, 2007: Eternity Falls From My Feet was premiered by the Talujon Percussion Ensemble.
NOV. 29, 2006: Prelude, Sarabande, and Shanty from Suite from Alto Saxophone, Bass Trombone, Viola, and Cello were performed by the Miklos Quartet at The Hartt School in Connecticut.
NOV. 10 - 11, 2006: Sarabande from Suite from Alto Saxophone, Bass Trombone, Viola, and Cello was performed by the Miklos Quartet in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
JULY 9, 2006: Times of Speaking and Silence was premiered at the Ernest Bloch Music Festival in Newport, OR.
JUNE 3, 2006: Does the Forest Dance at Night was premiered by The Hartt School Suzuki Guitar Orchestra.
APRIL 21 - 23, 2006: In Dark Places, Light for wind ensemble was premiered with choreography by Alicia Rezendes. Click to Listen!
