March 6th, 2008 | 7:30 pmBaisley Powell Elebash Recital HallThe CUNY Graduate Center 365 5th Avenue, NYC A Little Vernacular | Casey Hale
Nicole Camacho, flute Casey Hale is a composer and guitarist. He received his MM from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with Margaret Brouwer and Zhou Long, and his BA from Bard College, where he studied with Joan Tower. He has been commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, Igni Vox Productions, and the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra, and has had additional premieres by the American Symphony Orchestra and the Da Capo Chamber Players. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2002 Jerome Composers Commissioning Program from the American Composers Forum, and has been a resident at the Atlantic Center for the Arts with Lee Hyla, and at the Brevard Music Center with John Beall. As an instrumentalist, he has performed repertoire from the 15th century to the present, playing guitar and lute as a soloist and with ensembles both small and large, including an appearance with the American Symphony Orchestra. He currently lives in New York, where he studies with Tania León while pursuing his doctoral candidacy at the CUNY Graduate Center. |