The Music of Karl Korte

Some recent and upcoming events
Summer 2010: Release on Centaur Records of:
"The Guitar Music of Karl Korte" Duo46 with guest artist
            Evocations: 1: Te maori ; 2: Aki ; 3: Cyrpus (2004)
             Two Makams: 1: Fast; 2: slow (2003)
            Virtual Voices (with digital accompaniment) (2007)

March 7, 2009:St. Peter's Church, NYC
Premiere of "Home to Roost"
             Songs on texts by Poet Laureate Kay Ryan 
             Commissioned by the Gregg Smith Singers
July 18-24, 2008: Pavia, Italy SoundScape Festival
                         Artist in Residence 
              Premiere of "Virtual Voices"for guitar, violin and digital sound
                        Commissioned by Duo46

June 25, 2008: Greenwich House Music school 46 Barrow St, 8 pm
DOWNTOWN ENSEMBLE presents:
                    Karl Korte's "Birds of Aotearoa"
May 30, 2008:St. Peters Church, NYC
Second International Festival of Women and Girls Voices
          Premiere of “The Time Is…” (treble voices, piano and digital sound)
               Composed in celebration of the New York Treble Singer’s 
         Director, Virginia Davidson and the composer’s 80th Birthdays
February 20, 2007: Florida State University: performance of "Evocations" for violin, guitar, and cello with cellist Evan Jones.

February 12, 2007: Birmingham-Southern College:  North American                             Premiere of "Evocations" for violin, guitar, and cello commissioned by Duo46                             with cellist Craig Hultgren.

October 23, 2006:
               "The Time Is:" performance by Robert Page and the Carnegie Mellon
                                         Choir, Pittsburg, PA.

July 14 & 15, 2006:
              Premiere of"The Time Is:"  a new work for chorus, piano and strings commissioned               by Music from Salem for their 20th Anniversary, Hubbard Hall, Cambridge, NY July 15.                   Based upon two texts by Eve Merriam and texts adapted from American Revolutionary War               sources, a folk song from the Civil War, the Women's Sufferage Movement, and a poem by               a young student (2006). Performed by the Salem Festival Choir, directed by Richard Butler                 and instrunentalists from the 2006 Music from Salem group. 


Oct. 8 - OCT. 15, 2004: New Choral Music:
Korte was in residence at Eastern Mediterrranean University at Gazimagusa, Turkey for concerts of his music, lectures and the premiere of commissioned works for guitar, violin and cello. Commissioned byDuo46:
              MAKAM(dances), for violin & guitar
              TRIO(Travelogues), violin, guitar & cello.[I. Cyprus, II. Te Maori, III. Aki]

2004. New Choral Music:
          Premiered in NYC -SHIKI(the seasons), for SATB (or SSA) chorus with                   soloists and a digital accompaniment (on CD) created from the sounds of the            human voice, the koto, other Japanese percussion and the wind. Texts drawn from      Japanese haiku nature poetry celebrating the seasons.Haru- Spring,Natsu-                                     Summer,Aki- Autumn,Fyeu- Winter

"a magnificant work." - Gregg Smith

Total performance time about 28 minutes.  Movements may be separately performed. Scores (SATB or SSA) and CD's with both practice and performance versions available from the composer.