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APRIL 14 - MAY 4, 2008

Application Deadline: January 18, 2008

DAVID LANG, composer

DAVID LANG, composer"There is no name yet for this kind of music," writesLos Angeles Timesmusic critic Mark Swed, but audiences around the globe are hearing more and more of David Lang's work: in performances by the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Santa Fe Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, and the Kronos Quartet, at Tanglewood, the BBC Proms, The Munich Biennale, the Settembre Musica Festival, the Sidney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival and the Almeida, Holland, Berlin and Strasbourg Festivals, and in the choreography of Edouard Lock and La La La Human Steps, Twyla Tharp, the Paris Opera Ballet, The Nederlands Dans Theater and the Royal Ballet.

Recent projects include monumental musical environments like the dark and meditative amplified orchestra piece The Passing MeasuresWriting on Water for the London Sinfonietta, with visuals by English filmmaker Peter Greenaway; Shelter for trio medaeival and musikFabrik, with co-composers Michael Gordon and Julia Wolfe; The Difficulty of Crossing a Field - an opera for the Kronos Quartet; Grind to a Halt for the San Francisco Symphony; World to Come, a commission for cellist Maya Beiser from Carnegie Hall, and loud love songs, a concerto for the percussionist Evelyn Glennie and orchestra. Upcoming works include a collaboration with visual artist Mark Dion and Ridge Theater Company on an opera, entitled Anatomy Theater, and an opera with Paul Hiller and Theater of Voices that will premiere in Carnegie Hall in the fall of 2007. His most recent CD is ELEVATED (Cantaloupe) - it comes with a DVD of Lang's collaborations with visual artists William Wegman, Bill Morrison and Matt Mullican. The CD recording of THE PASSING MEASURES (Cantaloupe) was named one of the best CD's of 2001 by The New Yorker magazine. Other CDs include the introspective chamber work CHILD (Cantaloupe) and other works on Sony Classical, BMG, Point, Chandos, Argo/Decca, Caprice, CRI and Cantaloupe labels.

* For more information on David Lang, please visit www.schirmer.com and www.bangonacan.org

RESIDENCY STATEMENT

I am looking for a wide range of curious Associate Artists. Throughout the three week residency at ACA we will listen to music, talk about music, eat, sleep and drink music, and then we will all go to the beach.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants should submit two or three recent pieces, along with scores if you think I need them. I would also like to see a bio/resume, and letter of intent.

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