Composer Michaela Eremiášová Visits USU

Composer, singer, songwriter and producer Michaela Eremiášová is coming to Utah State University to premiere a new chamber work that features percussion, piano, trumpet and electronics. The world premiere of the work will incorporate presentations by the composer, assistant professor in the Caine College of the Arts Max Matzen and Mayumi Matzen, recitalist and soloist. Also presenting is Stephanie Maxwell, animator, filmmaker and professor in the School of Film and Animation at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Eremiášová’s new piece Convergence will be performed by Max (trumpet) and Mayumi (piano) Matzen, accompanied by electronics at the Exploring Technology and Music event at 7:30 p.m. in the Caine Performance Hall Sept. 5 on USU’s Logan campus. The concert presentation is free and open to the public.

“We wanted to create an engaging presentation that highlights the historically significant technological advancements that triggered the development of the musical instruments to be used in the performance in their modern form,” Max Matzen said.

Eremiášová’s music has been featured in more than 100 national and international film festivals as well as the Cincinnati Opera & Opera Fusion Workshop, New York City Opera’s VOX Festival, New Music Festival at Bowling Green State University, the Kurt Weill Festival at Berlin’s Sony Center in Germany and many more. She also co-composed and co-produced the orchestral theme for the Toronto Blue Jays and has scored several productions for the Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel Latin America. Eremiášová is also a recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Prize.

Max Matzen has performed with the Eastman Wind Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, the North See, Vienne and Montreaux jazz festivals. He holds a doctor of musical arts and a master of music in trumpet performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music and a bachelor of music in jazz studies from the University of North Florida.

Mayumi Matzen holds a bachelor’s degree in piano performance from Kyoto City University of Arts and a master and doctor of musical arts from the Eastman School of Music. She maintains an active career as a recitalist and soloist at the national and international level.

Exploring Technology and Music is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in room L101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center, call 435-797-8022 or see the college’s Production Services website.

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Writer and Contact: Whitney Schulte, 435-797-9203, whitney.schulte@usu.edu