composer, pianist, music educator
The year 2022 is coming to a close, and I'm grateful that things are just happening. Period. There was a time years ago when I thought, "This is it. No opportunities lay ahead next year, no one else wants to work with me. I have nothing more to say. I'm done." I unofficially went into [...]
It always takes some time before I post updates about what's currently on right now. Things have been rather hectic since the past 9-10 months, and this is quite unprecedented in my composer life. I guess change is happening—I think of writer Eva Hoffman who, upon having culture shock over the Krakow she knew decades [...]
I am very privileged to write about two things among the latest updates in my work. First things first. It has been official—New Music Concerts launched its inaugural composer-in-residence program, and I feel very honoured to be their first composer resident for 2022. I am commissioned to write two works: one for a flute octet [...]
Photography: Prince Requino Since focusing on Grumpy Kitty Boy, I'm now navigating an entirely different world that requires building project timelines; doing more admin work for my artistic life; writing grants (since I'm now eligible to do so as a new Permanent Resident of Canada--maybe this should warrant a different blog entry sometime in the [...]
The past weeks had been a tough time for many of our communities. Since the outrage over George Floyd's unjust death, the Earth's rotation suddenly went fast like a blur. A massive call against racism and police brutality swept many places, and radical initiatives like defunding or even abolishing the police force now simmers within [...]
In collaboration with the Canadian Music Centre, clarinettist Martin Carpentier and accordionist Joseph Petric commissioned me to write a new 6-minute work—I named the piece Kinamulátan—for bass clarinet and accordion. I've never composed for accordion before, and so Joseph handed me some introductory material he wrote himself. Surpassing the initial confusion over the keyboard layouts (including [...]
Typing at 1:50am felt like a chore, and I could have been enjoying the comforts of my bed now after a day of teaching. However, there is this sense of urgency that demands attention to document everything that will happen for the next 4 months. It is worth noting as well that three big things [...]
I haven't been posting news for months due to projects, but I'm finally back on track! It definitely won't be a short update, but I'll try to be quick about it: (1) Time Moves, Straightfoward... Commissioned for the second time by the Art Song Collaborative Project (Toronto), I created an "art song" (in quotes, for [...]
Finally got the recording of Pangkur as a quartet version from Nief-Norf Summer Festival 2018. I now have a playlist of Pangkur versions...the piano+percussion duo version should be next in line then. As the original festival's intent to present the work as a full sextet didn't materialize due to certain problems, I wasn't prepared to hear [...]
Juro Kim Feliz 