The Music of Hunter Ewen

Circles on Quiet Water

2011-09-28T07:54:00.000-06:00

For those in the Boulder/Denver area tonight, come out and see the premiere of my viola and electronics composition, Circles on Quiet Water! It's being performed by the excellent Cassandra Mueller, and there are many other excellent new works on the show as well.

World Record Ballon Blower-upper

2011-09-14T23:57:00.001-06:00

Hello all. Many have seen this on Facebook, but here is the video of me breaking the Guinness Record for most balloons inflated in 1 hour by 1 person. The new record is 582, as you can see below.

Ohia and Lehua Friday Night

2011-09-14T23:53:00.001-06:00

Hello Lexingtonians! I will be performing my solo sax and electronics piece Ohia and Lehua Friday night as part of the Studio 300 festival at Transylvania University. The concert starts at 7:30pm, in Haggin Auditorium at the Mitchell Fine Arts Center. Hope to see you there!

Kickstarter is online

2011-09-06T17:12:00.000-06:00

Hello bloggers! The official Kickstarter page to fund my multimedia extravaganza "I Am Watch Television Zombie" is online! Check it out here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/905261689/i-am-watch-television-zombie-a-multimedia-extravag

We need your help to make the project a huge success - both in terms of donations and in terms of helping us come up with names, images, and videos to project during the show! Brraaaaaaaains!!!

Casanova at Twilight - Tickets on Sale Now

2011-08-15T16:00:00.000-06:00

Tickets just went on sale for my new musical comedy! Performances will happen in the ATLAS Black Box Theater. The show's dates are 9/23, 9/24, 9/25, 9/30, 10/1, 10/2, and 10/3, with 7:30 shows on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:00 shows on Sundays.

ABOUT THE SHOW:
Lock up your daughters! Casanova at Twilight is a scandalous new musical comedy written by Bill Mooney, with original music by Hunter Ewen, based on Casanova’s autobiography. This musical romp through Casanova’s scandalous life is directed by Valorie Goodall, and features Bill Mooney as Old Casanova, Garrett Smith as Young Casanova, with Leigh Holman, Jeffrey Kash, Bjorn Arvidsson, Emily Murdock, Kari Kraakevik, David L’Hommedieu, and Bruce and Jere Mock.

TICKETS:
- Single tickets $30
- $5 student rush tickets available at the door for CU-Boulder students with valid Buff One Card

Visit CuPresents.org (or click here) or call 303-492-8008 for tickets

Ohia and Lehua Tomorrow

2011-05-12T10:37:00.000-06:00

Hello all! For those in the Denver area on Friday, 5/13/11, I will be performing my composition Ohia and Lehua, at Hamilton Hall, in the Newman Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 Friday. The show "Here and Now" is being presented by the Playground Ensemble, as part of their 2011-2012 concert series. Tickets are free for students.

New Pictures

2011-05-08T11:13:00.000-06:00

It comes to my attention that this blog doesn't have a lot of pictures of me! Here is a set taken by the multi-talented Brandon Labadie, the day before he leaves for Juilliard.

Friday 4/29 6:30pm at Denver Art Museum

2011-04-21T17:29:00.000-06:00

Hello blog-readers,

Just a heads up, if you're in Denver a week from Friday... I have a few performance events scheduled as part of the "Untitled" Series at the Denver Art Museum. My 35 minute silent film Etude 2 will be projected on the massive ceiling of the museum during the exhibit. I will also be teaming up with the incredible soprano singer Emily Sinclair for an interactive performance piece called "Open Score". We will be performing together from a giant score that is composed by the audience during the exhibit (gulp). Also, if you stick around for the party afterwards, you may hear my composition Saxy Dream being performed at the reception.

Denver Art Museum Ceiling

Denver Art Museum from the Outside

Choir on Sunday

2011-04-06T23:06:00.000-06:00

Good day. If you are not in Kansas City this weekend, then maybe you are in Boulder or Denver. My composition Red River Folk Tale will have two performances Sunday, starting at 7:30 as part of an epic all choir evening in Grusin Hall, at CU-Boulder. More information here.

April 9th Concert

2011-04-06T23:01:00.000-06:00

Hello all. For those in the Kansas City area, I have two events coming up on Saturday. I am presenting a paper in the morning at UMKC on why we like bad music, and I am performing Ohia and Lehua, for saxophone and electronics as part of the Midwestern Collegiate Composers Exchange. More information is available at http://emccomposers.org/

Monkey Attack

2011-03-20T20:23:00.001-06:00

Here is a video of the world premiere of Invasion of the Monkey Mind. If I ever get a free minute, I'll put up a copy of the score for any interested trumpet players. Big things are brewing; I'll be in touch when I can announce them. In the video, as a special St. Patrick's day treat, I wore my greenest shirt. Enjoy!

Red River Folk Tale

2011-03-20T20:17:00.000-06:00

Hello all - hope you're doing well. For those in the Boulder/Denver area, come out to CU Boulder to see Jeff Gemmell conduct the incredible CU University Choir as they perform my new composition Red River Folk Tale. In addition to two other world premieres, the concert also features Reich's Violin Phase and Benson's Passing Bells. If you have to miss this performance, there will be others, so stay tuned!

Invasion of the Monkey Mind

2011-02-15T17:02:00.001-07:00

For those in the Boulder/Denver area, please keep in mind an excellent performance Wednesday the 23rd at the ATLAS Black Box Theater. My piece, Invasion of the Monkey Mind, will be closing the concert. The performance will feature trumpet legend, CU-Boulder faculty member, and all-around nice guy, Terry Sawchuk, as he asks the question, "Can you handle the monkey?"

For those who are curious, below is an excerpt from the score.

The Monsters Live

2011-02-15T16:55:00.003-07:00

Hello all. A new video of last week's Monster Party surfaced, with super awesome close-ups of the Monsters in action. Enjoy!

Premiere Tomorrow

2011-01-25T16:36:00.000-07:00

For those in the Boulder/Denver area tomorrow (1/26), please visit the CU Boulder campus for the premiere of my new piece Monster Party, for 24 monsters who play violin. The work was written for Lina Bahn and the CU violin studio, and it is based on the art of Stefan Bucher (here).

Things I Like

2010-08-14T15:46:00.003-06:00

Looking back, I decided to create some abstract designs (with Olly Moss in mind) of things that I like. See if you can guess all of them!

Tethered

2010-05-12T13:44:00.002-06:00

EJ Just shared a few cool looking pictures from a show I performed in last weekend.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ieeej/sets/72157623909760611/

Does screaming "Happy" repeatedly count as performing?

Ohia and Lehua

2010-04-08T13:31:00.004-06:00

For those of you in the Boulder area, I am premiering my newest composition Wednesday 4/14 at 7:30pm in Grusin Hall at CU Boulder. This piece was commissioned as part of the Edward Levy prize, which I won in 2009 for Ultradian Bipolar Disorder. If you're not in town, I'll upload a video of the performance soon.

Lily Foster Video

2010-04-08T13:01:00.008-06:00

Here are few videos from my recent performance, Hullo, My Name is Lily Foster. Much of the piece is intended for mature audiences, but the following clips are appropriate for internet exhibition. Enjoy.

Percussion Performance

2010-04-08T12:56:00.003-06:00

As I'm working on videos from Lily Foster, please enjoy a video of me (with Ryan Wurst, Janet Feder, and Michael Theodore) performing one of Michel's compositions. I'm the one in the background, bowing the high pitched symbol.

Sound and Video Installation

2010-03-07T12:45:00.001-07:00

For those of you in Boulder today, drop by the Boulder Public Library
and see my composition, 'Elements' in conjunction with the Pendulum
New Music Society's 'Music in Motion' concert.

Hullo, My Name is Lily Foster

2010-02-23T23:39:00.004-07:00

I'm prepping for a lot of different events right now. But this Saturday, at 7:30pm in the ATLAS Black Box theater, Hullo, My Name is Lily Foster will be premiered! Please visit my sister site www.LilyFoster.org for more information about the show and to make a free reservation. Also, if you missed the awesome video installation in ATLAS last week, we'll be hanging the visual art from the installation around the performance space. Hope to see everyone there!

Performance Tonight

2010-02-17T22:48:00.001-07:00

For those of you in the Boulder Area, I have a couple pieces on the
ATLAS Pendulum concert (on campus at CU). One is a jazz waltz from
Lily Foster, my upcoming show (2/27, www.LilyFoster.org). I'm also
playing gong and vibration motor in a prelude by the physical
computing lab (synthesized by Michael Theodore). Hope to see you there!

Upcoming Performances

2010-01-24T17:56:00.002-07:00

Here are a few events that I'm involved with happening in the near future:

2/17 a selection of music, video, and dance from Hullo, My Name is Lily Foster 7:30pm in the ATLAS Black Box Theater

3/7 video piece and improvisation as part of a "concert in motion". This will occur at the Boulder Public Library at a time TBA

2/15-2/25 visual art, video, and sound installation in the main atrium at the ATLAS building.

2/27 Hullo, My Name is Lily Foster, 7:30pm in ATLAS Black Box. Chamber orchestra, dance, arial dance, visual art, poetry, video, theater, and electronics. Tickets will be available soon at www.LilyFoster.org

I am also working on a commission for the April pendulum concert, several projects for ATLAS in the spring, spinning off movements of Lily Foster for other performances, and a work for John Gunther's three-day show in March. More news on these events when the details become more concrete.

Unsilent Night

2009-12-12T11:04:00.001-07:00

There is a nice writeup about our recent Unsilent Night performance in
Boulder. Enjoy:

http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_13981709