Scott L. Miller, Professor at St.
Cloud State University, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture
at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Estonia during the 2014-2015 academic year,
the United States Department of State and
Scott L. Miller the J. William Fulbright Foreign
Scholarship Board announced recently. Miller will lecture on approaches to
electroacoustic composition, with an emphasis on real-time electronics and
improvisation.
Miller's new work, Every Problem is a Nail,
for piano and electronics will have its premiere on June 7 at the New York City
Electronic Music Festival (NYCEMF) by pianist Keith Kirchoff. The composition
was commissioned by Kirchoff, supported in part by the American Composers Forum
through the 2013 McKnight Composer Fellowship Program.
Also at the NYCEMF will be the NYC
premiere of Miller's Contents May Differ, performed by bass clarinetist Pat
O'Keefe on June 4. O'Keefe commissioned the piece and his recording of the work
will be released on Innova later this year.
