Erin Elizabeth Gee (born 1974) (born San Luis Obispo, California) is an American composer and vocalist. Among the fellowships she has held are the Guggenheim and the Radcliffe Institute Fellowships, and among the awards she has won for her compositions are the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, the Rome Prize and the first prize of the International Rostrum of Composers. She was on the faculty of the University of Illinois in Urbana as Assistant Professor of Composition-Theory and is currently Associate Professor of Composition at Brandeis University.
Education In 1997 Gee received her B.M. with honors and highest distinction in Piano Performance from the University of Iowa; there she also earned an M.A. in composition in 2002."Erin Gee: Composer and UI Grad Erin Gee Wins the Rome Prize" , The Iowa Source, James Moore, June 2007 In 2007, she earned her Ph.D. in music theory from the University of Music and Dramatic Arts, Graz, Austria where she studied musical composition with Beat Furrer.
Career With her brother Colin Gee, she performed at the Whitney Museum of Art and was a resident at the Montalvo Arts Center. She won the 2008 Rome Prize and was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2009. From 2010-2011, she was a fellow in composition at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart."ERIN GEE" , Montalvo Arts CenterErin Gee biography |URL=http://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/stipendium/stipendiaten/erin-gee~pe1927/ In 2015, she received the Charles Ives Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The puzzle video game app Blek contains excerpts of Erin Gee's work. Gee is one of the Kronos Quartet 50 for the Future composers.
A reviewer from the Harvard Gazette described a performance of Gee's work as "a young woman with a microphone in each hand performing a curious and captivating symphony of sound and song"."Songs without words", Harvard Gazette, Colleen Walsh, February 18, 2010
Selected works +WorkPremiere/AwardYear writtenMouthpiece 34Premiered at the Centre Pompidou in the “Neurons” Exhibit, Paris, France2019Mouthpiece 33Written for the Argento Ensemble.
Premiered at Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY2019Mouthpiece 32Commissioned by Chamber Music America for the Ensemble Dal Niente2018Mouthpiece 31Commissioned by Kronos Quartet2017Mouthpiece 30Commissioned by and written for Frauke Aulbert, voice
Premiered at the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany2017Mouthpiece 29Commissioned by and premiered at the Tanglewood Music Center2016Mouthpiece 28Commissioned and premiered by the TAK ensemble Premiered at the Resonant Bodies Festival2016Mouthpiece XIXcPremiered at the NienteForte Festival by the ECCE Ensemble2016Mouthpiece XXVIICommissioned by Musik Protokoll in Steirischer Herbst, Graz Austria.
Premiered and recorded by Ensemble NOVA2016Mouthpiece XXVICommissioned by the Humanities Center at DePaul University2016Mouthpiece XXIVCommissioned by the International Contemporary Ensemble
Premiered by Ryan Muncy and Ross Karre at the Abrons Art Center in Brooklyn, NY.2015Mouthpiece XXICommissioned by Musikprotokoll, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
Premiered by the Arditti Quartet
Performed by the JACK Quartet at the Lucerne Festival, Switzerland, the Banff Centre, Canada (2017)2014Mouthpiece XIXCommissioned by the Arnold Schoenberg Center, Vienna Austria Premiered at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna, Austria2013/14Mouthpiece XXCommissioned by the ORF and premiered by the RSO Wien at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Grosse Saal
Conducted by Cornelius Meister
Erin Gee, voice
Colin Gee, actor/dramaturge
Video by Patrick Kelly2013“…In the first place…”Music for Colin Gee’s Dance film commissioned by and premiered at EMPAC, Troy, NY2012Mouthpiece XVICommissioned by Akademie Schloss Solitude
Premiered by the Ascolta Ensemble at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart.2012Mouthpiece XIVCommissioned by the Iowa Piano Teacher’s Association. Written for and premiered by Réne Lecuona.2010Mouthpiece XIIICommissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and LVMH. Premiered at Zankel Hall in Carnegie Hall, New York City.
Erin Gee, voice
Colin Gee, Actor and Dramaturge2009Mouthpiece XIIPremiered by Repertorio Zero at the Konzerthaus Zürich in the Tage für Neue Musik, Zürich. Erin Gee, voice2009Mouthpiece XICommissioned by the LA Philharmonic New Music Group Premiered at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen
Erin Gee, voice2009SLEEP: an operaPremiered at the Zurich Opera House, 2009. Erin Gee, voice.
Morgan Moody, Bass Baritone
Teatro Minimo Prize2008Sawari Mouthpiece for Koto and VoicePremiered at the 4020 Festival in Linz, Austria2008Mouthpiece XPremiered at the Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Witten, Germany in 2009 by Klangforum Wien Erin Gee, voice
CD Released on Col Legno 20142008Mouthpiece: Segment of the 4th LetterPremiered by Ensemble Recherche Gianni Bergamo Prize (1st Round)2007Mouthpiece IXCommissioned by Musik Protokoll, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria and the Klangspuren Festival.
Premiered at the Klangspuren Festival by the RSO Wien. Erin Gee, voice. Martyn Brabbins, conductor.
Awarded the Rostrum of Composers Prize, Paris, France – 2007
CD Released on Col Legno2006Mouthpiece TopologyPremiered by the Latvian Radio Choir Premiered at the Klangspuren Festival, Klagenfurt, Austria2006Mouthpiece VIIICommissioned by MozartJahr 2006
Premiered at the ORF Vienna, Austria. Erin Gee, voice2006Yamaguchi MouthpiecesPremiered at the Akiyoshidai International Art Viliage. Erin Gee, voice
Look and Listen Festival Prize, New York City 2005Mouthpiece VIIPremiered by Klangforum Wien impuls Festival Prize, Graz, Austria Conducted by Johannes Kalitzke. Erin Gee, voice2004Mouthpiece VIPremiered by Klangforum Wien Erin Gee, voice2004Mouthpiece IIIPremiered by Klangforum Wien2002Mouthpiece RemixPremiered at the Institute for Electronic Music (IEM), Graz, Austria2003Mouthpiece IIPremiered at the MATA Festival 2002 Erin Gee, voice2002Mouthpiece IErin Gee, voice2001
Discography
Work(s) Label/Performer/CD YearA Howl, That Was Also A Prayer
Three Scenes from the Opera, SLEEPEkemeles Ensemble2020Oor Mouthpiece XXVIIITAK Ensemble2019 Mouthpiece XXVII Hoehenrausch Ensemble NOVA ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation 2017 Mouthpiece XXIV Ryan Muncy ISM 2016 "Mouthpieces" (portrait CD) col legno label Klangforum Wien PHACE Ensemble 2014 Yamaguchi Mouthpiece Part 3 The Believer Magazine 2011 Mouthpiece IX (parallel version) 102 Masterpieces: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra miniatures 2010 Akiguchi Mouthpiece Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 2008Yamaguchi Mouthpiece Entspannte Gleichzeitigkeit - Hammer Records 2006
Selected awards and grants 2022 Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters 2019 Koussevitsky Award 2017 Fromm Foundation Commission 2015 American Academy of Arts and Letters, Charles Ives Fellowship Recipient (Charles Ives Prize) 2009 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, New York City. 2007 Rome Prize, The American Academy in Rome, Italy. 2007 International Rostrum of Composers “Selected Piece” (First Prize), Paris, France. 2007 Teatro Minimo Prize (first round), Zurich Opera House
References
External links Artist's website Erin Gee at IMDB Erin Gee at AllMusic