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Oliver Joins Landscape Music Composers Network
Landscape Music invited Oliver to join its network of composers who draw inspiration from landscape and the environment. The Landscape Music Composers Network is a group of living composers from across the U.S. whose music engages with and reflects upon landscape, nature, and place. Including artists both established and emerging, writing in a diverse array of styles for […]
Sept. 18, 30, Oct. 2: Trio Veritas performs “Fanfare for the Importance of Imagination”
Trio Veritas will perform Oliver’s trio Fanfare of the Importance of Imagination (violin, cello, piano) in three concerts. The rousing piece is an ode to great leaps of faith in following one’s dreams. The program, entitled “Amerigo” also includes music by Mendelssohn, Boyd and Leshnoff. Sunday, September 18 at 1:00pm Silver Center for the Arts, Smith Recital Hall 114 Main Street Plymouth, NH […]
New Hampshire Master Chorale Commissions “Eve – Alice Absinthe”
The New Hampshire Master Chorale (Dan Perkins, Music Director) has commissioned Oliver to write a new work entitled Eve – Absinthe – Alice. This three movement choral piece sets poetry by author Ruth Kessler, written in the voices of three legendary women: Eve (from the bible), the Absinthe Drinker (from a painting by Degas) and Alice in Wonderland (from […]
TEMPO Call for Scores Selection
TEMPO New Music Ensemble has selected Oliver’s trio Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night (violin, cello, piano) in their recent Call for Scores. The ensemble will perform Illuminated March 5, 2017 in Northbridge, California.
July 11-28: VCCA Fellowship
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts has invited Oliver for a fellowship at their artist colony on 400 acres of Blue Ridge farmland. While in residence Oliver will be working on a new choral composition, setting poetry by Ruth Kessler.
May 21: Michael Kregler performs “For Pondering”
Michael Kregler will perform Oliver’s solo piano work For Pondering in a a showcase of Music Performance & Education, Inc., (MP&E) artists. MP&E is a fantastic organization that provides financial support to musicians and artists as they advance the appreciation and enjoyment of music and fine arts through performance and instruction. The program includes performances by Jennifer […]