Studio Z
  • Home
  • About
    • About Studio Z
    • Artists in Residence
    • Purchasing Tickets
    • Accessibility
    • Neighborhood Ammenities
    • Zeitgeist
    • Event Archive
  • Calendar
  • Rent Studio Z
  • Directions & Parking
  • Contact
  • Blog


STUDIO Z Blog

A PROJECT OF ZEITGEIST NEW MUSIC

Meet Isaac Mayhew

2/15/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
Isaac Mayhew is a composer and trumpet player based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He holds a bachelor's degree in music composition from Lawrence University, where he studied primarily with Asha Srinivasan, Joanne Metcalf, and Benjamin Klein. Isaac, who is a recipient of the Pi Kappa Lambda Composition Award, has had works featured on programs both on campus at Lawrence and in the Appleton community. His piece Ataraxis 2.3 for solo bassoon and electronics, was premiered in June 2017 at the International Double Reeds Society Conference. His work may also be heard on the album Liquid Jungle by his brass quintet of the same name. Isaac strives to create music that has the capability to engage a wide range of audiences while maintaining a high level of artistic integrity, drawing influence and inspiration from the works of a great many composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky, Alan Hovhaness, and David Maslanka.

Isaac is one three winning composers of Zeitgeist's 23rd annual Eric Stokes Song Contest. Named in memory of late composer Eric Stokes, the contest is designed to encourage and celebrate amateur composers throughout the Twin Cities. Isaac's winning composition, On the Nature of Self, will be performed by Zeitgeist at their annual Playing it Close to Home concert Feb. 23-24 at Studio Z. 

On the Nature of Self is a piece that explores two contrasting (and competing) aspects to one's personality. There is the side of ourselves that we are the happiest with, the way that we wish to be seen by others, and the way we wish to see ourselves. This is represented by the Christian hymn All Creatures of Our God and King, which shares melodic similarities with the other major quotation--the Dies Irae, which also has Christian roots, but with very different connotations.
​

Playing it Close to Home

Feb. 23-24, 7:30 p.m.  
Studio Z: 275 East Fourth Street, Suite 200, St. Paul
$15 / $10 students & seniors
Tickets/Info

With winning songs from the Eric Stokes Song Contest plus music by local composer Davu Seru, Zeitgeist's annual Playing it Close to Home concert celebrates the wealth of musical creativity found right here in our own backyard. The program includes music by Eric Stokes Song Contest winners Isaac Mayhew, Tetsuya Takeno, and students from Folwell School, plus the world premiere of Davu Seru’s new work Dead King Mother, which tells the story of a near-forgotten event in North Minneapolis and United States civil rights history that has been with Seru since early childhood.  ​
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Studio Z

    A performance space for the music of our time. A project of Zeitgeist New Music.


    SpiRit of The Times

    YOU get to be the critic! Write a review of any event you attend at Studio Z

    Write a Review

    Categories

    All
    Lowertown Listening Sessions
    Stockhausen
    Zeitgeist


    Archives

    October 2022
    August 2022
    March 2022
    September 2021
    August 2021
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    October 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    February 2014
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    May 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    October 2012

    RSS Feed

Picture
Studio Z  •  275 East Fourth Street Suite 200, Saint Paul, MN  •  (651) 755-1600