about
Matthew Sandahl (b. 1991) is a composer from Glastonbury, Connecticut. He is currently pursuing a PhD in music composition at UC Berkeley under the instruction of Ken Ueno, Franck Bedrossian, Cindy Cox, and Edmund Campion. He received his BM in composition at the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music where he studied under Suzanne Farrin, Du Yun, and Huang Ruo. He has participated in master classes with Bernard Rands, Jérôme Combier, William Bolcom, Alvin Lucier, and George Lewis. His works have been performed at Symphony Space and the Stone in New York City, the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Brunswick, Maine, and the HighScore music festival in Pavia, Italy. His music has been performed by Splinter Reeds, ECO Ensemble, Kyle Bruckmann, 15.19 Ensemble, Purchase New Music Ensemble, and the Iktus Percussion Quartet.
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
UC Berkeley (PhD, Music Composition) 2013-Present
Principal Teachers: Ken Ueno '15, Cindy Cox '14, Edmund Campion '14, Franck Bedrossian '13, '15
SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music (B.M., Music Composition) 2009-2013
Principal Teachers: Huang Ruo '12-13, Du Yun '10-'12, Suzanne Farrin '09-'10
Festivals/Awards/Honors
highSCORE Festival (Pavia, Italy) Summer 2014
Principal Teachers: Christopher Theofinidis, Amy Beth Kirsten, Dmitri Tymoczko, Mario Garutti
Bowdoin International Music Festival (Brunsick, Maine) Summer 2013
Principal Teachers: Derek Bermel
Teaching Experience
Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley, Spring 2015
Introduction to Music Theory (MUS25A)
Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley, Fall 2014
Introduction to Music Theory (MUS25A)
Tutor, Learning Center at SUNY Purchase, Spring 2012 – Spring 2013
Music Theory
Selected Compositions and Performances
Nine Movements for pierrot sextet (2015) 11'
- written for ECO Ensemble
Blind Window for solo oboe (2014) 9'
- written for and premiered by Kyle Bruckmann
CNMAT, Berkeley, CA 1/12/15
- 5/11/15: Kyle Bruckmann
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Three Pieces for clarinet quartet (2014) 7'
- written for and premiered by 15.19 ensemble
highSCORE music festival, Pavia, Italy
- 12/15/14: ECO Ensemble, David Milnes, conductor
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Fragment for String Quintet (2013) 7'
written for ECO Ensemble
String Quartet no. 1 for string quartet and mezzo-soprano (2013) 15'
- premiered by Rachel Weishoff, Kenneth Trotter, Sarah Wolff, Naseer Ashraf, Maria Hadge
05/13 SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
- *Instrumental Version for string quartet (2013/2015) 10'
- premiered by Alex Fortes, Katie Hyun, DJ Cheek, and Michael Nicholas
05/03 The Stone, NYC, NY
Nisi Masa for chamber orchestra (2012) 9'
premiered by the SUNY Purchase New Music Ensemble
04/12 SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
Music for Winds and Percussion for clarinet and ensemble (2011) 6'
-performed at the Bowdoin International Music Festival
07/13 Brunswick, ME
-performed by SUNY Purchase New Music Ensemble
11/12 SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
11/11 SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
Three Movements for clarinet, electric guitar, and cello (2011) 6'
-performed by SUNY Purchase New Music Ensemble
11/12 SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
04/11 SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
-performed by Marsyas Ensemble
06/11 Symphony Space, New York, NY
Intermittences of Being for solo piano (2010) 5'
Duo for flute and cello (2010) 5'
Quartet for Percussion (2010) 9'
written for and premiered by the Iktus Percussion Quartet