School of Music Post-Classical Symposium

Erich Stem

Erich Stem has had performances of his music in the U.S. and in Europe by groups such as the Minnesota Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, Plymouth Music Series Orchestra, Sunrise Quartet, Opus 3 trio, and the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet.  His works have also been featured on several regional and national radio programs including The Latest Score, Brave New World, FOLDOVER, Vast Field and WCVE’s Classical Music with Bobbie Barajas.  Stem’s chamber music has been recorded on labels such as the Living Artist Recordings label and, most recently, by the critically-acclaimed Aurelia Saxophone Quartet on a new double-CD, C in Fugue of Dog (Challenge Records), which was nominated for the prestigous Edison Award in the category of chamber music.

Throughout his career, Stem has received awards and grants from a variety of organizations such as the Jerome Foundation, Meet the Composer, American Music Center, ASCAP, University of Maryland, and Indiana University.  In addition to composition, Stem has taught at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and the University of Maryland and has held positions with various non-profit organizations in an effort to promote new music.  Founder and director of New Dynamic Records (www.newdynamicrecords.com), Stem is Assistant Professor of Music and resident composer at Indiana University Southeast.  For more information, visit www.erichstem.com.

New Dynamic Records

New Dynamic Records is part of a larger initiative at IU Southeast called The New Music Project, which was developed for the purpose of discovering, nurturing, and preserving the practice, study, and dissemination of new and innovative post-classical music.  The goal of New Dynamic Records is to present music that represents the stylistically diverse culture of the 21st century.  As a fresh alternative to the typical “classical” and “pop” scenes, New Dynamic Records gives audiences a glimpse into a rich musical landscape that provokes, inspires, and introduces the imagination to new sound worlds.

One important component of the mission of New Dynamic Records is to discover and record music written by both well-known and ‘emerging’ composers and to have it performed by the most critically-acclaimed ensembles and soloists from around the world.  To date, New Dynamic Records has released two albums, including one entitled Spiritual Overdrive, featuring the internationally-known Aurelia Saxophone Quartet.  The label will record the critically-acclaimed Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble this year and is scheduled to record the Prism Saxophone Quartet on its 4th release for the 2008-09 year.  Please visit www.NewDynamicRecords.com for audio clips, videos, and interviews that highlight the music and production of each CD release.