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New work for global hyperorgan at Orgelpark, Amsterdam
20 October 2024 6:50 PM | No CommentsA new piece for "global hyperorgan", commissioned by organist Randall Harlow to be presented in June of 2025 at Orgelpark, Amsterdam. The work will result in simultaneous performances in Amsterdam, Las Angeles, and Melbourne.
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CAGE | Bertoia record release
20 October 2024 6:43 PM | No CommentsWeighter Recordings release of CAGE | Bertoia, recorded at The Johnson Museum of Art by Kevin Ernste. All tracks improvised by CAGE (Kevin Ernste, Tim Feeney, Annie Lewandowski, and Christopher J. Miller) on sculptures by Harry Bertoia in the collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University. Recorded in the Museum in August 2015 by Kevin Ernste. Mixed and mastered by Kevin Ernste and Tim Feeney.
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Music in the American Wild: Interregnum
23 October 2018 3:49 AM | No CommentsThe Music in the American Wild audio and video albums, including my piece Interregnum for chamber ensemble and bowls of water are now available on iTunes/Apple Music (audio and video), Amazon, or through ArtistSharer.
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New CD: Draw the Strings Tight w/ Kenneth Meyer
This new disk with guitarist Kenneth Meyer features my piece, Roses Don’t Need Perfume, for solo guitar and live electronics. In addition to the inclusion of my work, I was sound recording engineer for the project.
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Nisi (“Island”) and Kajato, with Adam Unsworth on Equilibrium Records
CD with hornist Adam Unsworth on Equilibrium Records via Albany Music Distribution. The disk will include two Ernste compositions: Kajato for horn and electronics and Nisi ("Island", 2012) for horn and live electronics. -
Neither Proud Nor Ashamed (Innova 660)
Neither Proud Nor Ashamed: New Music For Saxophone. My piece "To Be Niether Proud Nor Ashamed" received a Grammy nomination (semi-final round) in Category 107: "Best Contemporary Classical Composition". -
Augenblick: New Music for Wind Ensemble (engineering credits)
Conductor Cynthia Turner Johnson and the Cornell University Wind Ensemble began a program in 2004 of commissioning DMA candidates in composition at Cornell to compose music that “pushes boundaries.” -
Nisi for horn and live electronics
Nisi was composed for hornist Adam Unsworth, motivated by his highly personal approach to the horn. It is dedicated to composer Iannis Xenakis to commemorate his 90th birthday (May 29th, 2012), inspired by Xenakis's singular spirit, his totally unique sonic palette, and the uncompromisingness of his ideas. -
![An important message from Randall Munroe of XKCD: I too make my living as a 21st-Century artist/composer, which wouldn’t be […]](http://digital.music.cornell.edu/kevinernste/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Sense and Sensorship")
Sense and Sensorship
An important message from Randall Munroe of XKCD: I too make my living as a 21st-Century artist/composer, which wouldn’t be […] -
Fromm Music Foundation Commission, 2011
I am honored and pleased to have received a Fromm Music Foundation Commission for 2011. -
![Long Path for solo piano and tape narration was performed by Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu at MidAmerican Center for New Music’s […]](http://digital.music.cornell.edu/kevinernste/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMAG10091-120x120.jpg "Long Path, performance at the Bowling Green New Music Festival")
Long Path, performance at the Bowling Green New Music Festival
Long Path for solo piano and tape narration was performed by Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu at MidAmerican Center for New Music’s […] -
![“Sounds of Tradition and Renewal” and features the following: Ethnomusicologist Gregory Barz screens his documentary “Inanga, A Song of Survival […]](http://digital.music.cornell.edu/kevinernste/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ray_smith_banner_home-120x120.jpg "2010-11 Ray Smith Symposium: “Music of Conflict and Reconciliation”")
2010-11 Ray Smith Symposium: “Music of Conflict and Reconciliation”
“Sounds of Tradition and Renewal” and features the following: Ethnomusicologist Gregory Barz screens his documentary “Inanga, A Song of Survival […] -
The Wormhole and the Hymn (consulting, mastering help)
After thirty years of guitar and nearly as many as an improvisor, Harold Biffen releases his first-ever recording, a collection of fully realized steel string pieces that straddle the boundary between improvisation and composition. Whether drawing on his classical training or years spent with abstract electronics. -
Anacrusis: Anabel Taylor Hall photos