Nick Roth (composer)

Nick Roth (born 27 April 1982) is an Irish / British saxophonist, composer, producer and educator.

Nick Roth
Born (1982-04-27) 27 April 1982
London, England
Occupationsaxophonist, composer
Websitewww.nickrothmusic.com

Work

Roth's work explores the liberation of improvisation from composition, the poetic syntax of philosophical enquiry, and the function of music as translative epistemology (MaTE).[1][2]

He has developed projects in collaboration with scientists Thomas E. Lovejoy, Margaret D. Lowman, Iain Couzin and Henry S. Horn and his work has been commissioned and performed by the European Saxophone Ensemble, T. S. Eliot Foundation, RTÉ ConTempo Quartet, Happy Days International Beckett Festival, Trio InVento, The Ark Cultural Centre for Children, Dublin Dance Festival, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Yurodny Ensemble, Emma Martin Dance, National Concert Hall Dublin, Temenos and Rough Magic Theatre Company, with performances at international festivals including the Irish representation at the ISCM World Music Days 2016 in Tongyeong, South Korea.[3]

As a performer, his collaborations include work with Jennifer Walshe,[4][5] Savina Yannatou,[6] John Taylor, Iarla Ó Lionáird,[7] M.C. Schmidt,[8] Gavin Bryars, Bobby McFerrin,[9] Tom Arthurs, Lucas Niggli, Kate Ellis, Mihály Borbély, Matthew Jacobson,[10] Miklós Lukács, Francesco Turrisi, Cora Venus Lunny, Crash Ensemble, Alex Bonney, Petar Ralchev, Zohar Fresco, Alkinoos Ioannidis, Theodosii Spassov, and world premières of new works by composers Mamoru Fujieda, Alla Zagaykevych, Dan Trueman, Ian Wilson, Benjamin Dwyer, Panos Ghikas, Kamran Ince, Roger Doyle, Dan Trueman, Judith Ring, Mel Mercier, Linda Buckley, Ed Bennett, Onur Türkmen,[11] Christian Mason, Francis Heery, Piaras Hoban and Elaine Agnew.

As an educator, he has lectured and given workshops at the California Academy of Sciences, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), University College Cork (UCC), Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), University College Dublin (UCD), Institute for Biodiversity, Science and Sustainability, San Francisco (IBSS), Cork School of Music (CSM), University of Limerick (UL), University of Aalborg, Copenhagen, National University of Ireland (NUI), Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) and the Norwegian Center for Technology in Music and the Arts (NOTAM).

He is the artistic director of the Yurodny Ensemble,[12][13] a founding member of The Water Project, and a partner at Diatribe Records.[14]

In 2015 he was composer-in-residence at the California Academy of Sciences and the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) and in 2017 was artist-in-residence at the European Space Agency (ESTEC).

Biography

Roth was born into a musical family in London;[15] brothers Alex Roth and Simon Roth are also musicians, and mother Joy Mendelsohn is a music teacher (whose past students included Alastair King, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley). He is married to Ukrainian vocalist Olesya Zdorovetska and since 2001 has been based in Dublin, Ireland.

He studied saxophone in London with Gilad Atzmon and composition in Dublin under Ronan Guilfoyle and Elaine Agnew, undertaking further studies of improvisation in New York City under Steve Coleman, Ravi Coltrane, and Vijay Iyer, of pedagogy in Kecskemét at the Zoltán Kodály Institute under Katalin Kiss, and of Makam theory and composition in Crete under Sokratis Sinopoulos and Ross Daly.

Selected works

Orchestra
  • Woodland Heights (2014) for string orchestra [16][17]
  • Flocking III (2013) for saxophone orchestra
  • Stille Nacht (2012) for jazz orchestra
  • Flocking I–II (2012) for string orchestra

Solo / Ensemble
  • Seed I–II (2016) for percussion and tape
  • Peregrinus (2016) for cathedral bells and electronics
  • Little Woodland Heights (2015) for children's ensemble [18][19]
  • A Way A Lone A Last (2015) for recorder trio
  • Temenos (2015) for bass clarinet and tenor recorder
  • LakeCycle (2013) for piano and percussion
  • StopStart (2012) for variable ensemble
  • Water Project I–II (2011) for open ensemble and water
  • Quintet (2010) for bass clarinet and string quartet [20]
  • Maoz Tsur (2010) for choir SSAA
  • Jamilia (2009) for piano
  • Griffmadár (2009) for large ensemble
  • I am the Sea (2009) for voice and piano
  • pliARS (2009) for large ensemble
  • Evenset (2008) for large ensemble
  • Parah (2008) for clarinet quartet
  • Innehølder (2006) for large ensemble

Theatre
  • The Waste Land (2015) for four voices, jazz quintet and film [21][22]
  • CAOS (2015) for dancer and improvising ensemble
  • Tundra (2014) for ensemble and tape [23]
  • Vartn af Godot (2014) for ensemble
  • Peer Gynt (2013) for ensemble
  • Don Giovanni (2011) for voices, ensemble and electronics

Discography
ArtistAlbum titleYear of release
YurodnyHaivka2016
Jennifer WalsheHistorical Documents of the Irish Avant-Garde2016
Cork Gamelan EnsembleThe Three Forges2015
Eine Jüdische ZeitreiseSefarad Hören2014
Caoimhín Ó RaghallaighMusic for an Elliptical Orbit2014
Kate EllisJump2014
Adrian HartCuisle2014
Cora Venus LunnyTerminus2014
Matthew SchellhornIan Wilson: Stations2014
OKOI Love You Computer Mountain2014
Benjamin DwyerScenes from Crow2014
European Saxophone EnsembleIntimate in Public2013
Roger DoyleThe Thousand-Year Old Boy2013
Francesco TurrisiGrigio2013
ReDiviDeRmeets I Dig Monk, Tuned2013
Paul Roe and Contempo QuartetDreams and Prayers2013
Thought-FoxMy Guess2013
VariousTronix One2012
Hidden OrchestraArchipelago2012
Paul Dunlea GroupBi-polar2012
Sefiroth EnsembleArboles Lloran por Lluvia2012
ReDiviDeRNever odd or eveN2011
Elena LeonovaThat Crazed Girl2011
Francesco TurrisiFotografia2011
YurodnyEvenset2010
TarabTarab2010
Hidden OrchestraNight Walks2010
Simon JermynHymni2010
Izumi KimuraAsymmetry2010
Paul RoeBetween2010
Isabelle O'ConnellReservoir2010
Ian WilsonDouble Trio2009
Fuzzy Logic EnsembleMouthpiece2009
Francesco TurrisiSi Dolce è il Tormento2009
YurodnyOdd Set2008
The BlizzardsDomino Effect2008
Republic of LooseVol.IV Johnny Pyro and the Dance of Evil2008
Kai Big BandProjections2006
Fuzzy Logic EnsembleNew Hat2005
CFourCementex2003

References
  1. "Benjamin Dwyer, Different Voices: Irish Music and Music in Ireland". Wolke-verlag.de. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. "There is No Such Thing as Genre, Colony Literary Magazine, November 2014" (PDF). Nickrothmusic.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. "The Wizards of New Music: Reflections on the 2016 ISCM World Music Days". NewMusicusa.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. "Preserving the history of Ireland's Avant-Garde". Aisteach.org. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. Experimental Music Since 1970, Jennie Gottschalk, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, August 2016
  6. "The Blue of the Night with Carl Corcoran Tuesday 15 July 2014". The Blue of the Night. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  7. "Cork Gamelan Ensemble - The Three Forges | Album Review". GoldenPlec.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  8. "Diatribe Live: M.C. Schmidt/Jennifer Walshe/Nick Roth". The Journal of Music. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  9. "What's on Thursday: Michael Feinstein, The Flowers of Hell and Francesco Turrisi". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  10. "ReDiviDer: ReDiviDer Meets I Dig Monk, Tuned – review". The Guardian. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  11. "On the Premiere of Onur Türkmen's Sailing to Byzantium". Janeharrison.me. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  12. "Yurodny - Haivka: hi-tech, avant-garde Balkan folk grooves". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  13. "Roth Music | Error Page". 104.217.253.193. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  14. "Diatribe Records: Heart and Soul of the Music article @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  15. "Tomorrow is the Question: Who to look out for in 2014, Jazzwise Magazine UK, November 2013" (PDF). Nickrothmusic.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  16. The Wood from the Trees, The Journal of Music, May 2014. Journalofmusic.com
  17. Tales from the Woodland, Groove Korea, May 2016. Groovekorea.com
  18. "The role of the Arts in Environmental Education". Youth.ie. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  19. "New Music Digest: 19 - 25 October". Cmc.ie. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  20. ""Contemporary Quintets Anchored by Roe's Clarinet" by Sion, Pwyll ap - Gramophone, Vol. 91, July 2013 | Online Research Library: Questia". Questia.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  21. "T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land With Nick Roth Quintet at Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival 2015 article @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  22. "Events » T S Eliot Society". Eliotsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  23. Emma Martin (1 May 2014). "Tundra Review" (PDF). The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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