New Blog Post!

My new blog post is up. This month, some thoughts - four of them to be exact - on what it takes to have a successful professional career in the Arts. 

Check it out at: http://greekandcomposing.blogspot.com

Call for Entries to Georgia Tech's 2015 Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition

Share your ideas for the next generation of musical instruments at Georgia Tech’s 2015 Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition. An annual event to find the world’s best new ideas in musicality, design and engineering, Wired magazine has called the competition an “X-Prize for music,” and contestants have likened it to a TED Conference for new musical instrument designers.

2015 Guthman Competition Judges:

Joe Paradiso - Director of the MIT Media Lab's Responsive Environments Group and Associate Professor of Media Arts & Sciences at MIT. Paradiso is a physicist who has worked with NASA and a designer of electronic music synthesizers and MIDI systems. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Paradiso

Graham Marsh - Producer, mixer, writer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist with four Grammy awards and numerous Grammy nominations. Graham has engineered, produced and played for artists such as Ludacris, Kid Cudi, Bruno Mars, Gnarls Barkely, and Cee Lo Green among many others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Marsh_(producer)

DJ Hurricane - Hip hop DJ, producer, and rapper, known for his work with the Beastie Boys. One of New York's premier turntablists, DJ Hurricane fostered his skills alongside Run D.M.C. and is currently developing hip hop artist JBYRD while serving as Playpro Media speaker on the history of hip-hop. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Hurricane

To learn more about the competition visit http://guthman.gatech.edu

To enter your work into the competition please submit your work at http://guthman.gatech.edu/enter-competiton.

The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2014. Approximately 20 semi-finalists will be invited to demonstrate, discuss, and perform with their instruments at the competition as they compete for $10,000 in cash prizes. The competition takes place on February 19th - 20th, 2015, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.

This marks the first year the Guthman Competition will be extending a special invitation to students. We are excited to provide limited travel support for selected student submissions (student ID required).

New Blog Post!

My September blog post is up! This month, some thoughts about the ASO lockout and how it not only threatens our musical present & future but even our past. Check it out at: http://greekandcomposing.blogspot.com/2014/09/killing-mahler.html

New Blog Post!

Just in time for your Labor Day Weekend reading pleasure, my new blog post is up! This month, I continue my series on the business end of composing and reluctantly realize that it's not about me - it's about what I do.

Check it out HERE!

"Sweet Chariot" Review

Here's a wonderful review by Mark Gresham of Alvin Singleton's new recording! Great disc! Check out the review AND the CD!

http://www.artsatl.com/2014/07/review-sweet-chariot-alvin-singleton/#respond

New Blog Post!

Just in time for some summer reading fun! A new blog post is up! This month, it's the fourth in my ongoing current series on the "business side" of a career in music composition. This series of blog entries are expansions on a series of lectures I gave on the same topic to my Composition Seminar at Georgia State University this past academic year. This month's topic: can you still have a composition teacher once you graduate? 

Click HERE and check it out!

Terminus Ensemble concert this Sunday, 4/27

Dear friends,

Terminus Ensemble invites you to our 5th concert of local contemporary music!

Sunday, April 27, 2014

3:00pm

2nd Ponce de Leon Baptist Church

2715 Peachtree Rd NE,

Atlanta, GA 30305

Program:

Taylor GLANTON

Latin Bridge Suite for violin, cello, and piano

Olivia KIEFFER

Hot Work for clarinet and saxophone

Salvatore LOCACSIO

Kuusuo for clarinet and marimba

Chad POWERS

Pyramids in South Mongolia for flute and percussion

Connor WAY

Harlequin for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion

Please visit our website for more information, including many videos of our previous performances: http://www.terminusensemble.org.

We're also on Facebook and Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/terminus.ensemble & @TerminusEns

On ArtsATL:
Composer Alvin Singleton elected to prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters
[by MARK GRESHAM, ArtsATL, March 24, 2014]

Alvin Singleton

Click the headline or image to read the article on ArtsATL.

Terminus Ensemble concert this Friday, 11/22/13

Dear friends,

Terminus Ensemble's next concert will take place at Georgia State University's Kopleff Recital Hall, 10 Peachtree Center Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (http://www.music.gsu.edu/events.aspx). The concert will be held on Friday, November 22nd (next Friday!) at 8:00 pm, and is free.

Terminus Ensemble's mission is to promote chamber music by Atlanta-based composers. This program will feature works by David Brighton, Zack Browning, Jason Freeman, Sarah Hersh, Chris Owenby, and Roger Vogel. The concert was previewed in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. For more information and previews of the works we will perform or other works by the featured composers, please visit our facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/terminus.ensemble).

We look forward to seeing you there!

~ Sarah Hersh, Brent Milam, and Adam Scott Neal, Artistic Directors

Plugs!

Pleased to announce that the album "Citizens of Nowhere" featuring my duo for clarinet/saxophone of the same name and the fabulous playing of Jan Berry Baker and Ken Long is available for digital purchase via iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/citizens-of-nowhere/id717817814?i=717817919&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
and via Amazon.mp3:
http://www.amazon.com/Citizens-of-Nowhere/dp/B00FNPHQFY/ref=sr_1_2?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&sr=1-2&keywords=citizens+of+nowhere
You can also try before you buy! Check out the album now streaming on Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/album/4g1UkDDw8nnAnAyGMW93vZ

Since I'm in promo mode this morning...why not check out my playlist on Spotify? Compositions from three albums are included for your dinner & dancing pleasure!
http://open.spotify.com/user/nickitas/playlist/1yypMfSOfNvcrl8KNN7hd9

Sonic Generator and L'Orchestre National de Lorraine on November 3rd

SONIC GENERATOR & L'ORCHESTRE
NATIONAL DE LORRAINE

 

Sunday, November 3 at 7:00 pm
Ferst Center for the Arts 

Sonic Generator, the high-tech contemporary music ensemble in residence at Georgia Tech, joins forces with members of L’Orchestre national de Lorraine and conductor Jacques Mercier in a concert of innovative French and American contemporary music. The program features Steve Reich’s City Life, a work incorporating digital samplers to bring the sounds of New York City to the concert hall. Tickets are $25, however Buy One / Get One Free tickets are available for friends of Sonic Generator and can be purchased by calling the Box Office at 404-894-9600 or in person at the Georgia Tech Student Center Box Office. Please use the discount code FRANCE when purchasing the discounted tickets.  This offer is not available online. 
 

Concert Program

Jason FREEMAN Graph Theory
Daniel WOHL +ou–
John ZORN Orphee
Martin MATALON Las siete vidas de un gato
Steve REICH City life


For directions and parking please see here. 

New Blog Post!

For your weekend reading pleasure: my new blog post is up.

This month, I begin a new series discussing what it takes to "make it" as a composer.

You can check it out directly via http://greekandcomposing.blogspot.com or via my website: http://nickitasdemos.com

NEW RELEASE!

Get it while it's hot! Citizens of Nowhere featuring wonderful playing by Jan Berry Baker (sax) and Ken Long (clarinet) and my piece of the same name! Available for purchase NOW at: 

http://www.albanyrecords.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AR&Product_Code=TROY1439&Category_Code=a-NR

Composers Chime In as Minnesota Orchestra Dispute Drags On

[ALLAN KOZINN | New York Times, August 15, 2013]

The latest salvo in the battle between the players and management of the Minnesota Orchestra, where the musicians have been locked out since October, comes from a group of musicians who are not directly involved in the talks but have a stake in the orchestra’s healthy existence: composers.

On Thursday 91 composers [...] sent an open letter to the orchestra’s musicians, administrators and board (and, for good measure, the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul),  ... [READ MORE]

New Blog Post Up!

This month, inspired by a great article by composer Rob Deemer, I look for balance between art & academia. Check it out at:

http://greekandcomposing.blogspot.com/?m=1

Call for Entries: Georgia Tech's 2014 Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition

Call for Entries
Georgia Tech's 2014 Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition
Submission Deadline: October 28, 2013
Submission URL: http://guthman.gatech.edu

Share your ideas for the next generation of musical instruments at Georgia Tech’s 2014 Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition. An annual event to find the world’s best new ideas in musicality, design and engineering, Wired magazine has called the competition an “X-Prize for music,” and contestants have likened it to a TED Conference for new musical instrument designers.

The judges for the 2014 Guthman Competition will be:

* Young Guru, a Grammy-nominated audio engineer, DJ, and producer best known for his work with Jay Z [http://www.djyoungguru.com/]
* David Zicarelli, the founder and CEO of Cycling '74 [http://www.cycling74.com/]
* Chris Moore, a professor at the School of Music at Georgia Tech [http://www.music.gatech.edu/people/chris-moore]

To learn more about the competition and submit your work, visit http://guthman.gatech.edu.

The deadline for submissions is October 18th, 2013. Approximately twenty semi-finalists will be invited to demonstrate, discuss, and perform with their instruments at the competition as they compete for $10,000 in cash prizes. The competition takes place on February 20 and 21, 2014, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.

Perimeter Flutes Premieres and Perform Atlanta Composers' works!

Perimeter Flutes

Saturday, August 3rd at 1pm

Holy Cross Catholic Church

3773 Chamblee Tucker Road, Atlanta, GA 30341

"Tamar" by Nicole Chamberlain *

"Music for the Outer Edge" by Charles Knox *

"Chasing Time" by Nickitas Demos - * world premiere

"Appalachian Sketches" by Melvin Lauf, Jr. 

"Flowers of the Sun" by Andrey Rubtsov 

"Tailing the Sparks" by Brian Chamberlain *

"A Gaelic Offering" by Catherine McMichael

*Atlanta Composer

All compositions are composed by living composers with four of the composers residing in Atlanta, GA. After this concert we will be going to the National Flute Convention in New Orleans to perform 3 works by Atlanta Composers Kathy Farmer, Charles Knox, and Nicole Chamberlain.

ODYSSEIA Available For Streaming!

For those who like to try before they buy: the album Odysseia recently released on Albany Records, is now streaming on Spotify!
Check out my two works, Tonoi VII for solo alto sax & An Empty Blouse for baritone and mixed chamber ensemble! (Then buy the album, of course!)

https://play.spotify.com/artist/6cr2a1giy6yc8ux6XNI4YU

New Blog Post!

For your reading pleasure: my new blog post is up! This month, I ask myself one simple question. Check it out at:
http://greekandcomposing.blogspot.com

Plug!

I'm pleased to announce that Odysseia, the newly released recording on Albany Records, is now available for online purchase and digital download at iTunes & Amazon.mp3. The album features my works Tonoi VII for solo alto sax and An Empty Blouse for baritone and mixed chamber ensemble.

iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/odysseia/id667198179

Amazon.mp3: 
http://www.amazon.com/Odysseia/dp/B00DO4UD3I/ref=sr_shvl_album_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1372427240&sr=301-5