Jonathan Newman

OK FEEL GOODfor chamber group

about OK FEEL GOOD

In the summer of 1996, I had the opportunity to write for the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. It was a year of somewhat intense personal distress, and I was extremely tired of feeling bad, so I decided to write a very happy piece. OK FEEL GOOD was the result.

about THE COMPOSER

Jonathan Newman is an accomplished composer of diverse skills, having written orchestral, chamber, vocal, choral, wind ensemble, and electronic music, as well as music for dance and theater. A recipient of the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he has been described as "an outstanding composer...with a quirky and intellectually provocative bent." Notable performances include his first string quartet, Wapwallopen, premiered in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and written on commission from the New York Youth Symphony, and Ohanashi for chamber orchestra, written for the New Juilliard Ensemble and premiered in Alice Tully Hall. His works for winds have been performed worldwide, and have been recorded by the UNLV Wind Orchestra, the UNCG Wind Ensemble, the Rutgers University Wind Ensemble, the Tokyo Symphonic Band, and the TAD Wind Symphony in Japan. His works for dance have enjoyed multiple performances at The Juilliard Theater, Alice Tully Hall, and P.S. 122 in NY. Recently, the chamber orchestra "Alarm Will Sound" commissioned arrangements of Aphex Twin electronica for a recording project on the Cantaloupe label, the American Composers Orchestra selected his new orchestral work Metropolitan for the 2004 Whitaker New Music Reading Sessions, and in 2003 he won the biannual NBA/Merrill Jones Composition Award for Moon by Night. Jonathan Newman (b. 1972) holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Boston University's School for the Arts. His principal teachers were John Corigliano, Richard Cornell, David Del Tredici, and George Tsontakis. Early training includes studies at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and the Aspen Music Festival. He resides with his wife Melissa Schlachtmeyer, a costume designer, in New York City.

Instrumentation

Flute (doubling Piccolo)B-flat Clarinet (doubling Bass Clarinet)

ViolinCello

Piano

Percussion — Crotales, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Marimba Triangle, Suspended CymbalConga

First Performance

July 12, 1996Harris Hall

Aspen Music FestivalAspen Contemporary Ensemble

Ned McGowan, flute Gregory Oakes, clarinetKyu-Young Kim, violin Reynard Rott, cello

Blair McMillen, piano David Shively, percussionNag Bushan Odekar, conductor

Durationca. 7:30

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OK FEEL GOODC Score

for chamber group

for the 1996 Aspen Contemporary Ensemble

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All rights reserved For all countries www.jonathannewman.com

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