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{{short description|American composer, singer and conductor}}
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| birth_name = Edward Hearne
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1982}}
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1982}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
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| instrument = [[Vocalist]]
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| genre = [[Contemporary classical music|Contemporary classical]], [[Avant-garde music]], [[Experimental music|Experimental]]
| genre = [[Contemporary classical music|Contemporary classical]], [[Avant-garde music]], [[Experimental music|Experimental]]
| associated_acts = Katrina Ballads, R WE WHO R WE
| associated_acts = Katrina Ballads, R WE WHO R WE
| occupation = [[Composer]], [[Conductor (music)|Conductor]], [[Vocalist]]
| occupation = [[Composer]], [[Conductor (music)|Conductor]], [[Vocalist]]
| years_active = 2000–present
| years_active = 2000–present
| label = [[New Amsterdam Records]], New Focus Recordings
| label = [[New Amsterdam Records]], New Focus Recordings
| website = {{URL|http://www.tedhearne.com}}
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'''Ted Hearne''' (born 1982) is an American composer, singer and conductor. He currently lives in [[Los Angeles, CA]].<ref name="LA Phil">{{cite web|title=Ted Hearne|url=http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/ted-hearne/|work=Philipedia|publisher=LA Phil|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref>
'''Ted Hearne''' (born 1982) is an American composer, singer and conductor. He currently lives in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].<ref name="LA Phil">{{cite web|title=Ted Hearne|url=http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/ted-hearne/|work=Philipedia|publisher=LA Phil|accessdate=May 5, 2014}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==


Ted Hearne was born and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]], where he was a member of the [[Chicago Children's Choir]]. He moved to New York in 2000 and has attended the Manhattan School of Music and Yale School of Music. Hearne's oratorio “Katrina Ballads”, an hour-long work about the media’s response to Hurricane Katrina received widespread acclaim after it was premiered at Charleston's Spoleto Festival in 2007.<ref name=KBPress>{{cite news| url=http://newmusiccollective.org/katrinaballads/press.html | work=Charleston Post and Courier | title=A Deeply Moving Tribute | first=Charles | last=Rosenblum | date=2007-06-02}}</ref><ref name=NYTKB>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/arts/music/26katrina.html | work=The New York Times | title=A Flood of Songs Washing Over a City | first=Allan | last=Kozinn | date=2010-08-27}}</ref><ref name="WashPo">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/17/AR2010121702920.html/ |title=The Top 10 Classical Albums of 2010|last=Midgette|first=Anne|date=17 December 2010|work=New York Times|accessdate=10 May 2014}}</ref> His oratorio ''[[The Source (oratorio)|The Source]]'', about [[Chelsea Manning]], sets text from leaked military documents and was premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.<ref name="WallStreetJournal">{{cite news|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/wikileaks-inspires-an-operatic-source-at-brooklyn-academy-of-music-1413927654/ |title=WikiLeaks Inspires an Operatic Source at Brooklyn Academy of Music |last=Ramey|first=Corinne|date=21 October 2014|work=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref>
Ted Hearne was born and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]], where he was a member of the [[Chicago Children's Choir]] and graduate of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. He moved to New York in 2000 and has attended the Manhattan School of Music and Yale School of Music. Hearne's oratorio “Katrina Ballads”, an hour-long work about the media’s response to [[Hurricane Katrina]] received widespread acclaim after it was premiered at Charleston's Spoleto Festival in 2007.<ref name=KBPress>{{cite news| url=http://newmusiccollective.org/katrinaballads/press.html | work=Charleston Post and Courier | title=A Deeply Moving Tribute | first=Charles | last=Rosenblum | date=June 2, 2007}}</ref><ref name=NYTKB>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/arts/music/26katrina.html | work=The New York Times | title=A Flood of Songs Washing Over a City | first=Allan | last=Kozinn | date=August 27, 2010}}</ref><ref name="WashPo">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/17/AR2010121702920.html/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110214063010/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/17/AR2010121702920.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 14, 2011 |title=The Top 10 Classical Albums of 2010|last=Midgette|first=Anne|date=December 17, 2010|work=New York Times|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref> His oratorio ''[[The Source (oratorio)|The Source]]'', about [[Chelsea Manning]], sets text from leaked military documents and was premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.<ref name="WallStreetJournal">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/wikileaks-inspires-an-operatic-source-at-brooklyn-academy-of-music-1413927654/ |title=WikiLeaks Inspires an Operatic Source at Brooklyn Academy of Music |last=Ramey|first=Corinne|date=October 21, 2014|work=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=February 1, 2015}}</ref> His third oratorio ''Place'', written in collaboration with [[Saul Williams]] and the director Patricia McGregor, was premiered digitally in 2020 as ''Place: Quarantine Edition''.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://vimeo.com/426800787|work=Vimeo|title=Place: Quarantine Edition|date=June 7, 2020}}</ref> The album version of ''Place'' was also released in 2020 and was nominated for two [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/2021-grammys-nominations-list-1234838878/|work=Variety|title=Grammy Awards Nominations 2021: The Complete List|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=November 24, 2020}}</ref>


Hearne has been commissioned by the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]], [[San Francisco Symphony]], [[A Far Cry]], pianist [[Timo Andres]], singer-songwriter [[Gabriel Kahane]] and other musicians. Hearne has become known for writing in a wide range of contemporary-music styles, and has collaborated with a diverse group of musicians, most notably [[Erykah Badu]], with whom he created an evening-length piece for Badu to perform with the Brooklyn Philharmonic,<ref name="LMag">{{cite news|url=http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2013/06/10/erykah-badu-serious-composer|title=Erykah Badu, Serious Composer?|last=Stewart|first=Henry|date=10 June 2013|work=L Magazine|accessdate=14 March 2014}}</ref> [[J.G. Thirlwell]], with whom he created chamber-music arrangements of Thirlwell's electronic project [[Manorexia]],<ref name="Thirwell">{{cite web|url=http://www.venturebrosblog.com/2011/01/jg-thirlwells-manorexia-live-january-9th/ |publisher=Venture Bros Blog |date=1 Jan 2011|title=Manorexia Live|accessdate=14 March 2014}}</ref> and electronic/noise musician Philip White, whom with he performs as R We Who R We.<ref name="TimeOut">{{cite news|url=http://www.timeout.com/chicago/classical/r-we-who-r-we-album-review/ |title=Noise artists pervert pop music|last=Armbrust|first=Doyle|date=7 Feb 2013|work=Time Out Chicago|accessdate=4 May 2014}}</ref> Hearne has also worked with jazz musician [[Rene Marie]], the [[JACK Quartet]], harpist/composer [[Zeena Parkins]]<ref name="Nextworks Review">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/arts/music/zeena-parkins-and-ne-x-tworks-ensemble-w-jack-quartet.html/|title=Where words are the notes|last=Woolfe|first=Zachary|date=11 September 2012|work=New York Times|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref> and conductor [[Alan Pierson]],<ref name="Badu NYT">{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/ted-hearne-awarded-new-voices-residency-for-composers/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0|title=Minimalist and Rich, in the Space between Funk and Classical|last=Ratliff|first=Ben|date=9 June 2013|work=New York Times|accessdate=14 March 2014}}</ref> and hIs music has been performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), [[(le) Poisson Rouge]], Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw, and Carnegie Hall.<ref name="GleeClub">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/arts/music/yale-glee-club-anniversary-at-carnegie-hall.html/ |title=Turning 150, but Youthful as Ever |last=Woolfe|first=Zachary|date=12 April 2011|work=New York Times|accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref>
Hearne has been commissioned by the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]], [[San Francisco Symphony]], [[A Far Cry]], pianist [[Timo Andres]], singer-songwriter [[Gabriel Kahane]] and other musicians. Hearne has become known for writing in a wide range of contemporary-music styles, and has collaborated with a diverse group of musicians, most notably [[Erykah Badu]], with whom he created an evening-length piece for Badu to perform with the Brooklyn Philharmonic,<ref name="LMag">{{cite news|url=http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2013/06/10/erykah-badu-serious-composer|title=Erykah Badu, Serious Composer?|last=Stewart|first=Henry|date=June 10, 2013|work=L Magazine|accessdate=March 14, 2014}}</ref> [[J.G. Thirlwell]], with whom he created chamber-music arrangements of Thirlwell's electronic project [[Manorexia]],<ref name="Thirwell">{{cite web|url=http://www.venturebrosblog.com/2011/01/jg-thirlwells-manorexia-live-january-9th/ |publisher=Venture Bros Blog |date=January 1, 2011|title=Manorexia Live|accessdate=March 14, 2014}}</ref> and electronic/noise musician Philip White, whom with he performs as R We Who R We.<ref name="TimeOut">{{cite news|url=http://www.timeout.com/chicago/classical/r-we-who-r-we-album-review/ |title=Noise artists pervert pop music|last=Armbrust|first=Doyle|date=February 7, 2013|work=Time Out Chicago|accessdate=May 4, 2014}}</ref> Hearne has also worked with jazz musician [[Rene Marie]], poet [[Dorothea Lasky]], the [[JACK Quartet]], harpist/composer [[Zeena Parkins]]<ref name="Nextworks Review">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/arts/music/zeena-parkins-and-ne-x-tworks-ensemble-w-jack-quartet.html/|title=Where words are the notes|last=Woolfe|first=Zachary|date=September 11, 2012|work=New York Times|accessdate=May 5, 2014}}</ref> and conductor [[Alan Pierson]],<ref name="Badu NYT">{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/ted-hearne-awarded-new-voices-residency-for-composers/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0|title=Minimalist and Rich, in the Space between Funk and Classical|last=Ratliff|first=Ben|date=June 9, 2013|work=New York Times|accessdate=March 14, 2014}}</ref> and his music has been performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), [[(Le) Poisson Rouge]], Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw, and Carnegie Hall.<ref name="GleeClub">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/arts/music/yale-glee-club-anniversary-at-carnegie-hall.html/ |title=Turning 150, but Youthful as Ever |last=Woolfe|first=Zachary|date=April 12, 2011|work=New York Times|accessdate=May 1, 2014}}</ref>


Hearne is the recipient of the 2009 Gaudeamus Prize in Music Composition,<ref name="GaudeamusNMB">{{cite web|title=Ted Hearne wins Gaudeamus Prize|url=http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/Ted-Hearne-Wins-2009-Gaudeamus-Prize/|publisher=NewMusicBox}}</ref> and the 2014 New Voices Residency from publisher Boosey and Hawkes and the San Francisco Symphony.<ref name="NewVoices NYT">{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/ted-hearne-awarded-new-voices-residency-for-composers/|title=Ted Hearne awarded New Voices Residency for composers|last=Kozinn|first=Allan|date=7 April 2014|work=New York Times|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref> He is currently on the Composition faculty at the [[USC Thornton School of Music]].
Hearne is the recipient of the 2009 Gaudeamus Prize in Music Composition,<ref name="GaudeamusNMB">{{cite web|title=Ted Hearne wins Gaudeamus Prize|date=September 14, 2009 |url=http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/Ted-Hearne-Wins-2009-Gaudeamus-Prize/|publisher=NewMusicBox}}</ref> and the 2014 New Voices Residency from publisher Boosey and Hawkes and the San Francisco Symphony.<ref name="NewVoices NYT">{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/ted-hearne-awarded-new-voices-residency-for-composers/|title=Ted Hearne awarded New Voices Residency for composers|last=Kozinn|first=Allan|date=April 7, 2014|work=New York Times|accessdate=May 5, 2014}}</ref> In 2018 he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2018|title=2018 Pulitzer Prizes}}</ref> He is currently on the Composition faculty at the [[USC Thornton School of Music]].


==Concert Works==
==Concert works==


Hearne's music is known for juxtaposing diverse styles,<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/14/entertainment/la-et-cm-brooklyn-festival-los-angeles-philharmonic-20130414/ |title=Brooklyn festival samples new classical music of the borough|last=Berger|first=Kevin|date=14 April 2013|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2 May 2014}}</ref> and for its often overtly political content.<ref name="Voice">{{cite news|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-05-22/music/music-summer-guide/full/ |title=Summer Music Guide: Erykah Badu and the Brooklyn Phil Team Up|last=Walls|first=Seth Colter|date=22 May 2013|work=The Village Voice}}</ref> The New York Times has noted Hearne for his “topical, politically sharp-edged works,” <ref name="NewVoices NYT">{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/ted-hearne-awarded-new-voices-residency-for-composers/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0|title=Ted Hearne awarded New Voices Residency for composers|last=Kozinn|first=Allan|date=7 April 2014|work=New York Times|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref> and has called his compositional style “nuanced, elliptical and elusive.” <ref name=NYTTheSource>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/arts/the-source-an-oratorio-about-chelsea-mannings-leaks.html?_r=0| work=The New York Times | title=Shadowed, Clamoring, Blurry. And With Reason. | first=Zachary | last=Woolfe | date=2014-10-24}}</ref>
Hearne's music is known for juxtaposing diverse styles,<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/14/entertainment/la-et-cm-brooklyn-festival-los-angeles-philharmonic-20130414/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627121725/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/14/entertainment/la-et-cm-brooklyn-festival-los-angeles-philharmonic-20130414 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 27, 2013 |title=Brooklyn festival samples new classical music of the borough|last=Berger|first=Kevin|date=April 14, 2013|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=May 2, 2014}}</ref> and for its often overtly political content.<ref name="Voice">{{cite news |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-05-22/music/music-summer-guide/full/ |title=Summer Music Guide: Erykah Badu and the Brooklyn Phil Team Up |last=Walls|first=Seth Colter|date=May 22, 2013|work=The Village Voice}}</ref> The New York Times has noted Hearne for his “topical, politically sharp-edged works,” <ref name="NewVoices NYT"/> and has called his compositional style “nuanced, elliptical and elusive.” <ref name=NYTTheSource>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/arts/the-source-an-oratorio-about-chelsea-mannings-leaks.html?_r=0| work=The New York Times | title=Shadowed, Clamoring, Blurry. And With Reason. | first=Zachary | last=Woolfe | date=October 24, 2014}}</ref>


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*2008 “Katrina Ballads” for mixed chamber ensemble and five singers
*2008 “Katrina Ballads” for mixed chamber ensemble and five singers
*2014 “The Source” for mixed chamber ensemble and four singers
*2014 “The Source” for mixed chamber ensemble and four singers
*2020 "Place" for mixed chamber ensemble and six singers


'''Large Ensemble'''
'''Large Ensemble'''
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*2013 "Stem” for orchestra
*2013 "Stem” for orchestra
*2013 “You’re Causing Quite A Disturbance” for orchestra and singer (with [[Erykah Badu]])
*2013 “You’re Causing Quite A Disturbance” for orchestra and singer (with [[Erykah Badu]])
*2015 "Respirator" for chamber orchestra
*2015 "Dispatches" for orchestra
*2017 "Miami in Movements" for orchestra with video
*2018 "Brass Tacks" for symphonic orchestra
*2019 "In Thrall" for wind ensemble


'''Solo Music'''
'''Solo Music'''
*2010 “Nobody’s” for solo violin
*2010 “Nobody’s” for solo violin or viola
*2011 “Parlor Diplomacy” for solo piano
*2011 “Parlor Diplomacy” for solo piano
*2016 "DaVZ23BzMH0" for solo cello with electronics
*2020 "Distance Canon" for solo violin
*2020 "The Luminous Road" for solo piccolo


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*2008 “Snowball” for 8 instruments
*2008 “Snowball” for 8 instruments
*2009 “Thaw” for percussion quartet
*2009 “Thaw” for percussion quartet
*2011 “Licorice Men” for electric guitar quartet
*2011 “Candy” for electric guitar quartet
*2011 “Cutest Little Arbitrage” for 2 saxophones, trombone and rhythm section
*2011 “Cutest Little Arbitrage” for 2 saxophones, trombone and rhythm section
*2012 “Crispy Gentlemen” for flute, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion
*2012 “Crispy Gentlemen” for flute, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion
*2014 "'The Cage' Variations" for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, and solo baritone
*2014 “Furtive Movements” for cello and percussion
*2014 “Furtive Movements” for cello and percussion
*2014 "By-By Huey" for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
*2016 "The Answer to the Question That Wings Ask" for string quartet with narrator
*2016 "Baby [an argument]" for 10 instruments
*2016 "For the Love of Charles Mingus" for six violins
*2016 "One Like" for 14 instruments
*2017 "To Be the Thing" for voice, electric guitar, and percussion with live electronics
*2017 "Exposure" for string quartet
*2019 "Time is forever dividing itself toward innumerable futures [Speed is Pure]" for 4 horns, electric guitar, and voice with live electronics
*2019 "Authority" for 10 instruments


'''Choral/Vocal'''
'''Choral/Vocal'''
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*2014 “Sound From the Bench” for mixed chorus, two electric guitars and percussion
*2014 “Sound From the Bench” for mixed chorus, two electric guitars and percussion
*2015 “Coloring Book” for vocal octet (with [[Roomful of Teeth]])
*2015 “Coloring Book” for vocal octet (with [[Roomful of Teeth]])
*2016 "What it Might Say" for mixed chorus
*2018 "Fervor" for mixed chorus
*2018 "Animals" for mixed chorus
*2019 "Texting With Your Dad in the Anthropocene" for men's chorus
*2019 "In Your Mouth" for voice and piano or voice and ensemble
*2020 "The Definition of Crisis" for youth chorus


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==Performer and conductor==
==Performer and conductor==
Hearne has performed as a vocalist in several of his own projects, including Katrina Ballads and R WE WHO R WE, and has also performed in works by other contemporary composers. He played the role of Justin Timberlake in [[Jacob Cooper (composer)|Jacob Cooper's]] opera Timberbrit,<ref name="Timberbrit">{{cite news|url=http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/190603-jacob-cooper-portal/ |title=Jacob Cooper Finds Grace in Diaphanous Slow Motion|last=Johnson|first=Daniel|date=28 April 2012|work=New York Times|accessdate=10 May 2014}}</ref> and performed at the Ecstatic Music Festival as part of Timo Andres’s Work Songs.<ref name="StarTribune">{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/250843311.html/ |title=Timo Andres goes for the beauty|last=Robson|first=Britt|date=18 March 2014|work=Minneapolis Star-Tribune}}</ref> Time Out Chicago has called Hearne a “vocal hellion.”<ref name="TimeOut">{{cite news|url=http://www.timeout.com/chicago/classical/r-we-who-r-we-album-review/ |title=Noise artists pervert pop music|last=Armbrust|first=Doyle|date=7 Feb 2013|work=Time Out Chicago|accessdate=4 May 2014}}</ref> He is known for his extreme range and for mixing vocal techniques from different styles, including abrupt register changes, rapid speaking, screaming, rapping, falsetto and crooning.
Hearne has performed as a vocalist in several of his own projects, including Katrina Ballads and R WE WHO R WE, and has also performed in works by other contemporary composers. He played the role of Justin Timberlake in [[Jacob Cooper (composer)|Jacob Cooper]]'s opera ''Timberbrit'',<ref name="Timberbrit">{{cite news|url=http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/190603-jacob-cooper-portal/ |title=Jacob Cooper Finds Grace in Diaphanous Slow Motion|last=Johnson|first=Daniel|date=April 28, 2012|work=New York Times|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref> and performed at the Ecstatic Music Festival as part of Timo Andres’s Work Songs.<ref name="StarTribune">{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/250843311.html/ |title=Timo Andres goes for the beauty|last=Robson|first=Britt|date=March 18, 2014|work=Minneapolis Star-Tribune}}</ref> Time Out Chicago has called Hearne a "vocal hellion."<ref name="TimeOut"/> He is known for his extreme range and for mixing vocal techniques from different styles, including abrupt register changes, rapid speaking, screaming, rapping, falsetto and crooning.


Hearne is an active conductor of contemporary music. He has worked as a conductor with many ensembles in New York, including the Red Light Ensemble, [[Bang on a Can]], Wet Ink Ensemble, Ne(x)tworks and the [[International Contemporary Ensemble]].<ref name="Nextworks Review">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/arts/music/zeena-parkins-and-ne-x-tworks-ensemble-w-jack-quartet.html/|title=Where words are the notes|last=Woolfe|first=Zachary|date=11 September 2012|work=New York Times|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="RedLight">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/arts/music/22red.html/ |title=Green Light for Experimentalism: Tweaking Conventions and Bending Rules|last=Kozinn|first=Allan|date=21 September 2010|work=New York Times|accessdate=10 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="NYT Lightning">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/arts/music/11ligh.html/ |title=Reclaiming a Poet: Old Words, New Music|last=Kozinn|first=Allan|date=10 December 2008|work=New York Times|accessdate=10 May 2014}}</ref>
Hearne is an active conductor of contemporary music. He has worked as a conductor with many ensembles in New York, including the Red Light Ensemble, [[Bang on a Can]], Wet Ink Ensemble, Ne(x)tworks and the [[International Contemporary Ensemble]].<ref name="Nextworks Review"/><ref name="RedLight">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/arts/music/22red.html/ |title=Green Light for Experimentalism: Tweaking Conventions and Bending Rules|last=Kozinn|first=Allan|date=September 21, 2010|work=New York Times|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref><ref name="NYT Lightning">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/arts/music/11ligh.html/ |title=Reclaiming a Poet: Old Words, New Music|last=Kozinn|first=Allan|date=December 10, 2008|work=New York Times|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
*2009 [[Gaudeamus Prize]]<ref>http://www.muziekweek.nl/organisatie/archief/}</ref>
*2009 [[Gaudeamus Prize]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.muziekweek.nl/organisatie/archief/ | title=Jubileum }}</ref>
*2009 and 2013 [[Charles Ives Prize]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Charles Ives Awards|url=http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Ives|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Letters|accessdate=29 July 2013}}</ref>
*2009 and 2013 [[Charles Ives Prize]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Charles Ives Awards|url=http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Ives|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Letters|accessdate=July 29, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131113705/http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Ives|archivedate=January 31, 2016}}</ref>
*2009 and 2012 [[Morton Gould]] Young Composer Award<ref>{{cite web|title=The 2012 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Awards|url=http://www.ascap.com/press/2012/0406_mortongouldawards.aspx|publisher=ASCAP|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The 2009 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Awards|url=http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/concertawards/2009/mortongould.aspx|publisher=ASCAP|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref>
*2009 and 2012 [[Morton Gould]] Young Composer Award<ref>{{cite web|title=The 2012 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Awards|url=http://www.ascap.com/press/2012/0406_mortongouldawards.aspx|publisher=ASCAP|accessdate=May 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The 2009 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Awards|url=http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/concertawards/2009/mortongould.aspx|publisher=ASCAP|accessdate=May 5, 2014}}</ref>
*2013 Music Alive Residency Award<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 MUSIC ALIVE RESIDENCY AWARDEES|url=https://www.newmusicusa.org/blog/2013-music-alive-residency-awardees/|publisher=New Music USA|accessdate=29 July 2013}}</ref>
*2013 Music Alive Residency Award<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 MUSIC ALIVE RESIDENCY AWARDEES|url=https://www.newmusicusa.org/blog/2013-music-alive-residency-awardees/|publisher=New Music USA|accessdate=July 29, 2013}}</ref>
*2014 New Voices Residency for Composers<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/ted-hearne-awarded-new-voices-residency-for-composers/?_r=0|title = Ted Hearne Awarded New Voices Residency for Composers|last = Kozinn|first = Allan|website = ArtsBeat|access-date = 2016-03-02}}</ref>
*2014 New Voices Residency for Composers<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/ted-hearne-awarded-new-voices-residency-for-composers/?_r=0|title = Ted Hearne Awarded New Voices Residency for Composers|last = Kozinn|first = Allan|website = ArtsBeat|date = April 7, 2014|access-date = March 2, 2016}}</ref>


==Recordings==
==Recordings==
* 2010 – ''Katrina Ballads'' ([[New Amsterdam Records|New Amsterdam]])
* 2010 – ''Katrina Ballads'' ([[New Amsterdam Records|New Amsterdam]])
* 2010 – J. G. Thirwell: ''Manorexia: 'The Mesopelagic Wars' '' ([[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]])<ref name="Manorexia">{{cite web|url=http://foetus.org/content/discography/releases/manorexia-the-mesopelagic-waters |publisher=Foetus |title=Manorexia discography |accessdate=14 March 2014}}</ref>
* 2010 – J. G. Thirwell: ''Manorexia: 'The Mesopelagic Wars' '' ([[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]])<ref name="Manorexia">{{cite web|url=http://foetus.org/content/discography/releases/manorexia-the-mesopelagic-waters |publisher=Foetus |title=Manorexia discography |accessdate=March 14, 2014}}</ref>
* 2013 – ''R WE WHO R WE'' (New Focus) with Philip White<ref name="RWERecord">{{cite web|url=http://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/r-we-who-r-we |publisher=New Focus Recordings |title=catalog |accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref>
* 2013 – ''R WE WHO R WE'' (New Focus) with Philip White<ref name="RWERecord">{{cite web|url=http://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/r-we-who-r-we |publisher=New Focus Recordings |title=catalog |accessdate=April 2, 2014}}</ref>
* 2014 – ''The Law of Mosaics'' (Crier) with Andrew Norman and Far Cry<ref name="LawOfMosaics">{{cite web|url=http://www.afarcry.org/recordings/ |publisher=Crier Records |title=catalog |accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref>
* 2014 – ''The Law of Mosaics'' (Crier) with Andrew Norman and Far Cry<ref name="LawOfMosaics">{{cite web|url=http://www.afarcry.org/recordings/ |publisher=Crier Records |title=catalog |accessdate=February 1, 2015}}</ref>
* 2015 – ''The Source'' (New Amsterdam)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newamrecords.com/albums/the-source|title=Ted Hearne "The Source"|last=|first=|date=October 16, 2018|website=|publisher=New Amsterdam Records|access-date=}}</ref>
* 2016 – ''Outlanders'' (New Amsterdam)
* 2016 – ''Outlanders'' (New Amsterdam)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newamrecords.com/albums/outlanders|title=Ted Hearne "Outlanders"|last=|first=|date=January 15, 2016|website=|publisher=New Amsterdam Records|access-date=}}</ref>
* 2017 – ''Sound from the Bench'' (Cantaloupe Music)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cantaloupemusic.com/albums/sound-from-bench|title=Ted Hearne "Sound from the Bench"|last=|first=|date=February 13, 2017|website=|publisher=Cantaloupe Music|access-date=}}</ref>
* 2019 – ''Hazy Heart Pump'' (New Focus)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/ted-hearne-hazy-heart-pump/|title=Ted Hearne "Hazy Heart Pump"|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=New Focus Recordings|access-date=}}</ref>
* 2020 – ''Place'' (New Amsterdam)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newamrecords.com/albums/hearne-place|title=Ted Hearne "Place"|last=|first=|date=January 11, 2021|website=|publisher=New Amsterdam Records|access-date=}}</ref>


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Ted Hearne
Birth nameEdward Hearne
Born1982 (age 41–42)
Chicago, Illinois
GenresContemporary classical, Avant-garde music, Experimental
Occupation(s)Composer, Conductor, Vocalist
Instrument(s)Vocalist
Years active2000–present
LabelsNew Amsterdam Records, New Focus Recordings
Websitewww.tedhearne.com

Ted Hearne (born 1982) is an American composer, singer and conductor. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.[1]

Biography[edit]

Ted Hearne was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, where he was a member of the Chicago Children's Choir and graduate of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. He moved to New York in 2000 and has attended the Manhattan School of Music and Yale School of Music. Hearne's oratorio “Katrina Ballads”, an hour-long work about the media’s response to Hurricane Katrina received widespread acclaim after it was premiered at Charleston's Spoleto Festival in 2007.[2][3][4] His oratorio The Source, about Chelsea Manning, sets text from leaked military documents and was premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.[5] His third oratorio Place, written in collaboration with Saul Williams and the director Patricia McGregor, was premiered digitally in 2020 as Place: Quarantine Edition.[6] The album version of Place was also released in 2020 and was nominated for two Grammy Awards.[7]

Hearne has been commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, A Far Cry, pianist Timo Andres, singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane and other musicians. Hearne has become known for writing in a wide range of contemporary-music styles, and has collaborated with a diverse group of musicians, most notably Erykah Badu, with whom he created an evening-length piece for Badu to perform with the Brooklyn Philharmonic,[8] J.G. Thirlwell, with whom he created chamber-music arrangements of Thirlwell's electronic project Manorexia,[9] and electronic/noise musician Philip White, whom with he performs as R We Who R We.[10] Hearne has also worked with jazz musician Rene Marie, poet Dorothea Lasky, the JACK Quartet, harpist/composer Zeena Parkins[11] and conductor Alan Pierson,[12] and his music has been performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), (Le) Poisson Rouge, Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw, and Carnegie Hall.[13]

Hearne is the recipient of the 2009 Gaudeamus Prize in Music Composition,[14] and the 2014 New Voices Residency from publisher Boosey and Hawkes and the San Francisco Symphony.[15] In 2018 he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in music.[16] He is currently on the Composition faculty at the USC Thornton School of Music.

Concert works[edit]

Hearne's music is known for juxtaposing diverse styles,[17] and for its often overtly political content.[18] The New York Times has noted Hearne for his “topical, politically sharp-edged works,” [15] and has called his compositional style “nuanced, elliptical and elusive.” [19]

Performer and conductor[edit]

Hearne has performed as a vocalist in several of his own projects, including Katrina Ballads and R WE WHO R WE, and has also performed in works by other contemporary composers. He played the role of Justin Timberlake in Jacob Cooper's opera Timberbrit,[20] and performed at the Ecstatic Music Festival as part of Timo Andres’s Work Songs.[21] Time Out Chicago has called Hearne a "vocal hellion."[10] He is known for his extreme range and for mixing vocal techniques from different styles, including abrupt register changes, rapid speaking, screaming, rapping, falsetto and crooning.

Hearne is an active conductor of contemporary music. He has worked as a conductor with many ensembles in New York, including the Red Light Ensemble, Bang on a Can, Wet Ink Ensemble, Ne(x)tworks and the International Contemporary Ensemble.[11][22][23]

Awards[edit]

Recordings[edit]

  • 2010 – Katrina Ballads (New Amsterdam)
  • 2010 – J. G. Thirwell: Manorexia: 'The Mesopelagic Wars' (Tzadik)[30]
  • 2013 – R WE WHO R WE (New Focus) with Philip White[31]
  • 2014 – The Law of Mosaics (Crier) with Andrew Norman and Far Cry[32]
  • 2015 – The Source (New Amsterdam)[33]
  • 2016 – Outlanders (New Amsterdam)[34]
  • 2017 – Sound from the Bench (Cantaloupe Music)[35]
  • 2019 – Hazy Heart Pump (New Focus)[36]
  • 2020 – Place (New Amsterdam)[37]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ted Hearne". Philipedia. LA Phil. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  2. ^ Rosenblum, Charles (June 2, 2007). "A Deeply Moving Tribute". Charleston Post and Courier.
  3. ^ Kozinn, Allan (August 27, 2010). "A Flood of Songs Washing Over a City". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Midgette, Anne (December 17, 2010). "The Top 10 Classical Albums of 2010". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 14, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  5. ^ Ramey, Corinne (October 21, 2014). "WikiLeaks Inspires an Operatic Source at Brooklyn Academy of Music". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  6. ^ "Place: Quarantine Edition". Vimeo. June 7, 2020.
  7. ^ Willman, Chris (November 24, 2020). "Grammy Awards Nominations 2021: The Complete List". Variety.
  8. ^ Stewart, Henry (June 10, 2013). "Erykah Badu, Serious Composer?". L Magazine. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  9. ^ "Manorexia Live". Venture Bros Blog. January 1, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  10. ^ a b Armbrust, Doyle (February 7, 2013). "Noise artists pervert pop music". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  11. ^ a b Woolfe, Zachary (September 11, 2012). "Where words are the notes". New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  12. ^ Ratliff, Ben (June 9, 2013). "Minimalist and Rich, in the Space between Funk and Classical". New York Times. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  13. ^ Woolfe, Zachary (April 12, 2011). "Turning 150, but Youthful as Ever". New York Times. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  14. ^ "Ted Hearne wins Gaudeamus Prize". NewMusicBox. September 14, 2009.
  15. ^ a b Kozinn, Allan (April 7, 2014). "Ted Hearne awarded New Voices Residency for composers". New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  16. ^ "2018 Pulitzer Prizes".
  17. ^ Berger, Kevin (April 14, 2013). "Brooklyn festival samples new classical music of the borough". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 27, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  18. ^ Walls, Seth Colter (May 22, 2013). "Summer Music Guide: Erykah Badu and the Brooklyn Phil Team Up". The Village Voice.
  19. ^ Woolfe, Zachary (October 24, 2014). "Shadowed, Clamoring, Blurry. And With Reason". The New York Times.
  20. ^ Johnson, Daniel (April 28, 2012). "Jacob Cooper Finds Grace in Diaphanous Slow Motion". New York Times. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  21. ^ Robson, Britt (March 18, 2014). "Timo Andres goes for the beauty". Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
  22. ^ Kozinn, Allan (September 21, 2010). "Green Light for Experimentalism: Tweaking Conventions and Bending Rules". New York Times. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  23. ^ Kozinn, Allan (December 10, 2008). "Reclaiming a Poet: Old Words, New Music". New York Times. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  24. ^ "Jubileum".
  25. ^ "The Charles Ives Awards". American Academy of Arts and Letters. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  26. ^ "The 2012 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Awards". ASCAP. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  27. ^ "The 2009 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Awards". ASCAP. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  28. ^ "2013 MUSIC ALIVE RESIDENCY AWARDEES". New Music USA. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  29. ^ Kozinn, Allan (April 7, 2014). "Ted Hearne Awarded New Voices Residency for Composers". ArtsBeat. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  30. ^ "Manorexia discography". Foetus. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  31. ^ "catalog". New Focus Recordings. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  32. ^ "catalog". Crier Records. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  33. ^ "Ted Hearne "The Source"". New Amsterdam Records. October 16, 2018.
  34. ^ "Ted Hearne "Outlanders"". New Amsterdam Records. January 15, 2016.
  35. ^ "Ted Hearne "Sound from the Bench"". Cantaloupe Music. February 13, 2017.
  36. ^ "Ted Hearne "Hazy Heart Pump"". New Focus Recordings.
  37. ^ "Ted Hearne "Place"". New Amsterdam Records. January 11, 2021.

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