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Contact information:
College of Music
University of North Texas
1155 Union Circle #311367
Denton, TX 76203-5017
office: MU 2005
phone: (940)565-4926
fax: (940)565-2002
e-mail: joseph.klein@unt.edu
Recent Activities:
- 23 April 2012, 8:00 pm: Performance of Parallaxes at University of North Texas (Denton, TX).
- 1 March 2012, 8:00 pm: Performance of Cornell Set at Connecticut College (New London, CT) for the 13th Biennial Arts and Technology Symposium
- 31 October 2011, 8:00 pm: Performance of 3 Haiku, on IRAMA program at the University of North Texas Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater.
- 3 October 2011, 8:00 pm: Performance of Cornell Set (four poems with computer music), on CEMI Centerpieces program at the University of North Texas Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater.
- 16 September 2011, 8:00 pm: Performance of Die Tischtuchtolle by Felix Olschofka (violin), on a faculty recital at the University of North Texas Voertman Hall.
- 18 May 2011, 8:00 pm: Performance of Der Ohrenzeuge by Lisa Bost-Sandberg (bass flute), on guest recital at Lawrence University Conservatory of Music (Appleton, WI).
- 25 April 2011, 8:00 pm: Performance of Der Ohrenzeuge by Lisa Bost-Sandberg (bass flute), on Spectrum program (University of North Texas Recital Hall).
- 13-15 April 2011: Residency at Cornell University Department of English, including premiere performance of Cornell Set, an electroacoustic setting of four poems by MFA students in the Creative Writing Program, and Three Poems from Felt with poet Alice Fulton (15 April 2011 at 7:00 pm, McGraw Hall 165, Cornell University).
- 7 March 2011, 8:00 pm: Performances of Die Königskünderin by John Holt (trumpet) and Der Leidverweser by Kathleen Reynolds (contrabassoon), on Spectrum program (University of North Texas Recital Hall).
- 6 March 2011, 11:00 am: House Salon program sponsored by Voices of Change at the home of Drs. Donald and Ellen Seldin (Dallas, TX), featuring five solo works based on character studies of Elias Canetti. Performers include Maria Schleuning (violin), John Holt (trumpet), Lisa Bost-Sandberg (bass flute), Kathleen Reynolds (contrabassoon), and Christopher Deane (percussion).
- 9 February 2011, 8:00 pm: Performance of Leviathan for male voice, bass trombone, and intermedia, performed by Jeffrey Snider and Jeremiah Stones at the University of North Texas Voertman Hall.
- 22 January 2011, 10:30 am: Performance of Der Leichenschleicher for solo contrabass by Adam Goodwin at the UC San Diego Sonic Diasporas Alumni Festival & Symposium (La Jolla, CA).
- 8 October 2009 - 21 March 2010: Subject of an artist film presented at the exhibition "Performance/Art", Dallas Museum of Art; an excerpt of the film may be viewed at http://dallasmuseumofart.tv/films
- 5 December 2009, 12:00 pm: Video presentation of Goblin Market for solo trombonist, prepared piano, and intermedia environment at the Twelve Nights Electronic Music and Arts Festival, Harold Golen Gallery (Miami, FL).
- 1-3 December 2009, 8:00 pm: Guest composer residency, including performance of Occam's Razor by the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, Jacobs School of Music (Bloomington, IN).
- 14 November 2009, 11:00 am: Performance of Die Sternklare for solo percussion by Christopher Deane at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Indiana Convention Center (Indianapolis, IN).
- 6 November 2009, 8:00 pm: Performance of Die Sternklare for solo percussion by Christopher Deane for the Dallas Festival of Modern Music, Highland Park Presbyterian Church (Dallas, TX).
- 20 October 2009, 8:00 pm: Performance of Die Sternklare for solo percussion by Christopher Deane, University of North Texas.
- 11 October 2009, 2:30 pm: Performance of 3 Haiku (after John Ashbery) for mezzo-soprano and percussion by Heidi Dietrich Klein (voice) and Joseph Klein (percussion) for the Greater Denton Arts Council "Couples Who Create" program, Center for the Visual Arts (Denton, TX).
- 9 October 2009: Performance of Der Ohrenzeuge for solo bass flute by Lisa Bost at the Region V SCI Conference, Clarke College (Dubuque, IA).
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