LARA POE Queen Alexandra’s House, Room 73, Bremner Road, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2QT • 07584 832323

http://larapoe.wix.com/laracomposer • larapoe@bu.edu

Current Projects and commissions

Violin concerto for Aija Reke and the Hancock Cantata Orchestra, Lexington MA (USA) – premier 2017 Ongoing collaboration with the Composers’ Studio ensemble Ongoing collaboration with Consort 21, a period music ensemble at the Royal College of Music, London Ongoing collaborations with performance students in the Contemporary Music in Action project at the Royal College of Music, London Ongoing collaboration with Jen Haughan at the Royal College of Art, London

List of Works

2017

Violin Concerto for solo violin and orchestra (started 2016) Variations on an Idyllic Theme for voice flute, lute, and harpsichord Fluid Shards for solo tuba Chrysalis for harp and basset horn

2016

Heidi for solo clarinet and electronics Glass Contraption for solo piano Short Fanfare for brass quintet Divergence for string quartet Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day for SATB chorus

2015

Blue Ice for large chamber ensemble Canyons for B flat clarinet Chroma - Fantasy for large chamber ensemble Two Miniatures for Piano Trio Eddies for flute quartet Soliloquy for cello

2014

Light and Shadow for orchestra Explorations for three percussionists Over the Fells for string quartet Musings for solo violin A collection of Saturday Afternoons for piano - a set of 20 miniatures written 2013-2014 Chimera for flute

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2013

A Walk in the Woods for flute, clarinet, violin and cello An Eclectic Scene with Flying Fish for violin, viola and bass clarinet Dream Songs for soprano and piano - a set of 5 songs Light and Shadow (first half) for orchestra Transformations for string quartet

2012

Beyond the Door for piano Piano Concerto in F# Minor, movements 2, 3 Farewell for piano Formal studies for piano (3 short pieces)

2011

Piano Concerto in F# Minor, movement 1 Prelude for piano

1999 — 2011: Selected works

A Bird for voice and piano (2011) Sinfonia in E minor for orchestra (2011) Study on a Finnish Folk Tune for flute, violin, cello and piano (2011) Waltz for cello and piano (2010) Orchestral Arrangement of Holländer’s Violin Concerto (originally violin and piano, 2009) Piano Concerto in B minor for piano and orchestra (one movement, 2009) Serenade for String Orchestra (2009) Small Orchestra Piece in A minor for orchestra (2007) Symphony for Strings for string orchestra (3 movements, 2005) Skaftafell for piano trio (2003) Hope and Despair for string quartet (2002) Sonjan Tanssi for solo piano (2000) Tinges for solo piano (1999-2000)

Awards and Recognitions

Doctor Knobel Fund Award Holder, Royal College of Music American Prize 2016 Student chamber music composition division (finalist, winners TBD) Phi Kappa Lambda Nomination for membership BMI Student Composer Awards (finalist) Boston University Composition Departmental Award Wainright Prize, Boston University Composition Department Ithaca Women’s Works Competition (finalist) Mid-America Freedom Band Call for Scores (finalist) Cambridge Philharmonic Call for Scores (finalist) New England Conservatory Preparatory School Theory Department Award Tampere Philharmonic commission for orchestral arrangement of Holländer’s Violin Concerto National Music Conference, UMass Lowell Chapter (co-winner) ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards (two-time finalist)

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Education

Royal College of Music, London, UK – Expected Graduation May 2018 Master of Music in Composition, Doctor Knobel Fund Award Holder 2016

Boston University School of Music, Boston, MA – May 2016 Bachelor of Music in Composition

Royal College of Music, London, UK – Fall 2013 BU Study Abroad

New England Conservatory Preparatory School, Boston, MA – 1999-2008, 2010-2011 Pre-college studies in Composition, Piano, Violin and Music Theory

Tampereen Konservatorio Preparatory Division, Tampere, Finland – 2008-2010 Pre-college studies in Composition, Piano, Violin and Music Theory

Instructors in Composition

Principal Teachers:

Kenneth Hesketh (RCM) Alex Mincek (BU visiting composer) Joshua Fineberg (BU) Richard Cornell (BU) Ketty Nez (BU) Martin Amlin (BU) Paavo Korpijaakko (Tampereen Konservatorio) Rodney Lister (NEC Prep)

Additional Instruction:

Sandeep Bhagwati, Pierluigi Billone, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy, John Harbison, Ville Komppa, George Lewis, Nico Muhly, David Moss, Juhani Nuorvala, Olga Neuwirth, Salvatore Sciarrino, Mauricio Sotelo Joan Tower

Summer festivals and masterclassesViitasaari Time of Music Festival – Viitasaari, Finland

Composition masterclass with Mauricio Sotelo (July 2016) Contemporary Improvisation course with David Moss (July 2016) Composition masterclass with Brian Ferneyhough (July 2015) Contemporary Improvisation course with George Lewis (July 2015) Comprovisation masterclass with Sandeep Bhagwati (July 2014)

Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival – Kuhmo, Finland Piano Masterclasses with Oliver Triendl (July 2016) Piano Masterclasses with Natacha Kudritskaya (July 2015) Piano Masterclasses with Valeria Resjan (July 2014) Piano Masterclasses with Andrea Rucli and Natacha Kudritskaya (July 2013) Lectures and presentations by Magnus Lindberg, Krysztof Penderecki and Sofia Gubaidulina (July 2013)

Lempäälä Soi – Lempäälä, Finland Piano masterclasses with Erik T. Tawastjerna and Hui-Ying Liu Tawastjerna (July 2009, July 2010)

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Limingan Musiikkiviikot – Liminka, Finland (Summers of 2002 – 2010) Lessons with Ville Raasakka and Ville Komppa in composition Lessons with Cecilia Oinas in piano

Instructors in Piano

Principal Teachers:

Nigel Clayton (RCM) Linda Jiorle-Nagy (BU) Edna Stern (RCM) Sergey Schepkin (BU visiting professor) Rodney Lister (NEC prep.) Kristiina Kask-Valve (Tampereen Konservatorio) Bertica Shulman-Cramer (NEC prep.) Melanie Almiron (NEC prep.) Vanessa Morris (Brookline Music School)

Additional Instruction:

Constantine Finehouse, Natacha Kudritskaya, Cecilia Oinas, Valeria Resjan, Andrea Rucli, Erik T. Tawasterna, Hui-Ying Liu Tawasterna, Oliver Triendl

Current Piano Repertoire:

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonata Op. 81a, Les Adieux

Franz Liszt: Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este Hungarian Rhapsody no. 13 in A minor

Maurice Ravel: Jeux d’eau

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