Bespoke Songs - GRAMMY® nominated for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
"How to See An Angel" featured on ASCAP New Music Friday Playlist
How to See An Angel included in July 12th’s ASCAP New Music Friday playlist. Performance by Fotina Naumenko and the Edge Ensemble.
"How to See An Angel" released on Bespoke Songs album (New Focus Recordings)
Commissioned by Fotina Naumenko. Recorded and performed by Fotina Naumenko, Ryan Romine, and Marika Bournaki. Released on New Focus Recordings label.
Carrie Magin Awarded Wyoming County Arts Education Grant
Dr. Carrie Magin, professor of composition and theory at Houghton College, recently received the Arts Education grant from the Arts Council for Wyoming County (ACWC).
The grant – aimed at funding opportunities to engage public school students aged kindergarten through high school in artistic learning experiences – will allow Magin to compose a new band piece to be premiered by the Letchworth Junior Band in June 2018. Jason Decker, director of the junior band and an instructor of tuba and instructor of woodwind techniques at Houghton, will conduct the piece.
Read the full article here: http://www.houghton.edu/news-media/recent-news/dr-carrie-magin-awarded-wyoming-county-arts-education-grant/922/
"Heart-Fire" premieres at Carnegie Hall
In May of 2018, the Georgia College Max Noah Singers along with several other choirs premiered Carrie Magin's "Heart-Fire" for mixed choir (SATB) and piano at Carnegie Hall. The work was commissioned by Dr. Jennifer M. Flory and the Georgia College Choral Ensembles in celebration of the centennial Sara Teasdale's 1918 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection "Love Songs," which includes the poem "Heart-Fire" is based on.
"Between Us Now" goes on tour!
"Voice on the Wire" Premieres in Halifax, Nova Scotia
In August of 2015, Opera from Scratch produced the world premiere performance of mini-opera, "Voice on the Wire." With music by Carrie Magin and libretto by Kendall A. (co-founder of NANOWorks Opera), this 10-minute opera portrays the emotional journey of Mabel Bell, who was the deaf wife of Alexander Graham Bell.