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Nomi Epstein - Theory Tutor
Nomi Epstein is active as a composer, curator/performer of experimental music, and music educator. She holds degrees in Music Composition from Columbia University (bachelor of arts), New England Conservatory (master of music), and Northwestern University (doctor of music). As a composer, she has been commissioned by the CSO cellist, Katinka Kleijn, the internationally renowned guitarist, Seth Josel, The Old Town School, the New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, David Kalhous, Steven Lin, and the Roosevelt University Percussion Ensemble. In addition to participating in several international composers festivals, including performances at Ostrava Days, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, and Fontainebleau, she has attended Stuttgart’s Akademie Schloss Solitude summer residency, and has been twice invited as an Artist in Residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Contributing works to Australian flutist Janet McKay’s 2009 US tour “Those Vanished Hands,” guitarist Aaron Larget Caplan’s “New Lullaby Project” and percussionist Joe Bergen’s new works for vibraphone collection “For Semy,” her compositions have been performed throughout the US and Europe with performances by such ensembles as ICE, Ensemble SurPlus, Wet Ink, and Dal Niente.
Epstein was invited to lecture at the 2011 Black Mountain College John Cage Conference, and upcoming 2012 performances include a new commission by Wild Rumpus, a premiere by Wet Ink ensemble, and performing with Haptic experimental music ensemble at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago under the "the language of less (then and now)" exhibit. She is founder/ curator of the Chicago-based experimental music concert series “a.pe.ri.od.ic”, listed in “Best of Chicago 2011” in The Chicago Reader, and has lectured as adjunct faculty in music history, theory, and aural skills at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, and Roosevelt University. She has maintained a private piano studio since 2000, while also holding posts at the Old Town School of Folk Music in piano and the DePaul Community Music Division in theory/composition. For more information see www.nomiepstein.com, and www.aperiodicchicago.com.