Craig Bove
About Craig Bove
Excerpts of Selected Works
That (was) a Wrap
Belated announcement. Retirement as of 1/1/2019…perhaps more to follow…
CSO on Campus
Many thanks to the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Music Director Christopher Warren-Green and Maestro Christopher Lees for programming and premiering About the Dark Times for Orchestra and Chorus.
UNCC Dance concert
See UNCC Movement Migration from the September 2017 Dance Performance here…
Choreography: Movement Migration
Music: Craig Bove
Article in Creative Loafing, Charlotte
Creative Loafing article, Charlotte NC 1/17/18
A new recording has been released. John Allemeier, Mark Lewis, Ron Parks, and I have released Reflections on the Firebird now available at Amazon and Albany Records and elsewhere.
A brief review…
At The Charlotte New Music Festival
Many thanks to the Beo String Quartet and everyone at the Charlotte New Music Festival for programming Restoration.
A studio recording from July 2017:
A video of the live performance is available here on the YouTubes:
Restoration – 6/28/17 Beo String Quartet (with guest bassist Tom Hildreth)
Belated Thanks
A belated thanks to remarkable pianist and high-tech disklavier wizard Anatoly Larkin for producing the world premiere of Pyle Driver at the Pianos Without Organs festival at Greywalls Hall in Raleigh, NC.
https://craigbove.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/pile-driver-live.wav
Tom S Gettys Art Center Concert
Generations: New Music Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Jean Tinguely's Sculpture "Santana"
In celebration of the Bechtler Museum's latest exhibition, Celebrating Jean Tinguely and Santana, five composers have written original music to complement the piece. Three of the pieces include original choreography by UNCC's Associate Dance Professor, Kim Jones, with former dancers from the Martha Graham and Jose Limon Dance company as well as local dancers. Featured composers are; from Queens University (Zach Zubow), Winthrop University (Ron Parks and Mark Lewis), UNCC (John Allemeier) and Central Piedmont Community College (Craig Bove).Performance on May 21 at 6pm.
​Sunday, May 21, 2017 2:00 PM
Doors open at 1:30 PM​
Gettys Art Center Courtroom
201 E. Main St. | Rock Hill, SC
​Tickets | $8-$12
Music and Museum Series
The Bechtler Ensemble presents it's fourth year with the Charlotte Composers Forum, consisting of composers from Queens University (Zach Zubow), Winthrop University (Ron Parks and Mark Lewis), UNCC (John Allemeier) and Central Piedmont Community College (Craig Bove). In celebration of the Bechtler's latest exhibition, Celebrating Jean Tinguely and Santana, five composers have written original music to complement the piece. Three of the pieces include original choreography by UNCC's Associate Dance Professor, Kim Jones, with former dancers from the Martha Graham and Jose Limon Dance company as well as local dancers. Performance on May 21 at 6pm.
Concerts are performed at 6 p.m. in the fourth-floor gallery. General seating will be available at 5:30 p.m. with a cash bar being available at the same time.
Tickets are $12 per person for the public and just $8 per person for museum members. Buy Tickets online, by phone at 704.353.9200 or at the admission desk.
MIDI rendering
https://craigbove.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/speed-limit-5-players-rev2.wav
Dance Excerpt
Charlotte Composers Forum
Many thanks to everyone involved with the Charlotte Composers' Forum for producing two concerts of new works on January 23rd and 31st including my piece "What Remains" for violin, viola, cello, harp, vibraphone, and marimba.
https://craigbove.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/01-what-remains-013116.mp3
11/23/18-11/25/18 – Pease Auditorium – Choreographer Clay Daniel's dance setting of Dark Black Music
10/30/18 – Tate Hall 1230pm – Dawn Anthony and Craig Bove together again for the first time in a jazz recital
10/10/18 – Halton Theater 730pm – CSO on Campus. The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra premieres About the Dark Times for Orchestra and CPCC Chorus.
9/15/17 and 9/16/17 – UNCC – Music for dance collaboration with the Bechtler Ensemble and UNCC Dance.
6/19/17 – CPCC – Charlotte New Music Festival A two week festival of new music performance, lectures, and master classes.
5/21/17 – Gettys Center 2pm – Charlotte Composers Forum Gettys Art Center Rock Hill, SC 28207
5/21/17 – Bechtler Music and Museum Series 6pm – Charlotte Composers Forum Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Charlotte, NC 28207
5/22/17 – Dana Auditorium 7pm – Charlotte Composers Forum Queen's University at Dana Auditorium, 1900 Selwyn Avenue Charlotte, NC 28207
1/31/16 – Dana Auditorium 730pm – Charlotte Composers Forum Queen's University at Dana Auditorium, 1900 Selwyn Avenue Charlotte, NC 28207
1/26/16 – Rowe Recital Hall 730pm – Charlotte Composers Forum Rowe Recital Hall, 9201 University City Blvd Charlotte, NC 28223
11/19/15 – Bryant Hall 1230pm – Two Days of Jazz Thanks to Big Band Jazz director Bill Hanna for premiering "Swing It" for 20 piece big band orchestra.
10/28/15 – Halton Theater 730pm – CSO on Campus. The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra premieres Twenty Years Gone.
4/15/15 – Halton Theater 730pm – The Gene Bryant Meorial Concert – A CPCC Sensoria Event – Through Time, movement four, a chamber concerto for guitar and string quartet.
4/13/15 – Halton Theater 730pm – Bechtler on Campus – A CPCC Sensoria Event – Two Ephemeral Pieces for violin, vibraphone and piano.
2/1/15 – Alternative Impulse– New Modern: Music Inspired by the Bechtler Collection February 1 2015 at Winthrop University. The Bechtler Ensemble and the Out of Bounds Ensemble perform new compositions by local composers Bove, Allemeier, Park and Larkin.
1/25/15 – Bechtler Music and Museum Series– he Bechtler's Music and Museum program presents New Modern: Music Inspired by the Bechtler Collection January 25. The Bechtler Ensemble performs new compositions by local composers Bove, Allemeier, Park and Larkin.
4/7/14 – Halton Theater 730pm – Bechtler on Campus – A CPCC Sensoria Event – Dark Black Music on the program with Luciano Berio, Leo Brouwer, Alfred Felder
Selected Excerpts – best functioning with Firefox browser
Apparition 2
Before Light
Channel Switching
Dark Black Music
Faded Relics