| Michael Oliva Michael Oliva (electronics) originally trained as a biochemist, and is now a senior lecturer in composition with electronics at the Royal College of M . As well as live improvisations with electronics, and well over 40 theatre scores, his works include Xas-Orion for oboe/cor anglais and electronics, Into the Light for oboe/cor anglais and piano (both recorded by Paul Goodey on his CD “New Ground”), Torso for wind orchestra, an oboe concerto More Blest than Living Lips, Cyclone for wind quintet with piano, a piece for large ensemble and electronics The Speed of Metals, and Ultramarine for piano clarinet and electronics. His alto flute piece, Apparition and Release was premiered by rarescale in New York in January 2005, and his bass flute piece, Moss Garden was premiered by the same group in Los Angeles in 2006. The group commissioned another work, His Anxiety for alto flute, piano and electronics which was performed in London in November 2005. His operas, Black & Blue and Midsummer were premiered at Battersea Arts Centre, London in 2004 and 2005 respectively, and his fourth opera, The Girl Who Liked to be Thrown Around, was performed at the Royal College of Music in London in March 2007. Michael’s works have been performed at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, and as a member of rarescale he has presented workshops and performances at a number of universities in the UK and United States. O1C Performances: rarescale |
