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During 2011 Simmerud composed the works "THE FIGHT OF HUMBLE BEE JR" for flute, violin, violoncello, pianoforte and DVD, "REQUIEM" for flute, violin, violoncello and pianoforte and "WISH TREE" - a sound interpretation of the work "Wish Tree for Wanås" by Yoko Ono.

2012 started with the premiere of the chamber opera "ABSENCE", a stage work for voice and electronics with a duration of 65 minutes. A collaboration with the artist/composer Anne Pajunen.

Forthcoming works by Simmerud
A new work for percussion and electronics, commissioned by the Japanese percussionist Shuji Ono, will be premiered during 2012. Part two of the triptych "Tiden går inte längre", a radiophonic work, will be completed and have its premiere during autumn 2012. Yet another collaboration have been initiated by the artist Aleksandra Plaude. This will result in a multimedia work with a first performance during 2013.

The Patan Award
The 25th of October 2003 the first winner of the annual "Patan Award" was announced. Between 2003 - 2007 the price was delivered five times. However, since 2007 "The Patan Award" have been put on hold due to a lack of commitment from the founder. Joyous acclamations might possibly change his mind about this in order to resume the announcements. Those joyous acclamations may very well be sent to:

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Biography
S. Patric Simmerud was born on October 13, 1963, in Stockholm. He has studied at the Kapellsberg Music School in Härnösand and at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, as well as at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris and Fondazione Accademia Chigiana (Siena, Italy). A list of his teachers includes Olov Franzén, Peter Lyne, Anders Nilsson, Lars-Erik Rosell, Lars Ekström, Daniel Börtz, Sven-David Sandström, Magnus Lindberg, Pär Lindgren, Bill Brunson, Jaques Charpentier (Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris) and Ennio Morricone (Fondazione Accademia Chigiana, Siena). He is currently a freelance composer.

Notable in his production, which includes solo works, orchestral pieces and electroacoustic works, are "Il dolce far niente" for solo piano (1993); "AN" for wind ensemble (1994); "Frameworks" for sinfonietta (1997); "Fluctuations" for orchestra (1998); "Roma" for vibraphone, marimba and tape (1998); "Villes englouties" for baritone and orchestra, with texts by Shakespeare (2000); "De-housing" for saxophone quartet (2001); "Soon - Kilroy, go home" for percussion trio (2005) and "De ljudlösa" for 8-part mixed choir a cappella (2005).

Since 1993, S. Patric Simmerud has taken part in contemporary music festivals in Europe as well as in USA, and his works has been performed in concert halls all over the world.

Among the better known ensembles Simmerud has worked with are the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, the Chamber Ensemble Sonanza, Stockholm Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Stockholm Transport Band, the Emory Wind Ensemble (Atlanta, Ga, USA), The Peärls Before Swïne Experience, Hässlö Saxophone Quartet, The North/South Consonance Ensemble (New York), Zagreb Saxophone Quartet (Croatia), The Raschèr Saxophone Quartet (USA), Ensemble Theater am Gleis (Switzerland), Sångsällskapet Orphei Drängar [OD], Trio Tribukait/Pettersson/Berg, Trio Spectra and the worlds most talented percussionist Mika Takehara.