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Forthcoming works by Simmerud
A collaboration between the performance artist Anne Pajunen and Simmerud has taken off, with the support from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee. The collaboration will result in a new work for performance artist and computer. The first performance will take place during spring 2011 by Anne Pajunen and S. Patric Simmerud.

Yet another collaboration have been initiated by the artist Aleksandra Plaude. This will result in a multimedia work with a first performance during 2011.

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.