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Newly composed During 2006 Simmerud composed the works "I need a bath (or a drink)" for acoustic guitar and MAX/MSP to the guitarist Mårten Falk and "Urban Futures" which is music to pictures of capital cities. "Urban Futures" was a commission by The City of Stockholm, Ministry of Justice and The EU-commission for the "European Conference on Urban Governance and Partnership". Forthcoming works by Simmerud The Patan Award Biography 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], percussionist Mika Takehara, Trio Tribukait/Pettersson/Berg and Trio Spectra.
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