Creative Research

• Blusnoblues 2 was performed at Crosstalk at the University of Utah. Performance, completed 11/27/2017.
• Cloudseeding 4 was performed at the Sun Tunnels by the Red Desert Ensemble Performance, completed 10/21/2017.
• Chord Toss 3 was performed at Casper New Music Day Performance, completed 09/30/2017.
• Six Short Places was performed by Bent Frequency at the release party for their CD, Diamorpha. Performance, completed 08/29/2017.
  http://artsatl.com/review-bent-frequency-concert-p...
• Six Short Places was performed by Bent Frequency at the release party for their CD, Diamorpha. Performance, completed 08/29/2017.
  http://artsatl.com/review-bent-frequency-concert-p...
• Cloudseeding 4 was commissioned by the UMFA for their grand reopening party in 2017. Commission, completed 08/27/2017.
• Six Short Places was performed at Ostrava Days 2017 Performance, completed 08/27/2017.
• Cloudseeding 4 was performed at the UMFA Re-Opening Party. Performance, completed 08/27/2017.
• PHa was performed at ELMS. Performance, completed 08/06/2017.
• Blusnoblues 2 was performed at Vu2 Performance, completed 07/28/2017.
• Blusnoblues was commissioned by Vu2. Commission, completed 06/01/2017.
• Cloudseeding 5 was performed on the Crosstalk concert at the University of Utah. Performance, completed 05/21/2017.
• Cloudseeding 5 was performed at 12 Minutes Max Performance, completed 04/21/2017.
• Cloudseeding 5 was performed at the Next Ensemble concert New Year, New Music. Performance, completed 01/28/2017.
• Upfront Face tunaMeltdown was commissioned by Object Collection for their compilation entitled Notes From Sub-Underground: a compilation of music, sound, and aural ephemera in protest of Inauguration Day. Commission, completed 12/30/2016.
• Cloudseeding 5 for Electronics and Percussion was commissioned by the NEXT ensemble. Performance in 2017. Commission, completed 12/20/2016.
• Red Desert Ensemble, Devin Maxwell, percussion and Katie Porter, clarinets. Premiere of Lucie Vítková's Chorale No. 3 for percussion, Devin Maxwell's Chord Toss 3, and John Cage's (c)omposed Improvisation for Snare Drum. Infrequent Seams Festival, Firehouse Space, Brooklyn, NY. Performance, completed 06/10/2016.
• Cloudseeding 2 was commissioned by the Anagram Ensemble and the Listen/Space Commissions. Commission, completed 05/31/2016.
• Cloudseeding 1 for piccolo, Eb clarinet and piccolo trumpet, Premiere, Stratospheres, Salty Cricket Composers Collective, Urban Arts Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah. Commission, completed 05/19/2016.
• Bonneville Park, for fixed-media electronics, was played at the Transmission Festival, Orgelfabrik, Karlsruhe, Germany. Exhibition, refereed, completed 04/09/2016.
• The Selection Procedure for Baritone and String Quartet was commissioned by the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera and the Hive. Commission, completed 02/01/2016.
• Original composition, Salt Flats with film by Svavar Jónatansson was selected for the President’s Gallery Exhibition at the University of Utah Graduate School, Salt Lake City, UT, Jan-March 2016 Exhibition, refereed, completed 01/01/2016.
• Bent Frequency commissioned Seven Hills, OH and performed it in 2013, currently on tour in 2014 at NYU, Boston Conservatory, etc... Commission, completed 04/12/2013.
  http://bentfrequency.com/bf-duo-project/

Presentations

• Co-presented entrepreneurial experience with Katie Porter at the Lassonde Institute's Coffee with Creatives. Presentation, Presented, 10/06/2016.
• Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt: presented music from the Listen/Space commissions at the Darmstadt summer course Open Space program. Presentation, Presented, 07/02/2016.
• University of Utah, Fridays with Faculty: “Uses of the Chromatic Scale in Beat Furrer's Konzert für Klavier und Orchester." Presented excerpts of my recently defended dissertation, which included an extensive theoretical analysis of Swiss-Austrian composer Beat Furrer's Konzert für Klavier und Orchester. Throughout this work, the chromatic scale is presented in a variety of ways, from surface material to structural framework. This hour-long talk explored the potential musical, compositional, and philosophical ramifications of the comprehensive use of the chromatic collection in Furrer's piano concerto. Presentation, Presented, 02/19/2016.

Geographical Regions of Interest

• Japan

Publications

• Devin Maxwell (2018). Cloudseeding 9 (wind harmonics). Good Child Music. Accepted, 09/01/2018.
• Devin Maxwell (2018). Cloudseeding 7. Good Child Music. Published, 06/01/2018.
• Devin Maxwell (2017). Upfront Face tunaMeltdown. Good Child Music. Published, 11/01/2017.
• Devin Maxwell (2017). Cloudseeding 4. Good Child Music. Published, 08/27/2017.
• Devin Maxwell (2017). bluesnoblues 2. Good Child Music. Published, 06/30/2017.
• Devin Maxwell (2017). Cloudseeding 3. Good Child Music. Published, 06/01/2017.
• Seven Hills, OH by Devin Maxwell was included on Bent Frequency's release, Diamorpha, on Centaur Records in May of 2017. Published, 05/05/2017.
  http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Bent-Freq...
• Cloudseeding 5 for percussion and electronics published by Good Child Music. Published, 02/01/2017.
• UpfrontTunaFaceMeltdown was commissioned by Object Collection and included on their compilation: Notes From Sub-Underground: a compilation of music, sound, and aural ephemera in protest of Inauguration Day,. Published, 01/20/2017.
  https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/n...
• The Selection Procedure A short opera for baritone and string quartet published by Good Child Music. Published, 07/01/2016.
• Cloudseeding 1 for piccolo, piccolo trumpet, and Eb clarinet published by Good Child Music, New York, NY. Published, 03/01/2016.