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Professor Mark John Menzies

Contact

Department: Music

Email: mark.menzies@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3694037

Office: Rm 111 UC Arts City Location - 3 Hereford Street

Language: English

Violinist, violist, pianist, conductor, composer, writer on music and musicians, and teacher; at UC, I am Head of Performance.
About
Research / Creative works
Supervision
Projects

Fields of Research

  • Violin and viola performance
  • Conducting orchestras, choirs, and chamber ensembles
  • Contemporary music performance
  • Composing new music for instruments and voices
  • Writing articles about being a performing musician
  • Writing articles about contemporary performers and composers
  • Piano performance

Researcher Summary

I am an active performer on the violin, viola, piano, and as a conductor – being particularly well known for my career as an advocate for music recently composed, and music written in Aotearoa. My career has a world-wide reach, and includes as a member of the Los Angeles-based string quartet, the Formalist Quartet.
I am also a composer of music, inspired to write for a wide range of performance circumstances – ranging from concert orchestral music to my own form of theatrical music.
Though not a primary focus of my research, I enjoy writing about music, and contemporary composers in particular. Most recently, for example, I have published an article about the unique form of a trail-blazing solo viola composition from the 1970s – "Prologue" by Gérard Grisey, from his evening-long composition Les Espaces Acoustique.
Teaching is of great significance to the way I function as an artist, and it is through and with the wonderful community of musicians we have at, and surrounding, the University of Canterbury, that I happily balance the exploration of traditional classical music, contemporary expressions of music, and non-Western traditions alike.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Music, Literary Arts and Other Arts: Composition and Theory; Music History and Musicology; Performance

Resources

  • https://4inthetimeof7.com/

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Menzies M. (2020) "A trip to the slide (2020)" for violin or viola. [Graphic score]. 2'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2020) "Persnickety pizzicato for 3 violins (2020)". [Hand-written score]. 2'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2020) (a) musing ~ dragon (taniwha) and flight (2020). [Hand-written score.]. 3'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2020) Flower accords (2020) for piano duet. self-published. [Piano duet]. c. 5'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2020) Kuaka solo "fancy" for violas & violins. self-published. [Graphic musical score]. unspecified and indeterminate. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2020) Māhutonga: variation "Mo rua" (2020) for two violins. [Musical score]. 2'. (Compositions)
  • DeHart JW. and Menzies M. (2019) Christopher's Classics: Music for Percussion and Piano, The Piano - Christchurch, NZ. Performer: The Piano, Christchurch, NZ. [Public Performance]. (Performances)
  • DeHart JW., Menzies M. and De Lautour R. (2019) Christchurch Arts Festival - Iconoclasts: cLoud Collective. The Piano - Christchurch, NZ. Performer, composer: The Piano - Christchurch, NZ. [Public Performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. (2019) "Ars Acustica" A series of performances in collaboration with Free Theatre Christchurch. Musical and theatrical performer: Waldheim at Seven Oaks, 35 Hassals Lane, Waltham, Christchurch 8023. [Public performance, music and theatre]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. (2019) Béla ~ A Fancy for Viola & 3 Cellos after Berio's duet BÉLA (BARTÓK) 2019. self-published. National Concerto Competition organizers. [Hand-written score]. 3'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2019) Canterbury Blue (2019) for wind band. self-published. UC CYO/Christchurch School of Music. [Wind band]. 12'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2019) Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū annual fundraiser. Solo violinist: Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ. [Solo violin performance as a featured performance during the fundraiser dinner]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. (2019) Die Libelle (the Dragonfly). Self-published. Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. [Chamber Orchestra]. 5'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2019) j.s.bach @ home of Athol Wong. Solo violin performer: Historic home in Sacramento, CA, US. [Solo violin recital]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. (2019) Kuaka solo for viola. self-published. [Graphic musical score]. 1-2'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2019) papa (2019) – Descents for John Psathas. self-published. Claremont Colleges, CA, US. [Solo piano]. 11'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2019) Song of the Birds – An adornment. Self-published. Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. [Solo violin and string orchestra]. 10'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2019) Tea(s(e)) for two... ...and more.... Self-published. CN International Culture and Art Exchanged Association. [Chamber ensemble]. 6'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2019) Tritsch Tratsch Polka. Self-published. Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. [Chamber orchestra]. 5'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2019) whimsy ~ in an inner landscape (2019) for solo violin and ensemble. Free Theatre Christchurch. [solo violin and ensemble]. 12'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. and Blankenburg G. (2019) Music at Pomona College presents Mark Menzies, violin & piano Gayle Blankenburg, piano. Violinist, pianist, composer: Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, US. [Solo and duo concert performances]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. and Deyoe N. (2019) The UCSC Music Department Presents "April in Santa Cruz – wasteLAnd". Guest violist with wasteLAnd ensemble: Music Center Recital Hall, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, US. [Musical performance presenting an evening of world premiere performances]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. and Lardelli D. (2019) 2019 BIFEM Argonaut in Aotearoa. Lead violinist, Argonaut Ensemble: Ulumbra Theatre, Bendigo, Australia. [Concert performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. and Miller C. (2019) 2019 BIFEM Bel Canto. Lead violinist, Argonaut Ensemble: Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo, Australia. [Concert performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. and Varaine K. (2019) 2019 BIFEM "Hurdy Gurdy & Pure Data – Kerian Varaine, feat. Mark Menzies". Solo performer, improvisor: The Engine Room, Bendigo, Australia. [Solo performance with multi media]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. and Zhao J. (2019) 2019 Golden Ribbon China-New Zealand International Culture & Arts Festival presents "Through Alice's Eyes – celebrating love and our unique individuality". Musical and theatrical performer: Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch. [Musical and theatrical performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M., Endres M. and Salzmann E. (2019) The 12th International Akaroa Music Festival Concert Series and Summer School. Guest violinist and masterclass teacher: The Gaiety, Akaroa, NZ. [Chamber music performances]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M., Ferner T., Hurnik T., Webby H., Johnson J. and Guerin A. (2019) Christopher's Classics – Series XXIV 2019 presents "Les Bons Vivants". guest violin and viola performer: The Piano, Christchurch, NZ. [Chamber music concert]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M., Keam G. and Rimmer J. (2019) Composers Association of New Zealand Nelson Composers' Workshop 2019 "Celebrating 80 years with John Rimmer". Solo violinist: Auditorium, Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, Nelson, NZ. [Musical performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M., Keam G., Holloway S., LeBaron A. and Reynolds R. (2019) Voyages soundON Festival of Modern Music. Festival curator and violinist/violist performer: Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California, US. [Musical performances of contemporary music from around the Pacific Rim.]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M., Keller D. and Mondok B. (2019) Trinity Cathedral Music Series presents Mark Menzies with special guests Bernadette Mondok & Derek Keller. Solo violin: Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento, CA, US. [Solo and Ensemble Musical performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M., Keller D., Borecki A., De Lautour R., Lim L., Bowater H. and Holloway S. (2019) The Cosumnes River College Music Department presents "Guest Artist Series Presents – Electroacoustic Music of Living Composer-Performers: featuring Mark Menzies (violin/viola) with special guest: Adam Borecki (guitar) & Derek Keller (guitar)". Featured guest solo performer and composer: CRC Recital Hall, The Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, CA, US. [Solo and ensemble performance incorporating electro-acoustic elements.]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M., McIntosh A., Walters A., Tholl A. and Young K. (2019) wasteLAnd "Hidden – Katherine Young Portrait 2 – Formalist Quartet". Violinist and violist ensemble performer: Art Share L.A., CA. US.. [String quartet musical performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M., Shatford I. and Yang Y. (2019) UC School of Music Kura Puoro & The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora present "The Beauty of Chamber Music". Solo and ensemble performer: The Great Hall, Christchurch, NZ. [Concert performance of ensemble music]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M., Snowball N. and Jackson M. (2019) Satie's Socrate. UC School of Music and the Christchurch Arts Festival. [Musical and theatrical performance]. 45'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M., Varaine K., Chisholm D. and Lardelli D. (2019) BIFEM (Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music). Ensemble leader, violin soloist: Bendigo, Australia. [Ensemble and solo performances]. (Performances)
  • DeHart JW. and Menzies M. (2018) Consortia: Music of Morton Feldman - Christchurch, NZ. Percussionist performer: UC Arts Recital Room, Christchurch, NZ. [Public Performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. (2018) Pictures from the life of a multi-disciplinary musician. U3A presents Mark Menzies "Pictures from the life of a multi-disciplinary musician". (Oral Presentations)
  • Menzies M. (2018) "Songs with Birds" – Mark Menzies (violin, viola) Gayle Blankenburg (piano) presented by Concerts for Christchurch Foundation Trust. Musical Performer: The Piano, Christchurch, NZ. [Concert recital]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. (2018) “Live Art” with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. Solo violinist, conductor, composer, arranger: Christchurch Art Gallery/Te Puna O Waiwhetū. [Symphonic concert]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. (2018) 7 i's. Arts Centre, Christchurch, NZ. [Handwritten set of ensemble and solo parts.]. indeterminate. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2018) Corwin Chair Concert Series presents Formalist Quartet. Violist & violinist with the Formalist Quartet: Karl Geiringer Hall, UC Santa Barbara, CA, US. [String quartet concert performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. (2018) j.s. bach "sei solo a violino senza basso accompagnato" benefit concert, sunday january 14th, 2018. Solo violinist: The Christian Community Church, North Hollywood, CA, US. [Musical performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. (2018) jasmine ~ flower. self-published. Golden Ribbon CN International Culture and Art Exchanged Association. [Hand-written manuscript]. 5'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2018) SICPP 2018 "SICPP IDITAROD ~ hours and hours of new music!". Ensemble performer: Brown Hall, NEC, Boston, US. [Concert performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. (2018) SICPP 2018 Featured guest artist – masterclasses on contemporary violin playing and interpretation. New England Conservatory, Boston, US: SICPP (Summer Institute of Contemporary Performance Practice) 2018, 17-23 Jun 2018. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Menzies M. (2018) The Ring (cycle) of 8 chords & more than 80 notes. self-published. [Handwritten score]. 4'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2018) through a looking glass (2018) for soprano and piano. self-published. [Hand-written musical score]. 5'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. and Cutforth S. (2018) UC Consortia presents...In Tempore Belli... In Memoriam. Conductor: St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Christchurch, NZ. [Concert Performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. and Deyoe N. (2018) CalArts' Bassoon eVent presented by CalArts' Herb Alpertino School of Music. Conductor, composer, violist: Wild Beast, CalArts, CA, US. [An evening of new, recent and ensemble music featuring the bassoon.]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M., Drury S. and Beetz R. (2018) SICPP (Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice) 2018. Solo violin performances: New England Conservatory, Boston, US. [Concert performances, masterclass instruction]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M., Drury S. and Beetz R. (2018) SICPP 2018 "violin music from the left coast". Featured guest solo artist: Jordan Hall, NEC, Boston, US. [Concert performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M., Elliot R. and Fischer S. (2018) UC Consortia & friends – Music of the long white clouds presented by UC's New Music Central concert series. Solo performer: Recital Room, UC Arts City Location, Christchurch, NZ. [Concert performance with choir and instrumental soloist]. (Performances)
  • Gardner J., Finnissy M., Holloway S., Hawkins R., Menzies M. and Knoop M. (2017) Finnissy: Piano Concerto no.3/...above earth's shadow - by 175 East. Executive Producer, Conductor, Contributor to booklet, Writer, Booklet editor: [Digital download music recording and booklet]. (Artefacts, Objects, Craftworks)
  • Menzies M. (2017) "Having just spent 2 hours with Young Composers (2017)" for solo piano. self-published. [Musical score]. 3'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2017) (forest: figment) purple (purring) & silken, descending (2017). self-published. [Hand-written scores]. approx. 5'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2017) 4:7 Christchurch 2017 presents j. s. bach ~ 3 sonatas, 3 partitas for violin solo. Solo violin performer: The Piano, Christchurch, NZ. [Solo violin recital]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. (2017) adultery (2016/7). self-published. [Musical score]. 6'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2017) Mark Menzies invited to be soloist with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, playing the New Zealand premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina's landmark "Offertorium" violin concerto, for the opener concerto of the CSO's 2017 "Masterworks" series. 87-year-old Gubaidulina is one of the most prominent living composers in the world ("Gubaidulina...writing some of the 20th century's most sublime...music" says the Guardian in 2013); Menzies worked closely with her on the concerto in 2011, as part of a 5-concert celebration of her music in Los Angeles, co-curated by him and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and where "Offertorium" was performed in Gubaidulina's presence.. Violin concerto soloist: Charles Luney Auditorium, St Margarets College, Christchurch. [Violin concerto soloist]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. (2017) OCEAN: wind ~ m. j. & accordion in space (2017). self-published. Written the St Mary's-Pro cathedral Wednesday concerts, Christchurch, NZ. [Hand-written scores]. indeterminate. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2017) Similar, too for flute & alto flute (2017). [Musical composition – hand-written score]. 4'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. (2017) Two (2017). [Handwritten musical score]. 9'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. and Bryce R. (2017) Forest 2017 (Christchurch) with "Bellbirds for Mark". self-published. Golden Ribbon CN International Culture and Art Exchanged Association, and Jeffrey Zhao. [Hand-written score]. approx. 10'. (Compositions)
  • Menzies M. and DeHart JW. (2017) University of Auckland presents Prize concerts – Douglas Lilburn Composition Competition. solo performer in collaboration with percussion: Music Theatre, School of Music, University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ. [Concert performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. and Gardner J. (2017) 4:7 Christchurch presents Strings four – travels across a fingerboard world Mark Menzies – viola/violin. Solo musical performance with spoken introductions: The home of judge Robert & Denise Murfitt, Christchurch, NZ. [Solo violin & viola recital of contemporary music]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. and Gardner J. (2017) virtuosity of viola/violin – Mark Menzies – presented by the Christchurch Arts Festival 2017. Solo performing artist: Recital Room, UC Arts City Location, Christchurch, NZ. [A solo violin & viola recital of contemporary repertoire]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. and Holloway S. (2017) Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tāmaki presents The 2017 Chartwell Show. Piano performer: Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ. [Piano performance as part of a museum exhibit created by Samuel Holloway.]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2017) 4:7 "four in the time of seven": a set of four solo violin & viola concerts over seven days. Performer, curator: Los Angeles, US. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2017) Menzies performs and co-curates a concert for "Greytown Music Group", traveling there with UC students and guests. The concert featured the violins, violas and cellos made by the Greytown Music Group curator, Ed Cooke. The concert marks the world premiere of a new composition from Menzies called "Greytown: Furia of the Huia", for two violins and viola. The event was sold out.. Performer on violin, viola, and piano, curator, tour manager, composer: 57 Wood St., Greytown, New Zealand. [Concert performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. and DeHart JW. (2017) "Virtuosity of Sound" Christchurch Arts Festival. Co-curator, performer: UC Arts City Location Recital Room, Arts Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Public Performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ., Harvie J. and Lloyd-Harris S. (2017) "Oresteia experience", a fully staged production and New Zealand premiere of Xenakis's opera "Oresteia". Featured performance at the 2017 Christchurch Arts Festival. Conductor, choirmaster, children's chorus wrangler and coach, musical producer, ensemble contractor.: Great Hall, Arts Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Fully staged opera]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ., McIntosh A., Tholl A. and Walters A. (2017) Formalist quartet featured ensemble at the Monday Evening Concerts (MEC), Los Angeles.. Guest chamber musician (violin/viola): Zipper Concert Hall, Coburn, Los Angeles, USA. [Concert performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ., McIntosh A., Walters A. and Tholl A. (2016) Formalist Quartet presented by the Harry Eiler Foundation. Viola/violinist/composer: Los Angles City College, Los Angeles, CA, USA. (Performances)
  • Menzies M. (2015) Mark Menzies performing Brian Ferneyhough's violin concerto "Terrain" with wasteLAnd ensemble, conducted by Nicholas Deyoe. Brian Ferneyhough has written some of the most complex compositions the world has yet seen. This invitation was the 3rd performance in a set throughout Southern California, and was performed in the presence of the composer. The performance was a part of the renowned contemporary music offerings at the Conrad Prebys Hall at UC San Diego (UCSD). wasteLAnd is a much-lauded contemporary music ensemble and presenting organisation, based in Los Angeles, with reviews by Alex Ross, of "The rest is Noise" fame, at the top of a long list of critical recognition for the ensemble and its directors, including the composer/conductor, Nicholas Deyoe.. Concerto soloist: Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, UC San Diego, La Jolla, US. [Concerto performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2015) HEAR NOW Music Festival. Guest soloist (violin/viola): First Lutheran Church of Venice, California. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2015) Invitation to perform solo, and as soloist with the Callithumpian Ensemble, and teach, at the 2015 Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SICPP) festival, hosted by the New England Conservatory. The invitation, extended by the Institute's artistic director and concert pianist, Stephen Drury, involved teaching a series of violin and viola masterclasses over a week; as a solo performer, Menzies gave the US East Coast premiere of Brian Griffeth-Loeb's "Recomposition No. 4".. Concerto soloist (violin/viola), solo performer (violin), masterclass teacher: New England Conservatory, Boston, USA. [Concerts, workshop/masterclass instruction.]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2015) Mark Menzies as soloist with wildUp ensemble conducted by Christopher Rountree, concert Filigree presented at UCLA.. Violin concerto soloist: UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall, Los Angeles, USA. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2015) Mark Menzies, solo viola with San Diego New Music ensemble performing at the Music Prisms New Music Festival's "Boulez @ 90" concert, Phoenix, Arizona, US. Guest soloist: Arizona State University. [Viola]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2015) World premiere of Rand Steiger's violin concerto "Template 2" at the SICPP Festival - Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice Festival in Boston, Massachusetts, US. Guest violin soloist: New England Conservatory, Boston. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2015) World premiere recording of Roger Reynold's imAge/viola, written for Mark Menzies, as part of Roger Reynolds: the imagE-imAge set. Viola soloist: [World premiere recording]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. and Feves J. (2015) L.A. Bassoons. Conductor: Roy and Edna Disney/CALARTS Theatre, Calarts' Downtown Theatre for Contemporary Arts. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ., Ferneyhough B. and Deyoe N. (2015) Mark Menzies performing Brian Ferneyhough's violin concerto "Terrain" with wasteLAnd ensemble, conducted by Nicholas Deyoe. One of three performances in the presence of the composer.. Violin concerto soloist: Artshare, 801 E. 4th Place, Los Angeles, USA. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ., Stehney J. and Feves J. (2015) World premiere of a new composition by Mark Menzies on redcat's "L.A. Bassoons" concerts.. Composer: Roy and Edna Disney/CALARTS Theater, Calarts' Downtown Center for Contemporary Arts. [composition for bassoon]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ., Walters A., McIntosh A. and Tholl A. (2015) Formalist Quartet (Mark Menzies is founding violinist and violist) invited by American composer luminary, John Adams, to be a featured string quartet at the Green Umbrella Series (LA Phil) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, joining the Calder and Lyris Quartets, two other well-known string quartet ensembles playing today.. Guest violinist, violist: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, US. [Musical performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2014) Formalist quartet featured at famed Monday Evening Concerts series in Los Angeles.. Featured guest chamber musician (violin/viola): Zipper Concert Hall, Colburn, Los Angeles, USA. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2014) HEAR NOW Festival of New Music by Contemporary Los Angeles Composers. Guest violin/viola soloist: The Miles Playhouse in Santa Monica and the First Lutheran Church of Venice, California. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2014) Mark Menzies a featured soloist at the Onassis' Foundation "Hommage to Karlheinz Stockhausen", specially invited by Anargyros Deniozos, the artistic director of contemporary music at the Onassis Foundation; this all-day event was part of an annual festival offered by the Foundation, in a wildly popular effort to reach a mass cultural audience, focused on performing music of our time. Menzies offered rarely performed works by Stockhausen, one of the doyens of post-WW2 European music, including "Orchester-Finalisten: violin, and viola"; "In Freundschaft (viola)"; he also led performances of an ensemble of distinguished Greek and European musicians, in chamber works including 'Tierkreis", and "Kontra-Punkte".. Featured soloist (violin/viola): Open Day, Onassis Foundation, Athens, Greece. [Musical performance and teaching.]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2014) Menzies conducts "A More Convenient Season": two performances of a civil rights oratorio by Yotam Haber, internationally renowned, Brooklyn, New York-based composer. The work was commissioned by architect and prominent US-based philanthropist Tom Blount, and after a compromised premiere in Birmingham, Alabama, RedCat, at the Disney Hall Complex in Los Angeles, invited Menzies to present the West Coast premiere of the work. Taking its title from a key phrase in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s seminal “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” Yotam Haber’s soaring, impassioned three-movement work for orchestra, chorus, four soloists, electronic sound and video commemorates watershed events of the Civil Rights Movement that took place in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963—in particular the fatal bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. Haber’s immense 75-minute opus was performed by the a vocal solo quartet, CalArts Orchestra and Choral Ensemble under the direction of Mark Menzies, and accompanied by a live soundscape created b. Conductor, choirmaster, vocal coach, orchestra contractor: Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theatre (RedCat), Los Angeles, USA. [Musical performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2014) The resonances of dualities in an acoustic space: illusion and counterfeit in Gérard Grisey's Prologue for solo viola. Sound American 9. (Journal Articles)
  • Menzies MJ., Brown A. and Woods T. (2014) Soloist on the "Love and Loss" concert as part of the 2014 Christchurch Symphony Orchestra's Masterworks series.. (Violin) Concerto soloist: Airforce Museum of New Zealand, Wigram, Christchurch, New Zealand. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2013) The Los Angeles-based Formalist Quartet, of which Mark Menzies founding member as violinist and violist, presented on 29th November 2013 at The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, in Venice, Italy. Invitation by German composer, Alexander Moosbrugger, and featuring his music in a portrait concert.. violin/viola: Venice, Italy. [musical performance/concert tour]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. (2013) VLN & VLA: an epic concert of music for solo, ensemble and concerto violin and viola. Menzies curated the three-and-a-half hour concert that featured him as solo performer on violin and viola, as a composer, and as a conductor; the highlighted guest was legendary contemporary violinist and composer Malcolm Goldstein. Included on the programme, were two of Menzies' most successful students, performer/composers Andrew McIntosh and Andrew Tholl, both who performed and had works of theirs performed.. Curator, solo violin & violist, conductor, composer: Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (RedCat), Calarts' Downtown Center for Contemporary Arts. [Contemporary and classical string music]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ., McIntosh A. and Adams J. (2013) Green Umbrella new music series (LA Phil) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Featured soloist (viola/violin): Disney Hall, Los Angeles, USA. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ., Moosbrugger A., Walters A., McIntosh A. and Tholl A. (2013) Formalist Quartet at the Bludenzer Tage Zeitgemasse Muzik, an internationally prominent, annual, festival of New Music in Bludenz, Austria. Mark Menzies is a founding (in 2006) member of the Los Angeles-based Formalist Quartet; the invitation to perform at the festival was extended by its then Artistic Director, Alexander Moosbrugger, a composer and curator well regarded for his radical explorations of instrumental timbre and gesture. The quartet performed repertoire by Moosbrugger and other prominent US and Europe-based composers. There were a total of three performances for the quartet, with Mark Menzies, as part of the festival.. Guest artist: Bludenz, Austria. [Musical performance]. (Performances)
  • Keam GR. and Menzies M. (2012) New Zealand in LA: a festival of NZ music in Los Angeles, in collaboration with CalArts (Valencia, CA, USA). Curator: 18-19 Apr 2012. [Music festival]. (Exhibition/Curatorial Exercises)
  • Keam GR., Gardner JE. and Menzies MJ. (2012) Participated in 2, hour-long radio interviews on John Schneider’s KPFK radio show “Global Village” (Los Angeles), talking about and presenting NZ music, and discussing forthcoming festival "New Zealand in LA" that I co-curated. The interviews were presented in collaboration with James Gardner, Mark Menzies and taonga puoro performer Richard Nunns, with host John Schneider.. . (Oral Presentations)
  • Menzies MJ. (2012) 'Noise' and the Formalist Quartet at the San Diego New Music. violin/viola: La Jolla, CA, USA. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. and Keam G. (2012) "New Zealand in LA", a two-concert celebration of New Zealand music and invited New Zealand performers, including Richard Nunns, Gretchen La Roche, Chris O’Connor, and Bachelorette (aka Annabel Alpers). Around the two concerts, were workshops, and other performances, at CalArts. Writing in the LA Times, the world-renown music critic Mark Swed celebrated the series of concerts as an "...impressive and illuminating program".. Co-curator, violin & viola soloist, conductor, improviser, composer: Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (RedCat) – CalArts' Downtown Center for Contemporary Arts. [Contemporary music]. (Performances)
  • Menzies MJ. and Krieger U. (2012) John Cage Centenary Festival (two programs). Co-curator, violin & viola soloist, conductor & performance coach, actor: Roy and Edna Disney/CALARTS Theater, Calarts' Downtown Center for Contemporary Arts. [Contemporary music]. (Performances)

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  • PhD - Bouterey-Ishido J: In progress
  • Masters - Chin R: 2 recitals
  • Completed
  • Masters - Cooper DI: 2 recitals (2020)

Future Research

  • Completion of recent commissions and requests for new music
  • Completion of a new recording project titled "From the Islands to the Fragments...violin and viola in Aotearoa and its surrounds"
  • Continuation of my solo performance project 4inthetimeof7.com
  • Publication of an as-yet untitled collection of adventurous musical challenges and compositions for music students
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