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Read articles, interviews, reviews, and news about Martin Hebel, his music, and his projects below.
April 10, 2024 | Arts Paper | Lucy Gellman
A Composer's Reckoning With Climate Change
“[The concert] gave attendees a sense of Hebel’s voice as a composer—not imposing but not shy either, and deeply capable of a kind of musical worldbuilding.” “Like his most recent compositions, it brings together instrumentals and voice…to tell a story that is instantly relatable, because it is so very human.” “What Hebel does…is make people care in a way that is neither sanctimonious nor preachy.” “Hebel urges his audience to take action.” “Sunday, the question that lingered in the air after the choir had finished was not just What will happen to these people? but also What can I do?”
April 8, 2024 | New Haven Independent | Brian Slattery
Choir Sings The Fragility Of Refuge
“The concert was an apt introduction to Hebel’s work.” “It all led to an ending that felt entirely earned. ‘There is still time, still hope if we act now,’ the line read. The music wrung enough irony out of that to drive home how conditional the if in that sentence was; if that concerned us, maybe the we in the text shouldn’t just be the villagers, the victims of climate change, but us, the audience, listening to what they had to say.”
April 5, 2024 | New Haven Independent Radio | Babz Rawls-Ivy
Radio Interview: Hebel Benefit Concert
Babz Rawls-Ivy of New Haven Independent Radio conducts a live radio interview discussing Martin Hebel’s upcoming concert and choral premiere in New Haven at a concert to benefit Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS) of New Haven, CT.
November 28, 2023 | Performing Arts Review | Dan Kepl
Video Interview: Hebel Symphony No.3
Dan Kepl of Performing Arts Review conducts a video interview with American composer Martin Hebel delving into his Symphony No.3.
September 25, 2023 | WGUC Cincinnati Public Radio | Elaine Diehl
Ear Shot Readings at Music Hall
“CSO Assistant Conductors Samuel Lee and Daniel Wiley will conduct the CSO in a performance featuring composers of EarShot, the nation’s first ongoing, systematic program for creating relationships between orchestras and composers. EarShot is operated in partnership with the American Composers Forum, New Music USA, and the League of American Orchestras. The composers will be mentored by CSO Music Director Louis Langrée.”
April 5, 2023 | American Composers Orchestra
Eight Composers Selected for 2023 EarShot Readings
“We are thrilled to announce 8 composers will participate in 2023 EarShot Readings with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra! On October 4, 2023, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra hosts EarShot readings, mentoring and a public concert discovering new works by composers Leyou Wang, Martin Hebel, Giuseppe Junior Gallo-Balma Etes, and Joseph Sowa.”
May 26, 2022 | UConn School of Fine Arts
UConn SFA Celebrating 60 Years of Successful Alumni
“The University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts celebrates its 60th anniversary by highlighting our successful alumni. Today we highlight alum Martin Hebel ’15. Martin is a composer who earned a double degree in Composition & Trumpet in SFA’s Music Department. What a career!”
April 29, 2022 | Miami Matters | Jeni Barton
Telling refugees’ stories through a planned vocal symphony, 'Uplifting Unheard Voices'
“Last October in Rome, Martin Hebel heard powerful, first-hand experiences of men and women who have fled war with their families. From these interviews, the visiting faculty of Music at Miami University plans to weave their stories into a bilingual libretto and set it in a new vocal-orchestral symphony, ‘Uplifting Unheard Voices.’”