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ISAAC MAYHEW is a composer and trumpet player based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Composition from Lawrence University, where he studied primarily from Asha Srinivasan, Joanne Metcalf, and Benjamin Klein. He also received instruction from Andrew Seager Cole, Marcos Balter, Sam Pluta, Jeff Kurtenacker, and Joel Puckett. Isaac is a recipient of the Pi Kappa Lambda Composition Award, a winner of the 23rd Annual Eric Stokes Song Contest, and his piece Ataraxis 2.3 for bassoon and electronics was featured at the 2017 International Double Reeds Society conference. His pieces have been performed at venues ranging from the Lawrence Memorial Chapel and the Draw Art Gallery in Appleton to Studio Z in Saint Paul. His music has been programmed by a variety of performers including soloists Nikki Melville, Jacob Fernandez, Derrick Hahn, Alek Wasserman, and Evie Werger, as well as ensembles such as the Lawrence University Symphonic Band and Liquid Jungle Quintet. Isaac strives to create music that has the capability to engage a wide range of audiences while maintaining a high level of artistic integrity. He draws influence and inspiration from the works of a great many composers such as Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky, Alan Hovhaness, and David Maslanka.
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Isaac is also active as a trumpet player and works to promote new music as a performer. Isaac is particularly interested in the artistic and innovative potential of mixed chamber ensembles and participated in such works as Stravinsky's Octet for Wind Instruments, Missy Mazzoli's Sound of the Light, Judd Greenstein's Clearing, Dawn, Dance, Marcos Balter's Bladed Stance, and Dominic Ellis's Steam. He is also a founding member of the Liquid Jungle Quintet, an ensemble dedicated to the advancement of new music for brass quintet. The group has been coached by members of Mnozil Brass, the Atlantic Brass Quintet, Lakeshore Rush, and members of the chamber collective Decoda. They also attended the 2017 Atlantic Brass Quintet Summer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts.
Isaac is a member of the American Composer's Forum, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publisher's (ASCAP), and the Millennium Composers Initiative.
Isaac is a member of the American Composer's Forum, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publisher's (ASCAP), and the Millennium Composers Initiative.
CURRENT AND UPCOMING PROJECTS
-Orange Blaze Through the Window - trumpet trio
-why can't the world be poetic - solo piano
-Hazy Blue Morning Music - chamber orchestra
-Through and Through - solo piano, written for the #45miniatures project by Nicholas Phillips
-why can't the world be poetic - solo piano
-Hazy Blue Morning Music - chamber orchestra
-Through and Through - solo piano, written for the #45miniatures project by Nicholas Phillips
SELECTED MEDIA
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"Examination on the Basis of a Thought" (starts at 7:10)
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