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Dan VanHassel Myspace Page           Output Myspace Page Upcoming/Recent Events: June 2008 Performance of "Trade Clause" at the 2008 June in Buffalo Festival by Ensemble SurPlus. Buffalo, NY May 31, 2008, 8:00 PM Sonic Circus. Heaven Gallery. Chicago, IL Premiere of Instance for saxophone, bassoon and electronics. Sonic Circus is: Michael Straus, saxophone. Dana Jessen, bassoon. Erik Spangler, electronics. May 2, 2008, 8:00 PM The Fens. New England Conservatory, St. Botolph Hall G01. Boston, MA Premiere of Trade Clause for flute, viola, harp and electronics. The Fens is: Laura Heinrichs, flute. Jonina Mazzeo, viola. Naomi Hoffmeyer, harp. April 26, 2008, 7:30 PM Agenda. Lily Pad. Cambridge, MA Premiere concert by the new music ensemble Agenda. Featuring my arrangements of Steve Reich's Piano Phase, Thelonious Monk's Well You Needn't as well as a performance of Louis Andriessen's Worker's Union. Members: Keith Kirchoff, piano; Michael Miller, bass clarinet; Dan VanHassel, laptop/electronics; Jesse Ward, electric guitar April 6, 2008, 4:00 PM Laura Heinrichs Graduate Flute Recital. New England Conservatory, St. Botolph Hall. Boston, MA Featuring a performance by Output. March 27, 2008, 10:00 PM Output. Lily Pad. Cambridge, MA Output brings its electronic, improvising madness to the Lily Pad. February 28, 2008, 4:00 PM Symposium of Arts & Technology. Connecticut College, Fortune Recital Hall. New London, CT Premiere of Nostalgia Fractures for electronics. February 16, 2008, 8:00 PM Output. 119 Gallery. Lowell, MA Output will be opening for trombonist Jen Baker. Members: Scott Halligan, cello; Laura Heinrichs, flute; Dan VanHassel, guitar/electronics 2007 December 9, 2007, 7:00 PM Exciting Concert. Pozen Center, MassArt. Boston, MA Premiere of Of Intangible for flute, cello, electric guitar and electronics. Performed by: Laura Heinrichs, flute. Scott Halligan, cello. Dan VanHassel, guitar/electronics. July 30, 2007, 8:00 PM Electronic Music Concert. Aspen Community Church, Aspen, CO Performance of Song Cycle. June 8, 2007, 4:00 PM red fish blue fish Percussion Ensemble. University at Buffalo, Center for the Arts Drama Theatre. Buffalo, NY Performance of Trudge Blasted Exotic, directed by Steve Schick. June 4-10, 2007. Dan will be in residence at the 2007 June in Buffalo Festival. May 20, 2007, 3:00 PM Commencement. New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall. Boston, MA Dan will be receiving his Master's of Music degree in composition. May 2, 2007, 8:00 PM - The Lily Pad. Cambridge, MA Dan can be seen playing piano with The Forge, an NEC based contemporary improv. group directed by Tanya Kalmanovitch. Also featuring a repeat performance of Lucid Innocuous. May 1, 2007, 8:00 PM - Tuesday Night New Music. New England Conservatory, Brown Hall. Boston, MA Premiere of Lucid Innocuous for electric guitar, violin, cello, piano and live electronics. Performed by: Jenny Banks, Jessica Chen, Scott Halligan, and Dan VanHassel. April 26, 2007, 7:30 PM - New Music for the Sonically Curious. Rutman's Violins. Boston, MA Performance of chamber piece Frivolous Incinerate. Performed by: Laura Heinrichs, Amy Advocat, Shaw Pong Liu, Scott Halligan and Dan VanHassel April 22, 2007, 3:00 PM - Boston Cyberarts Festival. New England Conservatory, St. Botolph Room G01. Boston, MA Electronic improvisation with Boston-area harpist Virginia Rogers and Dan VanHassel, laptop. Boston Cyberarts Homepage April 15, 2007, 4:00 PM - Holocaust Remembrance Day Concert. New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Premiere of choral arrangement of the Yiddish song: Shkie. Performed by: NEC Chamber Singers. April 10, 2007, 8:00 PM - Tuesday Night New Music. Jordan Hall. New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Premiere of Incandescent Squander for flute, bass clarinet and bassoon. Performed by: Laura Heinrichs, Ryan Yuré, Dana Jessen. April 5, 2007, 8:30 PM - Keller Jazz Series. New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Dan can be seen playing piano with The Forge, an NEC based contemporary improv. group directed by Tanya Kalmanovitch. February 15, 2007, 7:30 PM - Rutman's Violins, Boston, MA Dan can be seen playing piano with The Forge, an NEC based contemporary improv. group directed by Tanya Kalmanovitch. 2006 December 5, 2006, 7:00 PM - Tuesday Night New Music. New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Premiere of Song Cycle, performed by Jean Lee and Dan VanHassel. October 17, 2006 - Tuesday Night New Music. New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Premiere of Frivolous Incinerate, performed by: Laura Heinrichs, Ryan Yuré, Andrew Beer, Loewi Lin, and Dan VanHassel. May 25, 2006 - ASCAP Concert Music Awards. Walter Reade Theater. New York, NY Dan will be receiving a Morton Gould Young Composer Award. May 13, 2006 - Joey VanHassel Senior Recital. Ohio University. Athens, OH Premiere of Trudge Blasted Exotic, performed by Joey VanHassel and Kristin Agee. May 8, 2006 - David Martinson Senior Recital. New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Dan can be seen playing his laptop at David's recital. May 2, 2006 - Tuesday Night New Music. New England Conservatory. Boston, MA Premiere of collaborative piano piece written in the NEC Graduate Composers Seminar, Spring '06. April 4, 2006 - Tuesday Night New Music. New England Conservatory. Boston, MA Premiere of Bassoonification, played by Dana Jessen. March 6, 2006 - ElectroNEC Concert. New England Conservatory. Boston, MA Performance of incomplete version of Bassoonification, played by Dana Jessen. February 10-11, 2006 - Symposium 31 for New Band Music. Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, VA Manipulated Inferno rehearsed and recorded by the 2006 Virginia Intercollegiate Band. - Pictures From Symposium 31 for New Band Music February 7, 2006 - NEC Composers' Series. Jordan Hall. Boston, MA Performance of Explosive Spontaneous, played by Shu Yang. January 29, 2006 - NEC Prep Division Contemporary Music Festival. New England Conservatory. Boston, MA Premiere of Explosive Spontaneous, played by Shu Yang.