Mendel Lee (he/him) (b. 1975) is a New Orleans-based composer whose career oscillates between composition and artistic entrepreneurship and philanthropy. Since exiting his long career as Assistant Director of Tulane Bands in 2022, his creative practice has been split between his work as a composer and his role with Versipel New Music as Executive Director. Additionally, Mendel serves as Board Vice President of Rhythm X and Board Treasurer of the Louis Moreau Institute.
Since his career shift, Mendel spearheaded the merger between his founding organization nienteForte and Versipel New Music. Under his leadership, he quickly expanded the organization’s concerts and residencies outside of New Orleans, and he launched Batture Contemporary, a Louisiana-focused new music festival. Artistically, his music explores both the evolution of singular ideas over a long period of time and layered syncopated rhythmic patterns and hemiolas over an underlying groove. Recognized as a VCCA Fellow and an NPN Take Notice Fund grantee, he is committed to using his creative practice and entrepreneurial spirit to strengthen collaboration between composers, performers, and audience to show that new music can be for everyone.
This 4-mvmt tour de force for solo timpani has the rhythmic virtuosity you would expect along with unique melodic and lyric moments.
Duration: 17:00
Level: Advanced
Personnel: 1 player
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