Berlin, November 19th to 29th, 2011

Dr. Marcus will be in Berlin doing three lectures at Universität der Künste on her own music and the music of Morton Feldman. Dr. Marcus will be discussing her acoustic, spatial approach to composition in her own works (11/24) and will be giving two talks on Morton Feldman's work (11/22), the first being a study of how the "sound-mass" is developed and notated in Feldman, the second lecture will be a look at his compositional process from 1976 through 1987, with a detailed examination of vellums and the grid.

She will also be recording a new CD with the Adapter Ensemble of works mostly from the mid-1980's, including "Merry Christmas Mrs. Whiting" (1981) (for piano solo and an orchestration by Feldman for this ensemble), "Sugar Cubes," (1996) and "...but to fashion a lullaby for you..." (1988/98) (performed by pianist Marc Tritschler). "Sleeping Women," (1984) and "Lecture for Jo Kondo" (1985) to be performed by the members of the Adapter Ensemble. Bunita Marcus will be performing the speaking part of "Lecture for Jo Kondo," reading from the poem "Lowered and Illuminated" by Nico Vassilakis.

In addition, there will a performance on 11/24 of "...but to fashion a lullably for you..." at the ExRotaprint in Berlin. And, throughout this period, filmmaker Aron Kitzig will be doing a documentary film on Bunita, gleening stories about her compositions and her life in music.

- Posted by Bunita November 14, 2011

Bunita Marcus and composer John McGuire are featured in discussion with composer Lenore Von Stein. The subject is "Music and the Situation of Artists," on "The Facts." This is a four part series on MNN (Time Warner) Channel 67/68, RCN Channel 85, Verizon Channel 36 and the web at www.1687.org. The first two discussions are now available on the website (http://1687.org/wordpress_4), the last two parts will be broadcast in mid-December, 2011.

Please join us for this lively discussion.

- Posted by Bunita November 14, 2011

I am happy to announce that my favorite compositions from the 1980's are now available for direct download to your computer. You will be able to listen to the complete work before deciding to buy it. Compositions are available individually and as a discounted 80-minute album.  Starting in early November, "SOLO for Flute," performed by the fabulous Eberhard Blum (30 minutes) and the award-winning, "Two Pianos and Violin" (Aki Takahashi, Bunita Marcus, pianos, Linda Fischer, violin; 40 minutes) will also be available.  See http://www.bunitamarcus.com/listen.html

- Posted by Bunita September 26, 2011

Bunita has a new work under construction for three electric guitars. This work is written for the fabulous guitarist, Mark Stewart. The composition, "Her Majesty,"  is conceived as a madrigal for three lead guitars, and will feature Mark on one guitar with two simultaneous tracks pre-recorded by Stewart.

- Posted by Bunita August 30, 2011

Isabelle O'Connell has been doing sensational performances of Julia to rave reviews.

You can see a clip of her performance at the National Concert Hall in Dublin this past March on YouTube.

- Posted by Bunita August 16, 2011

Burnt by Bunny is back by popular demand!

You can order 70 minutes of music by Bunita Marcus on a custom CD with a personalized note from Bunita to you about your selected works.

See our Download/ CD page. 

- Posted by Bunita August 16, 2011

All-Star CD in Production

Aki Takahashi - Julia; Flux Quartet - The Rugmaker; Music For Japan - Adapter Ensemble; Adam and Eve - The Glass Farm Ensemble, conducted by Bunita Marcus

Maria De Alvear is masterminding this CD for World Edition. The CD will be available from this website, Amazon.com and other New Music distributors.

Release date: Spring 2012.

- Posted by Bunita August 16, 2011

Birthday/Concert/Brunch Celebration.  Sunday May 8th, 12 -3 pm, Piano Magic, NYC.  Bunita Marcus, Christina Stripling, Paul Gallagher and Isabelle OConnell will be perfoming her music in celebration of her 59th birthday.  Bunita's newest work, BEIGE AND YELLOW, will be premiered by Martin Loyato, cornet, and Brian Groder, trumpet.  Nathan Bibb, a student of Dr. Marcus, will be performimg his new composition "Haruspex et Augur" on piano.  It's Mother's Day, so it's a family event.  Kids welcome.

- Posted by Bunita April 21, 2011

- Posted by Bunita December 13, 2010

Bunita Marcus was just awarded a grant this August from the Artists and Writers Fund of the American Academy of Arts and Letters to continue her work in music composition.

- Posted by Bunita October 18, 2010

- Posted by Bunita August 2, 2010

Underway is a new work for bass clarinet, orchestra and tape. It is called Sacred Souls and it is dedicated to the victims of child abuse. In this work the bass clarinet will represent the sacred souls, and the orchestra will wield the power of the toxic abusers. This is an autobiographical work-in-progress and is part of my research in Music and Trauma.

Bunita Marcus at age 6 with her three younger sisters.

- Posted by Bunita July 13, 2010

Bunita Marcus's lecture on Morton Feldman and the Visual Arts has been rescheduled for May 30, 2010 at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. .  Dr. Marcus's article The Square Knot, A Memoir is available in the full catalog of this fascinating exhibition which looks at the influences of paintings and rugs on Feldman's music. It is an important contribution to the literature on Feldman. The whole catalog is available here.

- Posted by Bunita May 13, 2010

The Rugmaker Project Begins

This collaborative project between composers Bunita Marcus and Jenny Johnson and the photographer Erika Kuciw focusses on an analysis of my work The Rugmaker. Our subject is music and trauma. In this composition I wrote about my incest experiences before I had recalled the incidents. How did this happen? Dr. Johnson explores the work from this perspective. She will be lecturing on the subject April 5th at 4:00pm, at the Wellesley College Newhouse Center for the Humanities (part of their "Salon" series). A second talk is at the Uses and Abuses of Sound conference in Koli, Finland, which takes place June 16-19, 2010. Dr. Marcus is writing on her compositional process and how that contributed to the work. Future plans include a performance of The Rugmaker along with Dr. Johnson's lecture and photographs by Erika Kuciw. For more information visit  Jenny Johnson's website.

- Posted by Bunita April 2, 2010

The Icelandic Ensemble Adaptar has just recorded a sensational performance of Music for Japan. In this composition I tried to write an ugly piece.  This work was a favorite of Morton Feldman and Toru Takemitsu.  The amazing performance by Adapter captures all the shocks, jolts and experiments of this challenging composition.  You can order a copy of this CD from the ensemble at: adapter@ensemble-adapter.de or you can download the performance from SHOP on this website.

- Posted by Bunita March 1, 2010