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March 16, 2020

Dittamo is American Prize Finalist

Composer Patrick Dittamo is a finalist for the 2019 American Prize Vocal Chamber Music Division, for his art songs set to texts by World War I poets.  Dittamo was also a semi-finalist in the 2019 American Prize Instrumental Chamber Music Division for his piano rhapsody Turtlesong.  Their announcements can be found here and here.

October 23, 2019

Quartettino No. 2 Published

Patrick Dittamo's string quartet Quartettino No. 2 'Antico'  has been published as part of the Developing Contemporary Techniques Series by Sleepy Puppy Press, and is available for purchase in both hard copy and digital formats. 

April 30, 2019

The Pitch: "A Kansas State grad student has reconstructed a piece of Vatican music that's not been heard since 1542"

​A news article written for The Pitch by Emily Park about Patrick Dittamo's transcription of 16th-century Spanish composer Bartolomé de Escobedo's Missa ad te levavi.

April 30, 2019

KCUR: "How A Kansas Grad Student Reconstructed Music That Hadn't Been Heard For 500 Years"

A news article written for KCUR's website by Libby Hanssen about Patrick Dittamo's transcription of 16th-century Spanish composer Bartolomé de Escobedo's Missa ad te levavi.

April 19, 2019

KSNT: "K-State student bringing music history to life, transcribing 500-year-old manuscript"

A short-form television news story about Patrick Dittamo's transcription of 16th-century Spanish composer Bartolomé de Escobedo's Missa ad te levavi.

May 18, 2018

Janeman Published

Patrick Dittamo's choral arrangement of the Goan carol Janeman, commissioned in 2017 by the Flint Hill Children's Choir, has been published as part of the Janeal Krehbiel Choral Series by Santa Barbara Music Publishing, and is available for purchase here.

November 01, 2017

Dittamo Wins Composition Fellowship

Composer Patrick Dittamo has won the first annual Shawms and Stories Composition Fellowship, which consists of a commission to write incidental music for The Really Awful Musicians by John Manders, a children's book that features historical instruments.  The new composition will comprise half of Shawms & Stories, a storytelling outreach program for children aged 3-8 and their families that will tour schools, libraries, and community centers in south-central Indiana, made possible by the support of the Indiana Arts Commission, the Brown County Community Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.  

 

The program was created by Forgotten Clefs, a historically-informed music ensemble and a 501(c)(3) organization based in Indiana, which promotes early music in the United States through performance, research, and educational outreach of pre-tonal musical traditions. They focus on music beyond the regular canon of classical music performances including both popular and art music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.  Their announcement can be found here.

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