Chicago Symphony taps Bates

Mason Bates, the Richmond-bred composer and electronica artist, has been named one of the two new composers-in-residence with the Chicago Symphony. The other is Anna Clyne, an English-born New Yorker who has produced a number of electronic and multimedia works.

In a two-year term beginning in September 2010, Bates and Clyne will be the curators of "MusicNOW," the orchestra's contemporary music series, and "have committed to extending their art of composition to be inclusive of other art forms such as film, dance and the visual arts," according to a news release from the Chicago Symphony:

http://chicagopressrelease.com/press-releases/chicago-symphony-orchestra-association-and-maestro-muti-announce-major-cso-initiatives-for-2010