Congratulations to Erik Hall, lili m. namazi and Alexander Noice, the composers selected for our 2024/25 Currents Creative Partnership! We will be collaborating with all three composers to create new works to be premiered by Third Coast next season. Read more about these outstanding music-makers below.

We received over 200 applications this year! It is so inspiring to see the creative and amazing work displayed by all of the proposals, and we know that our field will continue to be made better by the work of these composers! Thank you to everyone who submitted music and ideas this year.

Applications for the Currents Creative Partnership are reviewed each fall, and applications will open this summer. Click here for more information.

Erik Hall is a musician, composer, and record producer in southwest Michigan. He has recorded and performed solo, as In Tall Buildings, and with NOMO, Wild Belle, His Name Is Alive, and Lean Year, appearing at Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Coachella, Pitchfork Music Festival, SXSW, WOMEX, Montreal Jazz Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, CONAN, and The Tonight Show. As a producer/engineer Erik has worked on records for Lean Year (Western Vinyl), Natalie Bergman (Third Man Records), Small Sur (Worried Songs), and Justin Walter (Kranky). He composed the score for the feature film The Night Clerk (2020) and contributed music to The Mountain (2019), which premiered worldwide at the Venice International Film Festival and in the US at Sundance. In 2020 Erik released his solo re-creation of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, which won the 2021 Libera Award for Best Classical Record. He followed in 2023 with a multitracked reinterpretation of Simeon ten Holt’s Canto Ostinato. 

Click here to see Erik’s work and learn more.

lili m. namazi (b. 2007) is a composer interested in exploring queerness, divinity, and somatic sensation through their music. Among the ensembles they have written for are the International Contemporary Ensemble, ChamberQUEER, New York Youth Symphony, Da Capo Chamber Players, and the National Youth Orchestra-USA. lili has held fellowships with the National Youth Orchestra, Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, NPR’s From the Top, and Luna Composition Lab, where they were awarded the 2023 G. Schirmer Prize. They study anthropology and music composition at Bard College and Conservatory. 

Click here to see lili’s work and learn more.

Alexander Noice has received critical recognition for his work displayed in various configurations, including chamber ensembles, improvised ensembles, rock bands, and music for film. From 2008-2012, Alexander led the highly revered art rock/punk trio Falsetto Teeth, and in 2016, Noice released his first solo electronic album called “Music Made With Voices.” In 2014, Alexander started NOICE, a six-piece ensemble that seamlessly melds art rock, electronica, post-minimalism, and jazz. The ensemble is celebrated for electrifying live performances – “acrobatic in its execution and cinematic in scope.” Their 2019 debut album was met with critical acclaim by several media outlets internationally. 

Noice has recorded on over 40 albums and has performed throughout the world with many notable artists, including Charlie Haden, Wadada Leo Smith, Famoudou Don Moye, Greg Saunier, Vinny Golia, David Binney, Wild Up, and Dorian Wood, to name a few. He has performed his compositions and collaborated with other artists on stages from all corners of the musical landscape, including Walt Disney Concert Hall, Redcat, Blue Note Tokyo, the Troubadour, and the Hammer Museum, along with many festivals such as Sonar Tokyo, the Monterey Jazz Festival, Angel City Jazz Festival, Desert Daze Festival, and Green Umbrella at the LA Phil.

Click here to see Alexander’s work and learn more.

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