If both required application forms are not submitted by the appropriate deadline, your application will be removed from consideration.Īpplicants experiencing hardship or extenuating circumstances due to natural disaster or public health concerns in their local area that may affect their ability to satisfy application requirements may contact the Thornton Office of Admission at to explore possible accommodations. Application materials will not be accepted via mail or email. All required materials must be received by December 1. The total application fee is $115 ($90 for the USC Graduate Application and $25 for the SlideRoom Media/Materials upload). For applicants interested in Artist Diploma, please refer to the Artist Diploma requirements page.Īll applicants are required to submit two separate application forms: In his spare time he enjoys rock climbing and spending family time with his wife and two young children.This section is for all MM, GCRT and DMA applicants including current USC students applying to the Keyboard Collaborative Arts program for the fall semester.
USC CELLO REPERTOIRE PROFESSIONAL
He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from USC Thornton School of Music, a Professional Studies Certificate from Colburn Conservatory, and an Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School.īyers performs on a cello by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume made in Paris ca.1855. Through performing and composing, he hopes to impart lessons from mentors Ronald Leonard, Alan Harris, Richard Aaron, and Eberhardt Feltz. He has conducted masterclasses at The Juilliard School, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, University of Southern California, Aspen Music Festival, UCLA, and the Crossroads School in Santa Monica, CA. Sybarite5’s album ‘Outliers’ featuring two of Byers’ pieces, debuted at #1 on the classical billboard charts.īyers has taught chamber music as a faculty member at the Colburn School (2008-2011) and has coached chamber music during a quartet residency at Oberlin College Conservatory (2014-2016). Byers has also served as guest principal of Long Beach Symphony and of Pacific Symphony for its Carnegie Hall debut and tour of China in 2018.įirst inspired to compose while on retreat in Joshua Tree at Lou Harrison’s straw bale house, Byers is a self-taught composer whose works have been performed at Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., SummerStage in New York’s Central Park, and Hear Now Festival in Los Angeles. Other chamber music collaborators have included Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer, Menahem Pressler, Joseph Kalichstein, and Claude Frank. Recently the quartet was honored to sign with Pentatone Records and released an album of quartets by Beethoven and Anders Hillborg. The quartet’s discography includes acclaimed recordings of the Mozart Piano Concerti with Anne-Marie McDermott and the chamber works of Thomas Adès, Christopher Rouse, Terry Riley and Peter Eötvös. The quartet has commissioned dozens of new works and performed complete cycles of the Beethoven and Bartok quartets. Winners of the 2014 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2009 ASCAP Adventurous Programming Award, the quartet performs the work of today’s emerging and established composers in addition to the core classical repertoire. Upcoming engagements include the world premiere of a new concerto by Kate Moore at the Amsterdam Cello Biennale and Beethoven Triple Concerto with Ransom Wilson conducting.Īs a founding member of the Calder Quartet, Byers has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Wigmore Hall, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Salzburg Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Melbourne Festival, Ojai Festival, Kennedy Center, Disney Hall, Mozarteum, Esterházy Palace, and the Sydney Opera House.
Byers’ performance of Adès’ ‘Lieux retrouvés’ with pianist Gloria Cheng was described as ‘magnificent’ and ‘masterful’ (Culture Spot LA). Bach to today’s most innovative composers including Esa-Pekka Salonen, Thomas Adès, Andrew Norman, Caroline Shaw, and Peter Eötvös. Zimmerman's Cello Concerto was lauded as “rapturously played” and “utterly convincing” by the Los Angeles Times. His performance of the third movement of B.A. In 2018 he debuted with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a last minute substitution. At 18, he made his solo debut with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Praised as “ideally eloquent” by the Los Angeles Times, cellist Eric Byers captivates audiences as a soloist, chamber musician, and composer.
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