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Nicole Paiement
artistic director, new music ensemble
Nicole Paiement is the artistic director of BluePrint--a thriving new music project sponsored by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Since 1993, Ms. Paiement has also been the artistic director of the California Ensemble Parallèle, a professional ensemble dedicated to the performance and recording of new music. In 2007, the ensemble presented the world premiere of Lou Harrison's opera Young Caesar. Ms. Paiement has been the artistic director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music New Music Ensemble (NME) since 1999. Under her baton, the ensemble has recorded and commissioned many works. In addition, Ms. Paiement is the director of ensembles at the University of California at Santa Cruz, where she conducts the orchestra, chamber singers and the full opera productions. Paiement has commissioned many works and has recorded various CDs including music by Schütz, Stradella, Tailleferre, Cope, Harrison, Milhaud, Imbrie and Messiaen. An active guest conductor, Ms. Paiement's recent engagements include the conducting of a world premieres in Melbourne, Sydney and Seoul. She recently conducted the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Ensemble Kochi of Japan, the Seoul Contemporary Opera Company Orchestra and the Sewon Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Paiement holds a doctorate degree in conducting from the Eastman School of Music.
Nicole Paiement can be contacted at 415.503.6273 or ichi@cats.ucsc.edu or through her website at www.nicolepaiement.com.
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