Writings/References
Writings
“Listening and the Art of Survival”
Engaging Europe: Rethinking a Changing Continent (Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers, 2005). Chapter 6: 119-130.
“Creating the Double Motet Anew”
Contemporary Music Review (Routledge, 2001). Vol 20, Part 4: 1-17.
“An Invitation to Create Music for Peace”
International Choral Bulletin (IFCM, April 2001). Vol. XX, No. 3: 34-35.
“A Twentieth Century Passion Setting: Synthesis and Exploration”
International Choral Bulletin (IFCM, July 1995). Vol. XIV, No. 4: 18-27.
“Point/Counter-Point: Donald Martino’s Radical Statement of Mind and Soul”
Perspectives of New Music (Summer 1991). Vol. 29, No. 2: 382-392.
“Transforming Voices” An interview with Robert Morris by Robert Kyr.
Boston Publication Series, League of Composers/ISCM (Spring 1990).
“Searching for the Essential” An interview with Earl Kim by Robert Kyr.
Boston Publication Series, League of Composers/ISCM (Spring 1990).
“Between the Mind and the Ear: Finding the Perfect Balance” An interview with
Chou Wen-chung by Robert Kyr.
Boston Publication Series, League of Composers/ISCM (Spring 1990).
“From All Sides: An Interview with Donald Martino by Robert Kyr”
Boston Publication Series, League of Composers/ISCM (Winter 1989).
Selected References
Rickards, Steven L. Twentieth-Century Countertenor Repertoire: A Guide.
Scarecrow Press, Inc. (Rowman & Littlefield), Lanham, Maryland, 2008.
Strimple, Nick. Choral Music in the Twentieth Century. Amadeus Press (Portland),
2002. Chapter 12, page 250.
Wyers, Giselle. “Robert Kyr’s ‘Third Art.’” American Choral Review, Vol. XLIII,
No. 2 (Summer/Fall 2001).
Wyers, Giselle. “Waging Peace through Intercultural Art in Kyr’s Ah Nagasaki.”
Choral Journal, May 2008. Pages 9-28.
Selected Feature Articles and Reviews
Buske, Jennifer (January 15, 2009). "A Lament, And Lesson, Made Real By
Song". The Washington Post.
Campbell, Brett (July 17, 2006). "Portland: A Kyr for Insomnia". NewMusicBox.
Campbell, Brett (Spring 2006). "Peace and Music: a composer commemorates
Nagasaki". Oregon Humanities (magazine).
Dudley, Anna Carol (September 17, 2006). "A Chorus for Any Composer". San
Francisco Classical Voice.
Dyer, Richard (April 9, 1995). "The inner world of Robert Kyr's Passion". The
Boston Globe.
Hawley, David (October 8, 2008). "'Ashes Into Light': a meditation on the
Nagasaki bombing". MinnPost.com.
Holtz, Jackson (July 1, 2004: Paragraph 14). "Inspirational composer to be
featured at Symposium". Oregon Bach Festival.
Johnson, Brett (April 12, 2007). "A master of music and a master photographer
make unique art together". Ventura County Star.
Kellerman, Michael (October 16, 2009). "Review - A Time For Life". The Austin
Chronicle.
Malone, Andrew Lindemann (November 1, 2006). "Chanticleer, Playing Tag With
the Text". The Washington Post.
Oestreich, James R. (October 26, 1991). "Classical Music in Review". The New
York Times.
van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire (October 8, 2009). "Conspirare sings a green song".
Austin American-Statesman.
Walton, Kenneth (December 17, 2001). "A time to remember". The Scotsman.
Website References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kyr
http://www.iwagemusic.com/Guest_Artists.html#rob
http://www.uoregon.edu/~music/About/bios/kyrr.html
http://www.ecspublishing.com/compBiosK.html
http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/composer.pl?comp=70
http://www.newalbion.com/artists/kyrr/index.htm