Title: Space:Time String Quartet #2 
Commission: 2011
Completed: 2014
Instrumentation: string quartet
Premiere Location: May 23, 2015 at the Dimenna Center, NYC
Premiere Ensemble:  MiVOS quartet
Notes:

Composer, conductor and pianist Richard Carrick is a Guggenheim Fellow who writes music of spatial depth and robust stasis, characterized by the evocation of profound human experiences. Described as “organic and restless” by the New York Times, Carrick’s music has been presented internationally at festivals including NYPHIL Biennial, ISCM World Music Days, Enescu Festival, released on numerous critically acclaimed CDs, and published by PSNY. His music spans solo, chamber and orchestral compositions as well as works incorporating dance, graphic scores, electronics, video projection, and conducted group improvisation.

Carrick has presented concerts, master classes and lectures throughout the US, Europe, Israel, Rwanda, Japan, and South Korea, where he was a Korean Gugak Fellow in 2015. He currently serves as Chair of Composition at Berklee College and co-founder of Either/Or, with former faculty appointments at Columbia and New York Universities and as New York Philharmonic Teaching Artist.

Born in Paris of French-Algerian and British descent, Carrick received his BA from Columbia University, PhD from the University of California-San Diego, and pursued further studies at IRCAM and the Koninklijk Conservatorium.

(bio by Brad Balliett)