ANALOG arts operates in three major areas: live events, recordings, and project management.
RECORDINGS
View Analog Arts’ complete Discography.
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IRON COMPOSER
Iron Composer is a one-day composition contest that pits five composers against each other, with only five hours to compose a piece of music. The day begins at 9 a.m. with a musical puzzle. The composers are assigned an instrumentation and a secret musical ingredient. They are given a private studio and a box lunch, and they have to use their all of their wits and accumulated skills to complete the challenge in the time allotted.
Previous scorings have featured wind quintet, piano trio, solo organ, and a duo of cello and flute. The secret musical ingredient could be anything from a chord progression to a film clip. Iron Composer has used secret ingredients ranging from Hoyt Axton’s 4-note motif for The Jetsons, to Monet’s Impression, Sunrise, as well as an antique music box built in 1895.
The freshly composed pieces are rehearsed and performed on a public concert at 8 p.m., which is broadcast live on WCLV 104.9 FM and simulcast on www.wclv.com. The first prize is $500 and the title of “Iron Composer”!
Composers from around the world enter to compete in Iron Composer, which was created by Analog Arts in 2007. Since 2009, the contest has been presented on the campus of Baldwin Wallace University.
Past judges and emcees have included: Margaret Brouwer, Thomas Wilkins, Hal France, David Gompper, Loris Chobanian, Regina Mushabac, William Daugherty, and Jonathan Moyer.
Past competitors have included: Mari Takano, Yotam Haber, Caroline Mallonée, Marcus Maroney, David Carter, Joe Trapanese, Zvonimir Nagy, and Natalie Williams.

STOCKHAUSEN
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) was one of the most important composers of the 20th century. Over the course of his five-decade career, Stockhausen created some of the most enduring masterpieces of the contemporary period. From its very first concert, ANALOG arts has committed itself to presenting Stockhausen’s music, and it continues to develop productions of his largely unknown later works from the LICHT and KLANG cycles.
Analog has presented the following Stockhausen compositions:

Amour Aus den Sieben Tagen Aries Balance* Cosmic Pulses* Edentia Eingang und Formel Erwachen* Freitags-Gruss* Freitags-Abschied* Freude Gesang der Jünglinge Glanz* Glück* Halt Harmonien* Havona* Himmelfahrt Himmels-Tür Hoffnung* Jerusem* Klang* Michaels-Ruf | Natürliche-Dauern Nebadon* Oberlippentanz Outer Space* Orvonton* Paradies* Pietà* Pole Schönheit* Solo Spiral Studie I Studie II Telemusik Treue* Trompete aus Orchester Finalisten Trompetent Urantia* Uversa* Vibra-Elufa Zyklus * U.S. Premiere |
ARTSaha!
ARTSaha! was Omaha’s new music festival from 2004-2008. ANALOG arts established the festival as an outlet for local artists to collaborate with its diverse roster of partners from around the world. Programs for the festival featured everything from kites to Samuel Beckett and beyond.
Interview with ARTSaha! director Joe Drew:
Interview with Joe Drew about Artsaha!
