NCCC
NCCC History Nevada County Composers Cooperative, NCCC, was founded as Nevada County Composers Coalition in 1994 to provide the rural audiences of the Sierra Foothills with the opportunity to hear live performances of contemporary American music. Focusing originally on the works of the local founding composers, Terry Riley, Howard Hersh, and William Jay Sydeman, NCCC expanded its programming in 1996 to include a variety of American as well as international works. NCCC took a striking, new, multi-faceted look in 2000 when the artistic board was increased to include accomplished Nevada County composers David Dvorin, Mikail Graham, Ludi Hinrichs, Darcy Reynolds, and Mark Vance. With this rich, compositional diversity on hand, the coalition became the "cooperative". Due to professional commitments Hersh and Riley became advisory members. The remaining founder, Sydeman, stepped forward as artistic director guiding NCCC through this time of growth. Reynolds and Hinrichs later withdrew to pursue other interests with composers Jerry Grant and Randy McKean joining in the mid 2000's and along with Graham, Sydeman and Vance comprise the current NCCC active composer lineup. The Cooperative puts on several events each year including their annual Wet Ink Festival of New Music; Sound & Vision featuring many works merging film, video, art and performance art; as well as several "Meet The Composer" events featuring various composer works in progress special events. Over the years they have incorporated many talented musicians such: William Barbini, Dmitri Cogan, Vicki Ehrlick, Peter Josheff, Bill Douglass, Lynn Schugren, Matt Darling, Aileen James, Ken Hardin, Rod Baggett and the Nevada Union High School Chamber Choir, The Music in the Mountains Festival Choral; Del Sol String Quartet, among many others. Mikail's Brief Work History Overview
A composer, performer, producer, and promoter of music in Nevada City, California, with family roots dating back to 1849. Since 1975 he has composed more than 40 original scores for various live theater and independent film projects. Since 1982 Mikail has utilized many Northern California Public Schools to instruct students aged six to sixteen in the art of improvisational composition. He is also the executive producer of The Other Side, an eclectic radio program heard on Tuesday nights from 8pm-10pm at 89.5 FM & simulcast on www.kvmr.org since August 1978. He has toured extensively over the years throughout Europe, Japan, and the USA, assisting composer Terry Riley as well as recording and performing with Roger Hodgson, formerly of the pop group Supertramp. He has been a producer and mixing engineer for numerous music releases featuring Terry Riley, Gyan Riley, and Michael McClure, as well as independent regional artists such as Paul Kamm and Eleanore MacDonald, Ivan Najera & Tony Unger, Christine and Rob Bonner, and many others. In 1997 he produced and mixed the Red House Records CD release Loafer's Glory for folk legend Utah Phillips which was nominated for a NAIRD award. (for more client info check out the Studio Clients page)
In 2002 he formed a creative partnership/company with international performance artist/instructor Menlo Macfarlane which has led to several critically acclaimed works. Mikail is an active member of the Nevada County community and continues to be involved in numerous fund-raising events for local organizations and needed causes. Last, but not least, he is the last of the original team that helped start community radio station KVMR-FM back in 1978 who is still on the air. A 3rd generation native of Nevada City, and an avid dreamer, you can contact Mikail directly at mikailgraham @ gmail . com NCCC PHOTO GALLERY
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