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Biography
Born: 24 December 1950
Country: Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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Website: https://libbylarsen.com
Libby Larsen (b. 24 December 1950, Wilmington, Delaware) is one of America’s most performed living composers. She has created a catalogue of over 500 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate vocal and chamber music to massive orchestral works and over twelve operas. Grammy Award winning and widely recorded, including over fifty CDs of her work, she is constantly sought after for commissions and premieres by major artists, ensembles, and orchestras around the world, and has established a permanent place for her works in the concert repertory.
As a vigorous, articulate advocate for the music and musicians of our time, in 1973 Larsen co-founded the Minnesota Composers Forum, now the American Composer’s Forum. A former holder of the Papamarkou Chair at John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress, Larsen has also held residencies with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Charlotte Symphony, and the Colorado Symphony. Her career has been recognized with several awards including MIT’s McDermott award, the Peabody Award, and the American Academy’s Arts and Letters Award. [1]
Works for Percussion
Bronze Veils - Percussion Duo, Trombone
Concertino for Tenor Steel Drum and Chamber Ensemble - Steel Drum, Chamber Ensemble
Corker - Multiple Percussion, Clarinet
DDT - Percussion Quartet
Downwind of Roses in Maine - Mallets, Flute, Clarinet
Like Blind Men Tapping in the Dark - Marimba Duo
Marimba Concerto: After Hampton - Marimba, Orchestra
Ricochet - Marimba Duo
Ridge-Runner - Percussion Duo, Trumpet
Xibalba - Multiple Percussion, Bassoon
References