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• Frozen in Time
  <!-- fill in the name of the file (it can be a .jpg or a .gif) as well as the composer's name in the fields above. You may delete this text once this is done.--> ...unds of the Americas: the Tango, AfroCuban Jazz, Swing, and Minimalism. As American music is by nature inclusive, the movement includes a recapitulation of Afr
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• Maggio, Robert
  ...works in nearly every genre, each creating a unique connection between the composer's "wondrously eclectic vocabulary" (New York Times) and the demands of a di ...ight, The Wishing Tree, and Rachel and Her Children. In reviewing this CD, American Record Guide said, “Maggio is quite a craftsman, with the traditional ele
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• List, Andrew
  ...yers and Locrian Chamber Players. He was selected as the MTNA commissioned composer, and was a finalist in both the Alea III International Composition Competit ...the major conservatories throughout Holland. He was the first American and composer to be awarded this prestigious residency. <ref>https://andrewlist.com/biogr
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• Elemental Dances (Garner)
  <!-- fill in the name of the file (it can be a .jpg or a .gif) as well as the composer's name in the fields above. You may delete this text once this is done.--> 1. Fire Dance: A simple exploration of a Native American celebration and explores the rhythms of their dances. <br/>
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• Gann, Kyle
  ...uthor of The Music of Conlon Nancarrow (Cambridge University Press, 1995), American Music in the 20th Century (Schirmer Books, 1997), Music Downtown: Writings ...edia, Brilliant Classics, New Tone, and Monroe Street labels. In 2003, the American Music Center awarded Gann its Letter of Distinction, along with Steve Reich
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• Daugherty, Michael
  ...that is uniquely his own, composing concert music inspired by contemporary American popular culture. Daugherty came to international attention when his Metropo ...s widely performed as well, and has been recorded for Argo/Decca on the CD American Icons. His string quartets include Sing Sing: J.Edgar Hoover (1992 ) and El
  5 KB (671 words) - 02:51, 17 October 2012
• Garland, Peter
  ...0s at the same time as the first minimalist works. He is also an expert on American Indian music. He is the author of Gone Walkabout: Essays 1991-. ...st, he specializes in traditional U.S. and Mexican musics and 20th century American composers. He researched while living in Mexican villages for some years du
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• Higdon, Jennifer
  ...ditionally rooted, yet imbued with integrity and freshness." The League of American Orchestras reports that she is one of America's most frequently performed c ...gious International Opera Award for Best World Premiere in 2016; the first American opera to do so in the award's history.
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• Carter, Elliott
  ...onal Medal of Arts, and is one of a handful of composers inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame. He was recognized twice by the Government of ...o by Paul Griffiths, was introduced by Daniel Barenboim, a champion of the composer’s music, in Berlin in 1999, and has since been produced at Tanglewood, in
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• Peck, Russell
  ...yle combining the classical idiom with a recognizable influence of popular American musical language. ...(Netherlands). His Peace Overture was among the first serious contemporary American orchestral works played in the People's Republic of China (Shanghai Symphon
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• The Complete Percussionist
  <!-- fill in the name of the file (it can be a .jpg or a .gif) as well as the composer's name in the fields above. You may delete this text once this is done.--> ...instruments, concert accessory instruments, specialized instruments, Latin American instruments, timpani, keyboard percussion, drum set, marching percussion, e
  6 KB (885 words) - 18:13, 16 December 2022
• Fitch, Keith
  ...tes, Europe, and Asia by such ensembles as The Philadelphia Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra, the New York Youth Symphony, the Chamber Music Society ...10). In June 2015, he joins the faculty at the Rocky Ridge Music Center as Composer-in-Residence.
  6 KB (951 words) - 20:19, 28 May 2015
• Reinkemeyer, Andrea
  The music of American composer '''Andrea Reinkemeyer''' has been described as, “haunting,” “clever, Ms. Reinkemeyer is a free-lance composer, enjoying recent commissions from: In Mulieribus, Lacroute Arts Series at L
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• Burwasser, Daniel
  [[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...AD and is part of a compilation of American orchestral music called Modern American Classics Volume 1. FLUX, conducted by Marin Alsop and the Concordia Orchest
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• Chatman, Stephen
  ...rds, and multiple Juno nominee, Chatman is recognized internationally as a composer of choral, orchestral, and piano music. In 2012, Dr. Chatman was appointed ...of the People’s Republic of China in Vancouver. In 2004, he was the first composer ever awarded the Dorothy Somerset Award for Performance and Development in
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• Resounding Earth
  <!-- fill in the name of the file (it can be a .jpg or a .gif) as well as the composer's name in the fields above. You may delete this text once this is done.--> ...Third Coast Percussion ensemble that proved just how vital and fertile new American music really is."
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• Korf, Anthony
  Anthony Korf is a composer whose singular voice evokes the strength of a powerful musical legacy. He h ...ong passion for jazz and popular music, for example, lends an unmistakably American flavor to his work, though only rarely does their vernacular pedigree surfa
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• Russell, William
  ...ssell William Wagner at birth, when he decided to become a classical music composer, he dropped his last name—as it already "was taken" by Richard Wagner. ...works by Essential Music. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Russell_(composer)</ref>
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• Heuser, David D.
  ...ughtful, beautiful, and wonderfully made" (San Antonio Express-News), "all-American music at its most dynamic and visceral" (Houston Chronicle), and "just the ...extremes of tempo, dynamics and register. Just as a painter fills space, a composer fills time, and it is Heuser's goal to lead the listener through the time h
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• Dowd, Charles
  ...ard of the American Composers Alliance in New York for performing works of American composers. He has twice conducted The Oregon Percussion Ensemble in premier ...orchestras: the Eugene Symphony, Oregon Bach Festival, Oregon Festival of American Music Symphonia, Cascade Festival of Music, and Oregon Coast Music Festival
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