Name Eric Ewazen | Role Composer | |
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Compositions Sinfonia for Strings: III Allegro molto, Sinfonia for Strings: III Allegro molto, Down a River of Time: I Past Hopes and Dreams, Down a River of Time: I Past Hopes and Dreams, Sinfonia for Strings: II Andante teneramente, Sinfonia for Strings: II Andante teneramente, Concerto for Violin and Strings: I Allegro con brio, Concerto for Violin and Strings: I Allegro con brio, Down a River of Time: II and Sorrows, Down a River of Time: II and Sorrows, Down a River of Time: III and Memories of Tomorrow, Down a River of Time: III and Memories of Tomorrow, Sinfonia for Strings: I Allegro maestoso, Sinfonia for Strings: I Allegro maestoso, The Diamond World, The Diamond World, Concerto for Violin and Strings: III Allegro molto, Concerto for Violin and Strings: III Allegro molto, Concerto for Violin and Strings: II Andante sostenuto, Concerto for Violin and Strings: II Andante sostenuto Similar People American Brass Quintet, Charles Vernon, Joseph Alessi, Brass quintet, Linda Strommen | ||
Eric ewazen capriccio for bass trombone and trombone choir
Eric Ewazen (; born March 1, 1954, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American composer and teacher.
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- Eric ewazen capriccio for bass trombone and trombone choir
- Eric ewazen pastorale for trumpet bass trombone and piano
- Biography
- Music
- Recordings
- Partial list of works
- For orchestra or wind ensemble
- Concerti
- Sonatas
- References
Eric ewazen pastorale for trumpet bass trombone and piano
Biography
Ewazen studied composition under Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt, Gunther Schuller, Joseph Schwantner, Warren Benson, and Eugene Kurtz at the Eastman School of Music and The Juilliard School (where he received numerous composition awards, prizes, and fellowships). He has been on the faculty of The Juilliard School since 1980, and has been a lecturer for the New York Philharmonic's Musical Encounters Series. He has also served on the faculties of the Hebrew Arts School and the Lincoln Center Institute. He served as Vice President of the League of Composers – International Society for Contemporary Music from 1982–1989, and was also composer-in-residence for the Orchestra of St. Luke's.
Music
Ewazen's compositions have been performed by numerous ensembles and orchestras around the world, such as the Cleveland Orchestra, and at festivals such as Woodstock, Tanglewood, Aspen, Caramoor, Tidewater, and the Music Academy of the West, among others. In recent years, he has increasingly written for brass instruments. Many of these works are performed regularly.
His works have been commissioned and performed by organizations such as the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Greenwich Symphony, Fairfield Chamber Orchestra, American Brass Quintet, Borealis Wind Quintet, Bellevue Philharmonic, Detroit Chamber Winds, Western Piedmont Symphony, School for Strings, L'Amore di Musica, New York State Council on the Arts, the Philip-Morris Companies, Jerome Foundation, University of Arizona, University of Oklahoma, Music Academy of the West, and by soloists such as Julius Baker, Mindy Kaufman, Philip Smith, Joseph Alessi, and Eugene Becker (of the New York Philharmonic), Toni Lipton and Scott Brubaker (of the Metropolitan Opera), Olegna Fuschi, Rebecca Scott, James Houlik, Linda Strommen, and Leon Russianoff, among others. The third movement of his Symphony in Brass is used as the theme music for National Public Radio's political coverage.
Recordings
Among his recorded works are the "Ballad for Clarinet, Harp & String Orchestra" (John Russo); "Colchester Fantasy" (American Brass Quintet on Summit Records); "Sonata for Viola and Piano" (Eugene Becker on Clique Trak), "Symphony in Brass" (Summit Brass on Summit Records); "The Tiger" (William White on Hyperion Records), "The Diamond World" (Ahn Trio), and Well-Tempered Productions has released an all-Ewazen disc of "Frost Fire", "...to cast a shadow again", "Quintet for Trumpet and Strings", "The Palace of Nine Perfections" (University of Oklahoma Percussion Ensemble), and "Sonata for Horn & Piano" featuring the American Brass Quintet, Chamber Ensemble of St. Luke's and Grammy winner William Sharp. In the fall of 1996, the principal chairs of the New York Philharmonic recorded a disc of Mr. Ewazen's music for Cala Records. There are three discs dedicated to his music on the Albany Records label: "Sejong Plays Ewazen" with the International Sejong Soloists, "Orchestral Music and Concertos" with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra conducted by Paul Polivnick, and "Bass Hits," a collection of concert pieces for bass trombone and various ensembles.
Partial list of works
For a more complete list of works see List of compositions by Eric Ewazen.