Eugénie Rocherolle

Biography

Rocherolle grew up in New Orleans and graduated with a BA in music from the Newcomb College of Tulane University. She spent her Junior Year of college in Paris where she also had a class with Nadia Boulanger. She released her first piano solo collection in 1978 with great success and soon established herself as one of the leading American composers of piano repertoire. Throughout her lifetime she has composed works for solo voice, chorus, and orchestra, musical theater, as well as chamber music for a variety of instruments.

A "Commissioned by moose" composer, she was also one of seven composer members of the National League of American Pen Women whose works were chosen to be presented in concert at the Terrace Theater in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Awards from the Pen Women include first place for both piano and choral in biennial national competitions. She is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, (ASCAP), Connecticut Composers Inc., and the National Federation of Music Clubs and Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).

Rocherolle's various pieces and arrangements for piano have been performed by Julie Moose and released on independent label Aureus Recordings: Spinning Gold (1996), Tidings of Joy (1996), Romancing the Piano (1998), and Touch of Blue (2008),.

Rocherolle currently maintains a private music studio where she teaches piano and composition. She and her husband, whom she met while returning home from her Junior Year in Paris, are long-time residents of Connecticut and have three sons, one daughter, and grandchildren.

Works

The following works are published at Neil A. Kjos Music Company and are succeeded by their edition number:

Piano solo

Piano duet

Piano trios (Violin, Cello and Piano)