Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 22 March 1947) is an American music educator and composer.
Gwyneth Van Anden was born in New York of a Quaker family and grew up in New Canaan, Connecticut. She began her first efforts at composition at an early age, and went on to receive BA, MM and DMA degrees in Music Composition from Brown University and the Hartt School of Music, where she studied under Arnold Franchetti. She taught music for fourteen years at Hartt School of Music, the Hartford Conservatory and the Oberlin College Conservatory, and then went to work as a full-time composer. In 2000 she received the Vermont Arts Council's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Works and discography
Walker's compositions include song cycles, jazz, folksongs and spirituals, rock-and-roll, choral music, traditional folk songs, ballads and cantatas.
Orchestral Works:
An American Concerto for Violin and Orchestra on the CD "from the Mid-ColumbiaAn American Concerto for Violin and Orchestra on the CD Paul Freeman Introduces... Siegmeister, Walker, Creston, Staar-LevyInstrumental Works:
A Vision of Hills, Fantasy Etudes for violin and piano,New World Dances for piano trio, Craftsbury Trio for piano trio, Touch the Sky for cello and piano, and Vigil for violin and piano on the CD A Vision of HillsFantasy Etudes for violin and piano on the CD Done e DoniFive Pieces for Flute and Guitar on the CD Returning the Muse to MusicFive Pieces for Flute and Guitar and Silvermine Suite for flute and guitar on the CD CelestialsFour American Folk Songs on the CD BirdsFour Pieces for Lute on the CD The Renaissance LuteRaise the Roof! for brass quintet on the CD Americana: A University of Iowa Celebration and Strophes of the Night and DawnShaker Tunes for brass quintet on the CD Season to DanceTheme and Variation for flute and piano on the CD Legacy of the American Woman ComposerChoral Works:
An Hour to Dance for SATB chorus and pianoHarlem Songs for SATB chorus and pianoLove -- By the Water for SATB chorus and pianoThree Days by the Sea for SATB chorus and pianoThis Train for SATB chorusGod's Grandeur for SATB chorus on the CD An Hour to DanceNow Let Us Sing! for SSA chorus, brass quintet, percussion, and pianoHow Can I Keep From Singing? for SSA chorus, brass quintet, percussion, and pianoPeace, I Ask Of Thee O River for SSA chorus, brass quintet, percussion, and pianoSongs for Women's Voices for SSA chorus and pianoI Thank You God for SSA chorus and pianoCrossing the Bar for SSA chorus and pianoHebrides Lullaby for SSA chorusLet Evening Come for SSA chorus and pianoThe Spirit of Women for SSA chorusGifts from the Sea for SSA chorus and piano on the CD Now Let Us Sing!Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies and Shenendoah on the CD Sounds So EntrancingThe Christ-Child's Lullaby on the CD Christmas a cappella: Songs from around the WorldThree American Portraits for String Quartet, The Golden Harp for Chorus and String Quartet, and White Horses for SATB Chorus and Piano, and Cheek to Cheek for SATB Chorus and Piano on the CD The Golden HarpHebrides Lullaby on the CD A Retro Christmas With CONCORAHebrides Lullaby on the CD Christmas in Our TimeHow Can I Keep from Singing? on the CD Abbondanza! Abundant JoysI Thank You God on the CD ACDA Raymond W. Brock Endowment, Commissioned Compositions, Volume II Thank You God on the CD Amazing Day, 20th Century Music for Women's ChoirMy Girls on the CD Celestial Sirens Demo 2000My Love Walks in Velvet on the CD Vox Femina Los Angeles -- 2000 LA Regional ACDA ConventionRejoice! -- Christmas Songs on the CD Juletide 2001 -- Luther CollegeRiver Songs on the CD Sounds & Colors of VermontSongs for Women's Voices on the CD When I SingMornings Innocent and In Autumn on the CD Taking ShapeSounding Joy on the CD Sounding JoyThis Train on the CD 1998 All-OMEA Festival ConcertVocal Works:
Song cycles though love be a day, Mornings Innocent, The Sun is Love, and solo piano Semplice and Rhythms from the North Country are on the CD "The Sun Is Love" performed by Michelle Areyzaga, soprano and Jamie Shaak, pianoSong cycles though love be a day, Songs of the Night Wind, No Ordinary Woman! and selected opera arias are on the CD Scattering Dark and Bright: Song Cycles and Arias by Gwyneth WalkerAs A Branch in May and Weave No Cloak Against Tomorrow are on the CD Music Sweet as LoveFour American Folk Songs and Songs for Voice and Guitar on the CD Arise: Music of the Americas for Voice and Guitarmaggie and millie and mollie and may on the CD "Women's Voices"No Ordinary Woman! on the CD "No Ordinary Woman!"though love be a day on the cassette "Music of Her Own"though love be a day on the CD "though love be a day"I Speak for the Earth on the CD "Donne e Doni Vol. II"Keyboard Works:
Cantos for the End of Summer on the CD Character SketchesEvensong from Cantos for the End of Summer for piano on the CD Piano Portraits of the SeasonsIn Celebration for organ on the CD "Women Composers for Organ"Rhythms from the North Country for piano on the cassette Alive and Well
