Birth name Matthew Barnson Years active 1998-present Record label Tzadik Records Instruments Viola Role Composer | Occupation(s) Composer Name Matthew Barnson Origin Utah Labels Tzadik Albums Sibyl Tones | |
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Born July 6, 1979 (age 44) ( 1979-07-06 ) Genres Contemporary classical music Education Yale School of Music (2012), University of Pennsylvania Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada Similar People JACK Quartet, John Zorn, Martin Bresnick, Arditti Quartet | ||
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Matthew Barnson (born 1979) is an American composer.
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Biography
Barnson is a native of Utah and obtained his undergraduate degree from the Eastman School of Music. He pursued graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University. Barnson is the youngest recipient of a Barlow Commission from the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications. He was awarded a 2009 Charles Ives Prize. He is currently an assistant professor of composition at Stony Brook University.
Works
Barnson's works have been performed by the following individuals / groups:
- Arditti String Quartet
- Curtis Symphony Orchestra
- The New York Virtuoso Singers
- Members of Alarm Will Sound
- Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra
- Soprano Nicole Cabell
- Countertenor Ian Howell
- Academy Manson Ensemble, with conductor Simon Bainbridge