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American Music Center
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Actor, Lee
...an incredible orchestral tour de force as written by an immensely talented composer.” The CD including Mr. Winstin’s performance of this piece with the Kie .... Conductor Jason Klein has written of Symphony No. 1: “Lee Actor ... is a composer of remarkable skill whose 3-movement symphony has strength, character, and

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Thomas, Augusta Read
...a Read Thomas has secured for herself a permanent place in the pantheon of American composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. She is without question one of th ...ters, "has become one of the most recognizable and widely loved figures in American Music."

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Percussion History
...he stick was shaken, the hooves would rattle. Other instruments of Native American people include rasps made from sticks, whistles made from wood, clay or bon ...is part fits into the orchestra, as parts were often written as though the composer had just written down what may have sounded nice and easy to play on a keyb

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American Drum
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Agócs, Kati
...etters Award, the lifetime achievement award in music composition from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a two-time nominee for Classical Compositi ...f the Immaculate for Lucy Dhegrae and Third Sound Ensemble. As part of its Composer Portraits series, Miller Theatre in New York presented a Kati Agócs portra

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Gould, Morton
 Morton Gould (December 10, 1913 – February 21, 1996) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist.

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Rands, Bernard
Bernard Rands (born 2 March 1934) is a British-American composer of contemporary classical music. ...The American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2004. From 1989 to 1995 he was composer-in-residence with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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Cerrone, Christopher
Christopher Cerrone (b. 1984, Huntington, NY) is a composer of dramatic, orchestral, chamber, and electronic music. Hailed as “a risi ...of its annual VOX Contemporary American Opera Lab (Cerrone is the youngest composer to be featured). That same season, Invisible Cities was performed at the Vi

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Rodriguez, Robert Xavier
...His music always speaks, and speaks in the composer’s personal language.” (American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters). Rodríguez has written in all ...erican Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Rodríguez has served as Composer-in-Residence with the San Antonio Symphony and the Dallas Symphony. He cur

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Stamp, Jack
...y of Pennsylvania and East Carolina. Other studies include work with noted American composers [[David Diamond]], [[Joan Tower]] and [[Richard Danielpour]]. ...ry and university bands across the United States. He has won the praise of American composers [[David Diamond]], [[Norman Dello Joio]], [[Ron Nelson]], [[Micha

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Babbitt, Milton
...s a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. — January 2011 <ref>[http://www.schirmer.co ...n Melby, the theatre composer Stephen Sondheim, and the jazz guitarist and composer Stanley Jordan.

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Fine, Vivian
Studies: Chicago Musical College (1919-1922), American Conservatory (1925-31) ...Taylor award in 2000, and Vivian Fine, A Bio-Bibliography, by the poet and composer Judith Cody (Greenwood Press, 2002).

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Foss, Lukas
The German-born American composer, conductor, pianist, and educator, Lukas Foss, began his musical studies in ...to receive a Guggenheim fellowship. From 1950-1951 he was a fellow at the American Academy in Rome, and received a Fulbright grant for 1950-1952.

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Albright, William
 ...d non-tonal classical music (in particular the influence of Messiaen) with American popular music and non-Western music (Gillespie 2001), in what has been desc

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Brant, Henry
 Henry Brant is America’s foremost composer of acoustic spatial music. The planned positioning of performers throughout

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Schwendinger, Laura
...of Arts and Letters awards (a Goddard Leiberson Fellowship for “mid-career composer of exceptional gifts” and Ives scholarship), First-prize ALEA III, MacDow <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

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Turner, Kerry Drew
...Mr. TurnerԳ major ensembles with whom he performs include the world-famous American Horn Quartet, the stunning Virtuoso Horn Duo, and the Luxembourg Philharmon Composer Bio:"He writes fiendish stuff...inventive, approachable, and entertaini

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Borroff, Edith
Studies: American Conservatory (B.M.1946, M.M. 1948), University of Michigan (Ph.D.1958) ...Her areas of research have centered on 17th-century French chamber music, American and contemporary music. Borroff also holds an interest in education and has

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Seale, Carl
...y Symphony Orchestra and Professor Emeritus by the University of Texas-Pan American.<ref>http://www.reallygoodmusic.com/rgm.jsp?page=composers2&compid=124546 C 

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Frozen in Time
 ...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)
 1. Fire Dance: A simple exploration of a Native American celebration and explores the rhythms of their dances. 

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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

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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
 ...instruments, concert accessory instruments, specialized instruments, Latin American instruments, timpani, keyboard percussion, drum set, marching percussion, e

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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.

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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
 ...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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Jarvinen, Arthur
...s own bands and ensembles of various kinds. His musical activities both as composer and performer range from contemporary chamber and experimental music to son ...ity's 1997 Achievement In Music Award. He received a Subito Grant from the American Composers Forum, Los Angeles Chapter, for the recording of Serious Immobili

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Farberman, Harold
...nductor and is the only conductor to date to have recorded all four of the composer’s symphonies. As a result, he was honored with the Ives Award from the Ch The December 1993 issue of the American Record Guide listed his recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra of Ma

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Kreutz, Robert
Studies: Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, American Conservatory, University of California, University of Denver; ...uated from Aquinas High School in 1940. Robert Kreutz studied music at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, Illinois and at the University of Califor

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Shapey, Ralph
...g his approach to music, the importance of Shapey’s status in contemporary American music cannot be ignored. Although he acknowledged a deep respect for the cl ...ed in 1989 to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 1994 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1991, he retired from the University of Ch

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Metzger, Jon
...tival in Kingston, Jamaica; performed with Gunther Schuller as part of the American Composers Series at Strathmore Hall Arts Center (Maryland); and been featur ...restige and use of his jazz compositions and his creative contributions to American music. A recipient of the North Carolina Miles Davis Jazz Service Award, h

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ACA/ACE
See [[American Composers Alliance]] The American Composers Alliance 

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Schwantner, Joseph
Studies: American Conservatory (B.M.1964), Northwestern University (M.M.1966, D.M.A.1968) 

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Stories for Snare Drum (Volume 2: The United States)
...s can be determined by historians. Rather, these events are touchstones of American history that neither depict the nation as all glory nor all tragedy. So dif == Works for Percussion by this Composer ==

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Harrison, Lou
 ...he Pulitzer Prize). Harrison also published a study of the music of atonal composer Carl Ruggles, and the influence of Ruggles and Schoenberg comes through in

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Take That
 ...s often combine complex rhythmic and non-tonal techniques with elements of American pop music. Though his works are crafted concisely, he stressed the value of

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Akiho, Andy
...’s “News Hour with Jim Lehrer” and by organizations such as Bang on a Can, American Composers Forum, and The Society for New Music. ...usic Northwest Festival, and Avaloch Farm Music Institute, where he is the Composer-in-Residence. Akiho's debut CD No One To Know One, on innova Recordings, fe

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Drum Ceremony
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Proto, Frank
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Teachers: Self-taught composer

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Leonard, Stanley
...hony, two world premier performances of commissioned works, as well as two American premieres. He performed with the PSO on more than fifty recordings. Pittsbu ...l known method Pedal Technique for the Timpani. Stanley is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. He performs and conducts his

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Mackey, John
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...Dallas Theater Center, New York City Ballet, the Dallas Wind Symphony, the American Bandmasters Association, and many universities, high schools, middle school

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Hibbard, William
...mmendation of Excellence Award from Broadcast Music Inc (BMI). In 1990 the American Composers Alliance conferred its Laurel Leaf Award upon the Center for New ...r soprano, trumpet and violin was selected by the U.S. jury as one of five American works to be submitted for the 1977 ISCM Festival in Bonn, Germany. In 1988

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Laurello, Michael
Michael Laurello (b. 1981) is an American composer, recording/mixing engineer, and pianist whose music reflects his fascinatio ...h Anniversary National Conference, participation in the Nashville Symphony Composer Lab, participation in the EarShot Berkeley Symphony Readings, a Baumgardner

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Brehm, Alvin
 ...Chamber Orchestra, and the Y Orchestra. He has been guest composer at the American Academy in Rome, Chairman of the National Endowment Chamber Music and New M

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Schankler, Isaac
Isaac Schankler is a composer, accordionist, and electronic musician living in Los Angeles. Their music h ...n, the American Composers Forum, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and the American Prize. Schankler is a past winner of the USC Sadye J. Moss Composition Priz

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Planchart, Alejandro
...(born July 29, 1935) is a Venezuelan-American musicologist, conductor, and composer. He is considered to be one of the leading scholars on the music of Guillau ...e music of Guillaume Du Fay and other Renaissance topics, as well as Latin American music and aspects of 20th century music. With the Cappella Cordina he issue

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MacCallum, John
...on trio, the recording of which was supported by a grant from the American Composer’s Forum, and The Delicate Texture of Time (2012-13) for eight players com .... In 2007, while working on his doctorate, John was awarded a FACE (French American Cultural Exchange) Fellowship to work at the Centre International de Réche

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Ewazen, Eric
...the League of Composers--International Society of Contemporary Music, and Composer-In-Residence with the Orchestra of St. Luke's in New York City. He has been 

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Becker, Bob
 ...heki. In addition, he has worked closely with some of the most significant American exponents of Indian classical music - sitarist Peter Row, bansuri flutist S

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Hennagin, Michael
Composer of twentieth-century classical music Michael Hennagin was born in The Dalle He served as the University of Oklahoma's composer-in-residence and professor of music theory and composition from 1972 to 199

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Childs, Mary Ellen
...ed first place awards at the International Multi-Image Festival and at the American Film and Video Festival, and her electronic Standpoints, a collaboration wi ...the Walker Art Center, two commissioning grants from Lila Wallace/Meet the Composer (1992, 1996), and three commissions from the prestigious Rockefeller Multi-

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Rossi, Mick
Pianist, composer, percussionist, conductor and arranger Mick Rossi, a member of the Philip G ...and grants include Grammy nomination as Orchestrator/Keyboardist, Meet The Composer, State Council on the Arts, and the Eubie Blake Scholarship. He holds a B.A

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Theofanidis, Christopher
...is, Detroit, and California Symphonies, and many others. He also served as Composer of the Year for the Pittsburgh Symphony during their 2006-2007 Season, for ...rizes, a Fulbright Fellowship to France, a Tanglewood Fellowhship, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Charles Ives Fellowship. In 2007 he was nomina

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Cloud-Polyphonies
 ...d the idea of inviting me to write a percussion sextet for a consortium of American Universities, my first thoughts were that a percussion sextet could be the

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Fox, James M.
...swept open spaces of the American West," and Frank J. Oteri, editor of the American Music Center's NewMusicBox, wrote, "Easily the most beautiful thing I heard ...ands, and subsequently has visited universities across the U.S. as a guest composer. He co-edited, with Barney Childs and Elliot Schwartz , the second (expande

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Steiger, Rand
...stra, Talea Ensemble, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he served as Composer Fellow. Soloists he has composed for include Matthew Barley, Maya Beiser, C ...Puckette, the leading computer music researcher of his generation. He was Composer-in-Residence at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Informa

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Cage, John
 ...rnia, U.S.—died August 12, 1992, New York, New York), American avant-garde composer whose inventive compositions and unorthodox ideas profoundly influenced mid

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Shawver, Alex
...med a cosmopolitan array of influences on his development as a teacher and composer. ...ent years, Alex has been particularly interested in 20th- and 21st-Century American music, especially that of the Minimalist movement associated with living co

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Deane, Christopher
...en, Quest, and Haunted Landscapes. Deane served as a percussionist for the American Dance Festival from 1992 to 1996. He has also served as faculty percussioni ...,”“Quest,”and“Haunted Landscapes.” Deane served as a percussionist for the American Dance Festival from 1992–96. He also served as faculty percussionist for

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Fiday, Michael
...e and elsewhere by a diverse range of performers such as Atlanta Symphony, American Composers Orchestra, Oakland East Bay Symphony, Percussion Ensemble of The ...of numerous awards, grants and residencies from, among others, BMI, ASCAP, American Composers Forum, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, The MacDowell Colon

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Ross, Walter
...tudied under Robert Palmer and Karel Husa), he received an Organization of American States Fellowship to study composition privately under Alberto Ginastera in In 1997 he wrote a cantata featuring the poetry of Rita Dove, American Poet Laureate. She sang as the soloist at the premier with the Charlottesvi

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Erickson, Frank
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...d Publishers), Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Pi Kappa Lamda, Phi Beta Mu, and the American Bandmasters Association.<ref>[http://www.windrep.org/Frank_Erickson Frank E

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Mackey, Steven
Country: Frankfurt, Germany; American ...d New Jersey Symphony Orchestra among others.<ref>http://www.boosey.com/cr/composer/Steven+Mackey</ref>

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Colgrass, Michael
...re his wide-ranging performance venues included the New York Philharmonic, American Ballet Theater, Dizzy Gillespie, the Modern Jazz Quartet, the original West ...s do exercises from this book. His newest book, “Adventures of an American Composer,” is published by Meredith Music and distributed by the Hal Leonard Corpo

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Price, William
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...awards, the 2004 Percussive Arts Society Composition Competition, the 2002 American Composers Forum Sonic Circuits Competition, the 2007 Alabama Music Teachers

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Stark, Bruce
The music of American composer/pianist Bruce Stark (born in San Diego and raised in Lakeside, California) ...have been featured in the 2011 National Flute Association Convention, The American Piano Festival in Maryland, The International Trombone Festival, the Canber

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Stein, Leon
...mmission Award Contest in 1950 for his Symphony No. 2, a work described by composer and critic Peggy Glanville-Hicks as music of "considerable power." ...ks Structure and Style and Anthology of Musical Forms, and a member of the American Composers Alliance and the Society of Composers, Inc.

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Peterson, Russell
...ERSON (b. 1969) An accomplished classical/jazz saxophonist, bassoonist and composer, Russell Peterson holds degrees from Youngstown State University (Ohio), Le ..."MOUNTAIN ROADS" is available on Albany Records. Russell's first solo CD "AMERICAN BREATH" is on Barking Dog Records and features the music of David Maslanka,

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Thomas, Andrew
 Andrew William Thomas (b. October 8, 1939 in Ithaca, NY) is an American composer. He studied with Karel Husa at Cornell University, with Nadia Boulanger in

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Siegel, Wayne
...grant in composition from the Danish Art Council, working as a free-lance composer in the years that followed. After two years as administrative director of t 

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Kraft, William
 ...h the orchestra, he was Assistant Conductor for 3 years, and served as its composer-in-residence from 1981-1985, during which time he founded and directed the

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Cowell, Henry
 ...ell was a true American original, and one of the most important figures in American music of the twentieth century. Born in Menlo Park, California in 1897 to a

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Gehlhaar, Rolf
...(born 30 December, 1943) in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland), is an American composer. ...about the same time began to compose for fun (Schürmann 1976, 20). He took American citizenship in 1958 and studied at Yale University and the University of Ca

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Becker, John J.
...], [[Carl Ruggles]], [[Henry Cowell]], and [[Wallingford Riegger]] as "The American Five" of "ultra-modern" music.<ref>http://composers.com/john-j-becker</ref> 

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Kupferman, Meyer
 ...g on the “Pale” between Kiev, Odessa and Eastern Poland. Fanny's flight to American first brought her to the mid-west where she worked in the mills and factori

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Russo, William
...03), better known as Bill Russo during his earlier career, was an American composer, conductor, jazz musician, arranger, teacher and author from Chicago, Illin ...for soloist, chorus, dancers, and rock band, The Civil War paralleled the American Civil War and the martyrdom of President Lincoln with the turbulent civil r

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Johnston, Benjamin
Johnston, Ben (b. March 15, 1926, Macon, Georgia). Esteemed American composer of mostly chamber, choral and vocal works that have been performed througho ...clude a Guggenheim Fellowship (1959). He has received commissions from the American Music Center, the Concord String Quartet, the Merce Cunningham Dance Compan

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Kramer, Jonathan
...duced and hosted several local and national radio programs and represented American Public Radio three times at the International Rostrum of Composers in Paris ...just completed a book on postmodern music and a cello composition for the American Holocaust Museum.

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Snider, Robert C.
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...ssociation, the Midwest Clinic, the Western International Band Clinic, the American Band College, and on three Percussive Arts Society International Convention

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Hodkinson, Sydney
Hanson Institute for American Music for pianist Barry Snyder , to be premiered in the Fall of 2006, the c catalogs of Theodore Presser, American Composers Alliance, Associated Music Publishers (G. Schirmer),

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Husa, Karel
...and Phoenix Records, among others.<ref>http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/short-bio/Karel-Husa</ref> 

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Mincek, Alex
...ent of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Alpert Award, and multiple awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His music has also been recognized through com ...e has collaborated with ensembles including the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Janacek Philharmonic, Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Lin

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Tenney, James
...ve Reich's Pendulum Music (1967) on May 27, 1969, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, alongside Michael Snow, Richard Serra and Bruce Nauman. Tenney also pe 

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Gordon, Michael
...nstruments divided into four microtonally tuned groups. Under the baton of composer/conductor John Adams, The Ensemble Modern Orchestra toured Sunshine of your ...Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Gotham (about New York City) in 2004 for the American Composers Orchestra. Gordon and Morrison are reunited in the 2014/15 season

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Oliveros, Pauline
...to the universe and facets of sounds. Since the 1960's she has influenced American music profoundly through her work with improvisation, meditation, electroni 

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Price, Paul
[[Image:PaulPrice.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...and Conductors awarded him a citation for his "outstanding contribution to American music." These two awards well describe Paul Price's importance to contempor

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Schietroma, Robert
...iations include the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, American Federation of Musicians, and Percussive Arts Society, which he served as Pr 

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Larsen, Libby
...ink of all music as existing in the substance of the air itself. It is the composer’s Minnesota Composers Forum, now the American Composer’s Forum, which has become an invaluable aid

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Percussion Methods
 ...itutions and percussion terminology before finishing with a detailed Latin American section, drum set, and method books.

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Jones, Harold
Studies: American Conservatory (1958-62) Harold Jones was classically trained at the American Conservatory in Chicago. His playing on Eddie Harris' version of "Exodus" h

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Starer, Robert
...National Endowment and the Ford Foundation. He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1994, awarded the Medal of Honor for Science 

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Holm-Hudson, Kevin
...erests include popular music (especially "progressive rock" of the 1970s), American twentieth-century experimental music, and musical semiotics. ...ionally at meetings of the Society for Music Theory, (Sonneck) Society for American Music, National Association of Schools of Music, College Music Society, and

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Rack, John
...and South, including the Wilmington Symphony, Oleander Chamber Orchestra, American Wind Symphony Orchestra, Austin Symphony (TX), Altoona and Nittany Valley S ...gy, and directs the percussion ensemble, which includes at times a Central American marimba ensemble and Ghanaian drumming group.

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Buonomo, Aldo
...ms with his father in many nightclubs in Naples in front of an audience of American soldiers from the Allied Forces. A career that was built on “coming up th ...n. It was a huge international success and probably the first time that an American publisher (Leeds Music Corporation in New York) showed an interest for Ital

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Holland, John
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] John Holland (b. 1944) is a composer and Professor Emeritus in the Studio for Interrelated Media at Massachusett

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Duo Chopinesque
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Dorman, Avner
Israeli-born composer has quickly risen to become one of the leading composers of his generation. bring his composer’s deep musical understanding and perspective to the podium this season.

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Rouse, Christopher
...use catalog includes a number of acclaimed chamber and ensemble works, the composer is best known for his mastery of orchestral writing. His music has been pla ...ost completely successful symphonic composition yet written by an American composer of his rising generation." Symphony No. 2 (1995), commissioned by Christoph

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Cacega Ayuwipi (Decorative Drums)
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Socolofsky, Annika
...lon Contemporary Ensemble, Girlnoise, and Shepherdess. She is a 2019 Stone Composer Fellow for the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival for which she will be wri ...een presented at Carnegie Hall, The Italian Society of Contemporary Music, American Music Festival, Northwestern New Music Institute, Strange Beautiful Music D

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The Floating Bubble
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Cichy, Roger
...hed work in 1985, Roger Cichy (b. 1956-Columbus, Ohio) has been a prolific composer whose works often paint experiences and emotions on a canvas of sound. His The composer’s works contain a number of signature elements, among them is his unique

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Kowalski, Michael
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Composer and pianist Michael Kowalski was a pioneer in the field of computer music i

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Feldman, Morton
...can followers of Arnold Schoenberg, and Stefan Wolpe, a German-born Jewish composer who studied under Franz Schreker and Anton Webern. Feldman and Wolpe spent Feldman married the Canadian composer Barbara Monk shortly before his death. He died from pancreatic cancer in 19

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Erb, Donald
...he Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians as a "significant American composer," Donald Erb was born in Youngstown, Ohio in 1927. His orchestral music has ...United States. In addition to his work in the classroom, Mr. Erb served as Composer-in-Residence for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony O

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Hinkle-Turner, Elizabeth
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...dios fur electronische Musik of West Deutscher Rundfunk in Cologne. Recent composer residencies have been held at the Musikhochschule in Cologne, Michigan Stat

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American Pheonix
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Variations on Amazing Grace
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Bodine, G. Bradley
...mba and percussion ensemble. The composer was recently commissioned by the American marimbist, Drew Lang, and 11 university/college percussion ensembles to wri ...g posts in Washington State, Arizona and Indiana. G. Bradley Bodine is the Composer in Residence at both the Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Center at Purdue, th

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Encounters XII: The Gabrielic Foray
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Ott, Joseph
Joseph Ott (1929 – 1990) was a composer and electronic music pioneer who produced over 400 works during the 1950's, ...” International Competition for Symphonic Composition (1963) and the first composer of any nationality to give a full concert of exclusively electronic music a

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Carlson, Elin
...ral and oratorio literature, from the earliest composed works on the North American continent to works of current composers such as Morton Lauridsen, Ed Cansin Ms. Carlson has regularly collaborated as a soloist with the composer Danny Elfman on such films as Mars Attacks! and Flubber , as well as for th

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Jarvis, Peter
...n Hackensack New Jersey, is an American percussionist, drummer, conductor, composer, music copyist, print music editor and college professor. ...and an Academy Award nomination in 2013. His involvement in the film as a composer included various individual projects ranging from adding music to a score b

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Finney, Ross Lee
...l, and election to both the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1949 he was appointed professor of music and composer-in-residence at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he attracted

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Gridwork
 ...support from the Special Projects Committee of the San Francisco Chapter, American Guild of Organists.

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Read, Gardner
Composer, teacher, conductor, and author Gardner Read was born January 2, 1913, in E ...of Music, and the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 1948, he was appointed Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Composition at the School of Music, Boston Un

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Lenk, Timothy
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Studies: Loretto Heights College (B.A.1974), American University (M.S.1978)

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George, Ronald
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Ron George (1937-2006), a highly regarded percussionist, composer, instrument builder, and educator, was born in Escondido, CA,and died in Lo

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Beaten Paths
 ...be heard on several YouTube recordings as well as by Tom Kolor on the CD: American Masterpieces for Solo Percussion.

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The Race of Life
 ...awings, at the time brand new, concerning the adventures of a middle class American Family called The Race of Life. Vivian and I both loved his dry and improba

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Sextet
 ...w Wave Festival on 31 October 1985 as the music for Ms. Dean’s Impact. The American concert premiere by Steve Reich and Musicians was performed on the Great pe

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Ardizzoia, Andrew
...Summer Arts Institute (Rome). During the summer of 2015, Andrew served as composer in residence at the Heartland Marimba Festival and Academy. Recent works m 

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Reed, Alfred
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...was the professor of music at the University of Miami where he worked with composer Clifton Williams from 1966 until the latter's death in 1976. Williams' offi

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Ford, Ronald
Ron Ford is an american contemporary classical composer. He was born in 1959 in Kansas City. He studied composition and piano at th 

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Ovalle, Jonathan
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Jonathan Ovalle is a Mexican-American percussionist, drummer, pianist, composer, improviser, collaborator, and creative thinker. Musically versatile and ar

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Briggs, Thomas
...in Five Movements. In January 1990, he won the second prize in the annual American Bandmasters Association-Ostwald Band Composition Contest for his work title 

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Faulconer, Bruce
Bruce Faulconer is an award winning American composer who writes music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, and various instr 

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Long, David J.
David J. Long is Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virgin David J. Long (b. 1950, Scottsdale, Ariz.) is an American composer and percussionist.

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Peyton, Jeffrey
 ...experience and passion in his diverse roles as a percussionist, conductor, composer, and educator.

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Hutcheson, Jere
...ic Center, Tanglewood, Massachusetts. His earliest inspiration to become a composer came in his early teen years from his piano teacher, Harry Bolza. ...ost especially, in his passion – composition. He recognized the value of a composer’s being able to work side-by-side with conductors, performers, theorists,

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Cooman, Carson
...ers and performing organizations, specializing particularly in the area of composer estates and archives. For more information, visit www.carsoncooman.com.<ref <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

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Daniel Montoya Jr.
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...al Conference, the Texas Music Educators Association Conference, the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, and the Texas Bandmasters Associati

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Fernandez, Robert
...st artist with the California EAR Unit on several occasions, including the American premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s music/theater work Musik im Bauch. 

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Simons, Netty
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Netty Simons (née Rothenberg) was an American composer as well as pianist and teacher. She was born in New York City on October 26

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Fetler, Paul
...eceived many awards, including one from the Society for the Publication of American Music (1953), two Guggenheims (1953, 1960), and two from the National Endow 

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Schuller, Gunther
...er Schuller, (born November 22, 1925, New York, New York, U.S.), American composer, performer, conductor, teacher, and writer noted for his wide range of acti In his work as a composer, Schuller began in the path of Anton Webern (known for writing concise 12-t

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Sollberger, Harvey
...that ensemble for 27 years. He has been Composer-in-Residence at both the American Academy in Rome and with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. Soll 

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Montilla, Jorge
Jorge Montilla is the first Latin American clarinetist to record under the distinguished British label “Clarinetclas ...he Conservatory of Music Simón Bolívar and clarinet professor at the Latin American Academy of Venezuela. He has also given master-classes, clinics and worksho

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King, John
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] John King (born November 28, 1953 in Minneapolis) is an American composer , guitarist and violist .

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Houchins, Andrew
...sity studying with Ladislav Kubik. He also studied in Prague at the Czech-American Summer Music Institute, where he received a performance of Songs: Four Haik 

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McCloud, Daniel
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...dorser of Pro-Mark, a prominent percussion company, and is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP); Percussive Arts Soci

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Antheil, George
 George Antheil (1900-1959) was an American composer—born in Trenton, New Jersey—who began his professional career in Europe

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Wolfe, Julia
...of 2018. For the Philharmonic commission, Wolfe continues her interest in American labor history with the subject of women in New York's garment industry at t 

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Peters, Gordon
...self as an orchestra player, conductor, teacher, administrator, author and composer. ...time the Civic Orchestra gave fifty-two Chicago premieres (twenty-nine by American composers) and the world premiere of Gustav Mahler's Tenth Symphony as real

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Prince, Robert
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...ucated at the Julliard School. Soon after, he began working as a producer, composer and arranger at Decca and Columbia Records.

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Holmes, Reed
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...ys (#128) and four recent works (#162); and an LP from Advance Recordings (American Society of University Composers) (#6), which contains his "Around the Waves

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Tower, Joan
...Nashville, Albany NY, and Washington DC among others. Tower was the first composer chosen for a Ford Made in America consortium commission of sixty-five orche ...ry, and Illinois State University.<ref>”http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/short-bio/Joan-Tower”</ref>

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Buss, Howard
Howard J. Buss (b. 1951) is recognized internationally as a significant composer of contemporary classical music. His compositions have received critical ac ...original compositions as well as arrangements. He is a sought after guest composer, clinician, and contest adjudicator. His works are frequently selected to b

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Hood, Mantle
Between 1945 and 1950 Mantle Hood studied Western music under composer Ernst Toch and composed several classical pieces. Hood earned both his BA i ...tute for Ethnomusicology at UCLA in 1960. UCLA quickly became an important American hub of this rapidly developing field. Hood's work spawned a legion of teach

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Andres, Timo
...orker that “it achieves an unhurried grandeur that has rarely been felt in American music since John Adams came on the scene… more mighty than shy, [Andres] ...calist Theo Bleckmann. In November 2019, Andres curates (and performs in) “American Perspective,” a concert with the Cincinnati Symphony, André de Ridder, D

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Brün, Herbert
 composer and conductor of music for the theater,

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Breuer, Harry
 Harry Breuer, one of the great mallet players and composer of highly original xylophone solos such as "Back Talk," "On the Woodpile" a

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Kerr, Harrison
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Studies: American Conservatory (Fontainebleau)

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Garcia, Orlando
..., and Opus One Records and are available from Kallisti Music Press and the American Composers Alliance. 

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Alfieri, John
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...anding Composer Awards from the Notre Dame Jazz Festival, and Who's Who in American Teachers Award. Mr. Alfieri is a clinician for the Zildjian Cymbal Company,

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Horwood, Michael
Horwood seems content writing in any genre and, similarly, feels a composer today should be able to adapt and create in a variety of styles. From all t ...ony No. 1 (US). National Park Suite placed in the final round for the 2012 American Prize in Composition under the category orchestra-professional. A limited e

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Riley, Steve
...Plaster, Steve Barnhart, John Pozdro, James Barnes, and Audrey Mohn. As a composer, Mr. Riley has been a recipient of The 2001 Kansas Arts Commission Fellowsh ...Kansas City, and Topeka areas. He was formerly Principal Timpanist of the American Wind Symphony and the Topeka Symphony Orchestra, has also played drum set a

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Percussion Symposium: Manual Defining and Illustrating the Complete Percussion Section.
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Davila, Lalo
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...nce. Mr. Davila has recently performed percussion and lead vocals for the American Bible Society CD project and can also be heard on Kirk Whalum's Grammy-nomi

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Polin, Claire
...nnsylvania, died December 6, 1995 in Merion, Pennsylvania) was an American composer of contemporary classical music, musicologist, and flutist. 

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Parker, Philip
...on, music theory and 20th century music at Arkansas Tech University. As a composer, Mr. Parker has been widely commissioned and has published numerous composi ...amber music commission from the National Symphony Orchestra as part of its American Residency program.

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Brandon, Jenni
Jenni Brandon is a composer and conductor, creating music in collaboration with other musicians and art ...music appears on over 20 albums, and has been awarded the Sorel Medallion, American Prize, Paderewski Cycle, Women Composers Festival of Hartford International

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Veldhuis, Jacob ter
...s the Tallahatchie Concerto as a journey down a river of rocks (the Native American meaning of "Tallahatchie"); and the Goldrush Concerto incorporates the worl ...aradiso had its premiere, as scheduled, on September 12, 2001 with its two American solo vocalists. "An essential aspect of Paradiso was mankind's inability to

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Beyer, Johanna
...and others in this modernist circle such as Jessie Baetz, a now-forgotten composer and painter who studied with Beyer. Her most intimate friendship was with C ...1936 her skills in multiple media came to the fore in her play, The Modern Composer, for which she wrote the lyrics, composed the incidental music, choreograph

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Reich, Steve
 Steve Reich has been called "America’s greatest living composer" (The Village VOICE), "...the most original musical thinker of our time" (T

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Rodriguez, Armando
...as de Musica Contemporenea de Sevilla, the Sao Paulo Bienal, and the Latin-American and Caribbean Music forums. His work has been broadcast in the US, Canada, <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

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Elias, Sheldon
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Studies: American Conservatory of Music (B.M.), Northerwestern University (M.M.)

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Wuorinen, Charles
...9 June 1938, New York City – 11 March 2020, New York City) was an American composer and winner of the 1970 Pulitzer Prize (at the time, he was the youngest per <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

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Hellermann, William
...Press, and American Composers Edition (ACE). In addition to his work as a composer, Mr. Hellermann is active as a classical guitarist, specializing in the per 

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Krenek, Ernst
Ernst Krenek (August 23, 1900 – December 22, 1991) was an Austrian-born composer of Czech ancestry; throughout his life he insisted that his name be written ...g Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota from 1942-1947. He became an American citizen in 1945. His students included George Perle and Robert Erickson. He

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Varèse, Edgard
...Orchestra in 1919, the International Composers' Guild in 1921, and the Pan American Society in 1926. He continued to have difficulty making money, though, and ...), was performed at a tribute concert in 1961 and completed years later by composer Chou Wen-chung.<ref>http://www.mymusicbase.ru/PPB/ppb11/Bio_1160.htm</ref>

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Gottry, Josh
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Josh Gottry is a member of the Percussive Arts Society and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, has been published in Percus

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Taylor, Michael
...UNF Summer Camp. Michael has premiered original compositions at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region 6 Conference, including Gone… for Alto Saxophon <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

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Reynolds, Verne
...levating the brass quintet genre and expanding its repertoire. A respected composer, Mr. Reynolds received awards and commissions from many orchestras, solo pe <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

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Gryc, Stephen
American composer Stephen Michael Gryc has always been fascinated by sounds and musical 

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Heussenstamm, George
...national music fraternity, Sigma Alpha Iota, and is a former member of the American Society of University Composers (now called SCI) and the International Soci Composer of more than 85 published works, he is the author of the book, The Norton M

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Hannickel, Mike
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] A member of the California Music Educators Association and the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, Mike Hannickel has been music

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Adams, Daniel C.
...ston Composers Alliance. He has received awards and honors from ASCAP, the American Symphony Orchestra League, the Percussive Arts Society, and the Greater Mia 

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Meredith Music Publications
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DeYoung, Lynden
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Studies: Roosevelt University, American Conservatory, Northwestern University

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Stirtz, Brad
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Studies: American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, Illinois (B.M., M.M.)

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Kastner, Kathleen
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Studies: Wheaton College (B.M.1971), American Conservatory of Music (M.M.1976), University of Illinois (D.M.A.1989)

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Carr, Jamieson
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Jamieson Carr is a percussion educator and composer based in Northern Virginia. He teaches privately, and instructs students at

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Riedhammer, Arnold
...as rock, pop and jazz, was born in Somerville, New Jersey, USA, of German-American parents. From 1966 to 1970, he studied at the Richard Strauss Conservatory <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

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Dillon, Robert
...dler—Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze), and a performer on Naxos Records (American Music for Percussion, Volume 1) and Parlour Tapes+ (Katherine Young – Dil <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

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Rosenboom, David
...s music presented in a series of performances at the new Whitney Museum of American Art in New York (2015), a six-month exhibition of his work with brainwave m <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

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Hollinden, Dave
...ne]), Norman Weinberg (Quilt), Sole Nero (Musica per Due), Joseph Gramley (American-De-Construction), the Ethos Percussion Group (Ethos), Michael Burritt (Shad 

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Bailey, Elden "Buster"
...Buster Bailey better than Ben Hermann, timpanist and percussionist for the American Symphony Orchestra. He says, "I was fortunate to have studied with him at t <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

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Milhaud, Darius
...18. He discovered Latin-American popular music enriched by an influence of American jazz, a combination which inspired him throughout his entire life. 

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Samuels, Dave
...bout growing up in Winnetka was that it was close to Chicago, and a lot of American jazz greats came to town. <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

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Harper, Patrick Glenn
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Patrick Glenn Harper is an American music educator and composer of instrumental music. His compositions have been performed by schools, co

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Ganz, Rudolph
...tor and later as a teacher, he strongly promoted contemporary European and American music. ...Legion of Honor medal for introducing Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy to American audiences. In honor of Rudolph Ganz, the famous Banquet Hall in the Auditor

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Hartley, Walter
...ating from 1949 on, and most of these are published. He is a member of the American Society for Composers, Authors and Publishers, from which he has received a 

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Alford, Emery E.
...nd and Percussion Instructors, Music Educators National Conference and the American Federation of Musicians. He is a life member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and 

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Rzewski, Frederic
...t Attica State Prison, at the time of the famous riots there (1971); North American Ballads; Night Crossing with Fisherman; Fougues; Fantasia and Sonata; The P 

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Lefever, Maxine
In 1971 Maxine founded the American Musical Ambassadors, where she organized and directed European concert band <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

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Beck, John H.
...nal (1965-72). He has also contributed articles to the Grove Dictionary of American Music and the World Book Encyclopedia. Carl Fischer, Boston Music, Kendor M 

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Bavicchi, John
...ed with awards from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, ASCAP, the American Symphony Orchestra League Recording Grant, and with commissions from the Ha 

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Humphrey, Doris
She is concerned about other questions too, like American subjects (reflected in choreographies like “The Shakers” (1931) or the 

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Humphrey, Paul
Paul Nelson Humphrey (born October 12, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American jazz and funk/R+B drummer. 

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Universal Edition
European American Music Distributors Company <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

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Franke, Jörg
I conduct various adult rhythm classes focusing on African and Latin American rhythm and percussion ...playing techniques on djembe, frame drums based on African, Arab and South American traditions.<ref>https://www.musikschule-bad-vilbel.de/lehrkraft/joerg-frank

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Roth, Dave
...so performed in numerous musicals throughout the world including the North American and Asian tour of West Side Story, the national tour of Mamma Mia and the n <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

5 KB (742 words) - 03:18, 17 July 2018
Taylor, Clifton
...National Association, the National Band, Association, Phi Beta Mu, and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. His original compositions fo <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

3 KB (441 words) - 04:01, 15 December 2021
Sosnik, Harry
Studies: University of Illinois, American Conservatory 

2 KB (207 words) - 22:12, 7 November 2012
Rogers, Dennis
Since 2002, Dr. Rogers has received nine consecutive American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) awards for outstanding <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

5 KB (766 words) - 01:04, 16 July 2018
Lamb, Jane
...Educators Association on many occasions and has also been a presenter for American Orff Schulwerk Association National Convention, Gulf Coast Orff Association <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

4 KB (584 words) - 04:53, 12 July 2023
Jomar Press
<!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex. ...rmance of music written by American composers and its contributions to the American culture.

2 KB (234 words) - 11:56, 21 January 2017
Burt, George
...ollege, directed a 4-day national meeting of lectures and concerts for the American Society of University Composers in Ann Arbor, and gave thirty concerts (in 

6 KB (914 words) - 16:51, 8 April 2012
Daugherty, Machael
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] Michael Kevin Daugherty is an American composer, pianist, and teacher. He is influenced by popular culture, Romanticism, an

2 KB (294 words) - 02:47, 16 February 2023
Maricle, Sherrie
...on Lee "Sherrie" Maricle (born September 2, 1963, Buffalo, New York) is an American jazz drummer.[1] <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

3 KB (455 words) - 23:17, 4 May 2023
Freeze, Tracy
...ony Orchestra, Oregon Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Opera, Oregon Festival of American Music, Oregon Bach Festival, Oregon Mozart Players, Nevada Festival Ballet, 

4 KB (567 words) - 01:39, 5 October 2023
Lepak, Alexander
...1986 Hartford Artists Collective Honors Award for contributions to African-American music and the Roy E. Larsen Award for Excellence in Teaching. ...- both classical and jazz - to a music-theory professor, and then to both composer and publisher roles. I realized this the first week I was in Hartford when

9 KB (1,384 words) - 16:36, 31 May 2019
Steinke, Greg A.
active as a composer of chamber and symphonic music with a number of published/recorded (NATIVE AMERICAN NOTES (Image Music VI) for String Quartet); OMTA Composer of

4 KB (575 words) - 02:17, 2 July 2018
Garner, Lucas
...ophone concerto, "Odysseus". Since that time, Lucas has conducted works by American and British composers in performance as well as more of his own works with <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

4 KB (595 words) - 20:50, 6 June 2023
Glassock, Lynn
...hwestern States composition contest in l973; winner of the Festival of New American Music sponsored by California State University, Sacramento in l987; and the 

4 KB (603 words) - 04:28, 11 October 2023
Stewart, Robert
Studies: American Conservatory (M.M.E. 1947, M.M. 1950) 

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Campbell, James
...l of Fame in 2008. He served as Percussion Director for the McDonald’s All-American High School Band and was inducted into the Bands of America Hall of Fame, w 

4 KB (538 words) - 02:53, 16 February 2024
Ruders, Poul
...mingham Contemporary Music Group. Ruders has written several works for the American guitarist and promoter of new music David Starobin: Psalmodies (1989) and P ...him in all manner of directions, metaphorically and literally; confronting American minimalism in the early eighties and developing his own perspective; making

6 KB (884 words) - 13:17, 18 July 2018
Spencer, Julie
COMPOSER, MUSICIAN: MARIMBA, VIBRAPHONE, PERCUSSION, VOICE The exceptional American artist and internationally renowned marimba virtuoso Julie Spencer enchants

3 KB (402 words) - 04:42, 16 June 2023
Windstone Suite
...nal movement, Visions and Jubilations, captures the exuberance of a Native American festival and recaptures the impressions of the first movement. Each movemen == Works for Percussion by this Composer ==

2 KB (261 words) - 02:29, 30 March 2023
Percussion Concerto (Higdon)
...a one-movement concerto for solo percussion and orchestra by the American composer Jennifer Higdon. The work was jointly commissioned by the Philadelphia Orch ...nd shape, just some of the qualities that also define her as an 'American' composer." Alsop further remarked, "'Accessible' is often a dirty word in the world

6 KB (846 words) - 04:02, 2 June 2022
Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra
For the Timpanist Johnathan Haas by: The American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein: Music Director The Milwaukee Symphony Or Orchestra: American Symphony Orchestra 

2 KB (277 words) - 15:30, 6 June 2023
Chappell, Robert
...tad Zakir Hussain and Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri. In 1990 he received an Indo-American Research Fellowship to continue study with the renowned tabla master Ustad A composer in contemporary, jazz, and cross-cultural idioms, Robert's compositions hav

4 KB (669 words) - 16:05, 20 June 2023
American Suite for Unaccompanied Snare Drum
American Suite for Unaccompanied Snare Drum by [[Guy Gauthreaux II]] is an internati American Suite is a great choice for percussionists who need to play some drums on a

3 KB (368 words) - 00:03, 4 August 2022
Ralph Hicks
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the Drum Circle Facilitators Guild, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, The Woodlands Chamber of Comm

2 KB (301 words) - 00:43, 4 August 2023
Wu She-e
...k, England, Scotland, Germany, Spain, Greece, Japan, and Korea, as well as American music institutions and numerous PAS Days of Percussion throughout the Unite ...ll featuring Gail Williams on horn, and a chamber music recording with the American Brass Quintet of music by David Sampson. Her recording of Nos. 1, 2, and 3

3 KB (438 words) - 23:19, 9 May 2022
Four Corners: Concerto for Marimba
...arimba and orchestra that depicts American locales as presented by notable American authors. I employed a neo-tonal compositional approach to portray these mus ==Works for Percussion by this Composer==

1 KB (130 words) - 03:49, 12 January 2022
Wanamaker, Jay
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...AS 40 International Snare Drum Rudiments, which are currently the standard American drum rudiments for teaching and learning the drums. Other prominent committ

3 KB (497 words) - 23:23, 29 June 2022
An American Dream
...grows into a rousing and celebratory Sousa-style parade march. Although An American Dream tells a clear story on its own, it's an ideal piece for underscoring == Works for Percussion by this Composer ==

2 KB (221 words) - 23:58, 10 July 2023
Cha Cha Cha
...e the piece can be considered a veritable merry-go-round of exciting Latin American rhythm patterns - Sambas, Baiao, Calypso, Mambo and so on. == Works for Percussion by this Composer ==

1 KB (138 words) - 01:39, 13 July 2023
Normandy Beach 1944
...aches of Normandy in an elaborate amphibious operation. A total of 425,000 American, British and German men lost their lives in the ensuing conflict. Normandy == Works for Percussion by this Composer ==

3 KB (376 words) - 04:36, 25 July 2023
Four Dances
...hm. Then comes Festive Dance, inspired by Flamenco clapping, Central/South American melodies, and (oddly enough) an Irish Jig. The third movement, Eastern Danc == Works for Percussion by this Composer ==

3 KB (419 words) - 01:57, 15 September 2022
Smith, Rob
...Festival Orchestra, the New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program, the American Composers Forum (as a part of their Continental Harmony project) and severa <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.

3 KB (383 words) - 00:28, 15 February 2024
Pelosi, Louis
Website: [http://louis-pelosi-composer.com/ http://louis-pelosi-composer.com/] Borowiak his American concert debut, during which he premiered my

3 KB (397 words) - 03:01, 6 July 2018
Schirripa, Marco
[[Image:composername.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Composer Name]] ...s. He is a member of the Percussive Arts Society, Pi Kappa Lambda, and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).

2 KB (271 words) - 03:16, 27 January 2023

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