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• American Music Center
  [[Image:Nmusa.png|right|thumb|250px|American Music Center]] <!-- Enter the composer's other works for percussion, unless they already exist as a template. Ex.
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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
  |title = American Drum |image = [[Image:American Drum.jpg|Right|300px|]]
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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
  <!-- Enter the composer's biography here --> 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
  <!-- Enter the composer's biography here --> ...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
  <!-- Enter the composer's biography here --> 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 <b>Composer Bio:</b>"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 <!-- Enter the composer's biography here -->
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• Frozen in Time
  <!-- fill in the name of the file (it can be a .jpg or a .gif) as well as the composer's name in the fields above. You may delete this text once this is done.--> ...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)
  <!-- fill in the name of the file (it can be a .jpg or a .gif) as well as the composer's name in the fields above. You may delete this text once this is done.--> 1. Fire Dance: A simple exploration of a Native American celebration and explores the rhythms of their dances. <br/>
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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
  <!-- fill in the name of the file (it can be a .jpg or a .gif) as well as the composer's name in the fields above. You may delete this text once this is done.--> ...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
  <!-- fill in the name of the file (it can be a .jpg or a .gif) as well as the composer's name in the fields above. You may delete this text once this is done.--> ...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 <br>
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• Schwantner, Joseph
  Studies: American Conservatory (B.M.1964), Northwestern University (M.M.1966, D.M.A.1968) <!-- Enter the composer's biography here -->
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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
  <!-- Enter the composer's biography here --> ...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
  <!-- fill in the name of the file (it can be a .jpg or a .gif) as well as the composer's name in the fields above. You may delete this text once this is done.--> ...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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