- Source: Atlanta School of Composers
The Atlanta School of Composers is a group of contemporary classical music composers championed by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and conductor Robert Spano through performances, recordings, and commissions. Members of the group include Jennifer Higdon, Christopher Theofanidis, Osvaldo Golijov, and Michael Gandolfi, with Adam Schoenberg added in June 2010. Works from the group including the following:
The Here and Now by Theofanidis – recorded in 2003
Concerto for Orchestra and City Scape by Higdon – recorded in 2004
The opera Ainadamar by Golijov – recorded in 2006
Garden of Cosmic Speculation by Gandolfi – performed in May 2007 and recorded that same year
Oceana by Golijov – recorded in 2007
Dooryard Bloom by Higdon – recorded in 2009
On a Wire by Higdon and QED: Engaging Richard Feynman by Gandolfi – premiered together in June 2010
External links
The Atlanta School of Composers at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra web site
New Music With a Tonal Twist – article about the Atlanta School of Composers at The Wall Street Journal web site
Mass Classical: America, Accessibility, and the Atlanta School of Composers (MA Thesis) Comprehensive history and analysis
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- James Weldon Johnson
- Ray Charles
- Atlanta School of Composers
- Clark Atlanta University
- Adam Schoenberg
- Atlanta International School
- Lassiter High School
- Carlos Simon (composer)
- Douglass High School (Atlanta)
- Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra
- Robert Spano
- Atlanta, Illinois
