- Classical Music Dictionary - Free MP3 william Elden bolcom Life. Born Seattle, 26 May 1938, American composer and pianist. He studied with Milhaud at Mills College (1958 http://www.karadar.com/Dictionary/bolcom.html
Extractions: Composers Biography Languages William Elden Bolcom (b. 1938) Life Operas Photo Gallery Home Page William Elden Bolcom Life Born Seattle, 26 May 1938, American composer and pianist. He studied with Milhaud at Mills College (1958-61) and Leland Smith at Stanford (1961- 4) and began teaching at the University of Michigan in 1973. As a pianist he has taken a leading part in the revival of ragtime and other American vernacular music. His works are polystylistic and concerned with momentous philosophical and religious themes: they include a monumental setting of Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience for soloists, choirs and orchestra (1956-81). William Elden Bolcom Operas
James Wierzbicki / William Bolcom In the case of william bolcom, whose Symphony No. These days, bolcom is best known as a pianist who records albums of ragtime music and with his wife http://pages.sbcglobal.net/jameswierzbicki/bolcom.htm
Extractions: review of "McTeague" interview with the composer re: "Symphony No. 4 (The Rose)" MOST COMPOSERS who write pieces involving poetry hope that audiences will familiarize themselves with the text before hearing the music. In the case of William Bolcom, whose Symphony No. 4 will be premiered in Powell Hall next weekend by conductor Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony, the hope is especially intense. Not that it's necessary to know the poem ahead of time in order to understand it. On the contrary, it's a long but verbally simple poem, and Bolcom has deliberately set it in a way that promises to make its content intelligible to any listener on first hearing. And just in case his mostly syllabic treatments of the words and their generally transparent accompaniments aren't enough to make things perfectly clear, he suggests that the mezzo-soprano soloist be amplified so that she can pay particular attention to matters of diction and nuance. Homework is not required. Nevertheless, Bolcom says, an advance reading of the text - even if it takes place moments before the performance - would give audience members an enormous advantage in appreciating what the entire symphony is about.
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Extractions: Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition Musicians A musician is a person who plays or composes music. Musicians can be classified by how they make music: The concept of the musician and the status of the musician in society is culture-specific. Think, for instance, about your own concepts relating to "the heavy metalist", "the folk musician", "the DJ", "the sarangi player", "the female drummer", and so on. Click the link for more information. who are notable for their playing of ragtime This is an article about Ragtime music . For other uses of the word "Ragtime" see: Ragtime (disambiguation) Ragtime is an American musical genre, enjoying its peak popularity around the years 1900-1915. Ragtime is a dance form written in 2/4 or 4/4 time, and utilizing a walking bass , that is, the bass note played legato on the 1-3 beats with a staccato chord played on the 2-4 beats. Much ragtime is written in Sonata form, with four distinct themes and a modified first theme appearing in the work. Ragtime music is syncopated, with the melodic notes landing largely on the off-beats.
ICM - International Creative Management, Inc. Since their first performance together in 1973, Pulitzerprize winning composer/pianist william bolcom and mezzo-soprano Joan Morris have captivated audiences http://www.icmtalent.com/musperf/profiles/60036.html
Extractions: Since their first performance together in 1973, Pulitzer-prize winning composer/pianist William Bolcom and mezzo-soprano Joan Morris have captivated audiences across the nation and abroad. Heralded as "one of the great musical collaborations of our time" by The Boston Globe, this husband-and-wife duo is highly acclaimed for its finely gauged and vividly imagined interpretations of American popular songs from the late nineteenth century through the 1920s and '30s, as well as the latest songs by Leiber and Stoller, and Mr. Bolcom's own cabaret songs with poet-lyricist Arnold Weinstein. They reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where they both are on the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Music. JOAN MORRIS Mezzo-soprano Joan Morris, a native of Portland, Oregon, attended Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, prior to her studies at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. She appeared in several off-Broadway and road productions, as well as with harpist Jay Miller at the Cafe Carlyle, the Waldorf-Astoria's Peacock Alley and other Manhattan night spots. In addition to cabaret and concert performances with her husband, William Bolcom, she has appeared as Polly in the Guthrie Theater's production of "The Beggar's Opera," with music by Darius Milhaud and William Bolcom, and as soloist in the 1984 world premiere of Bolcom's "Songs of Innocence and of Experience" at the Stuttgart Opera. Featured in the latter work at its American premiere that same year at the University of Michigan, she repeated it in the 1996 performance at London's Royal Festival Hall (broadcast live over BBC Radio 3), in two performances by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in February 2003, and will help celebrate the reopening of Hill Auditorium/Ann Arbor in a 20th-anniversary performance of it in April 2004 under the direction of Leonard Slatkin.
Music Of William Albright Gary, IN 1998, Ann Arbor, MI) American compoers, organist and pianist of great He was a prinipal figure with william bolcom in the revival of interest in http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cyoungk/albright.htm
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Extractions: by Linda Holzer, D.Mus. University of Arkansas - Little Rock M usic teachers fill a special role in modern American society. In the 21st century, we are both innovators in the present and keepers of the cultural flame that was passed to us by our own mentors. We want our students to appreciate the relevance of music and musicians to their lives. The repertoire we choose to teach becomes an important tool in this process. The piano has been blessed with a truly vast repertoire, representing centuries of keyboard material. The piano repertoire continues to grow, with modern composers adding to it each year. The blessing in this condition is that the possibilities for musical discovery are endless! Some Guidelines and Sources for Choosing Repertoire Repertoire for Piano One Hand Return to The Teaching Studio Return to the Piano Education Home Page "Monsterpieces (and others)" by Bolcom "The Peanuts Gallery" by Zwilich
Extractions: (NOTE: Jpeg photo available.) October 24, 2003 DALLAS (SMU) - Internationally-known pianist William Westney will give a free recital at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, in Caruth Auditorium, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus. He will perform works by Schubert, Chopin and Bartók, as well as Duke Ellington's "Caravan" and William Bolcom's "Graceful Ghost Rag" and "Eubie's Lucky Day." No tickets are required. For more information, call 214-768-1951. Westney was the top piano prizewinner at the Geneva International Competition, and he appeared thereafter in European television broadcasts and as a soloist with such major orchestras as L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Houston, San Antonio and New Haven Symphonies. Westney holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queens College in New York and a master's and doctorate in performance from Yale University, all with highest honors. He was awarded a Fulbright grant for study in Italy, and while there was the only American winner in auditions held by Radiotelevisione Italiana. His solo recital appearances include New York's Lincoln Center, the National Gallery and Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., St. John's Smith Square in London, National Public Radio ("Performance Today"), Taiwan, Korea, and a U.S. State Department tour of Italy.
William Bolcom - ABT william (Elden) bolcom was born in Seattle, Washington in 1938. He is a composer, pianist, and author. He began composition studies http://www.abt.org/education/archive/composers/bolcom_w.html
Extractions: William (Elden) Bolcom was born in Seattle, Washington in 1938. He is a composer, pianist, and author. He began composition studies with John Verall at an early age and continued with Darius Milhaud at Mills College, and with Milhaud and Olivier Messiaen in Paris. After a period of work with Leland Smith at Stanford University, he taught at the University of Washington and Queens College, CUNY. While in New York, Bolcom developed the technique and style of playing ragtime that, through concerts and recordings, placed him in the forefront of the ragtime revival; he has also composed original rags, among them The Graceful Ghost, which was used by Twyla Tharp in The Raggedy Dances From 1968 to 1970, he was composer-in-residence at the Yale University Drama School and the New York University School of the Arts.
Extractions: document.write(''+''); The Student Newspaper of UNC Wilmington Contact us Advertising Index [ Login ] ... UNCW Life By Lindi Whittemore Published: Thursday, January 16, 2003 Viewed as one of the great musical partnerships of our time, award-winning duo William Bolcom and Joan Morris are coming to UNCW. The duo is highly acclaimed for their vivid interpretations of American popular songs from the late nineteenth century through the twenties and thirties. They have preformed in places such as the prestigious Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Chamber Music Society of Philadelphia and other locations around the world.
IHAS Composer composer, william bolcom, for whom nonspecialization has become a raison d être. A composer of songs, operas, and instrumental works, a pianist of http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/composer/bolcom.html
Extractions: T Born in Seattle on May 26, 1938, Bolcom studied at Stanford University, with Darius Milhaud in 1958 and with Olivier Messiaen in Paris afterwards before settling in New York in the 1960's, where he immersed himself for a time in the ragtime of Scott Joplin and Eubie Blake, as well as pursuing a fascination for another Blake: the mystical English Romantic poet, William. This latter interest culminated in 1984 with Bolcom's powerful cycle, SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE, in which he set forty-six Blake poems for solo voice and piano, orchestra and chorus. Demonstrating a flair for the dramatic, a fondness for experimentation and combination of pre-existing styles with his own dissonant textures and jaunty vernacular idiom, Bolcom's catalogue encompasses the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1988 TWELVE ETUDES FOR PIANO, VIOLIN, CLARINET, FLUTE, AND PIANO, ten string quartets, and five piano concerti. For the stage he has composed a chamber opera, DYNAMITE TONIGHT (1963), GREATSHOT (1969), THEATRE OF THE ABSURD (1970), as well as the highly acclaimed opera based on Frank Norris' novel, MCTEAGUE, which had its premiere at Chicago's Lyric Opera in 1992, and he has constructed many a delightful cabaret evening of his songs, among them the winning AMOR. Since 1973 Bolcom has taught at the University of Michigan. Home Profiles Timeline Thirteen Online ... PBS Online
The PIANOLA News - From ARTCRAFT: 1-17-98 The Eighties were also the decade in which composerpianist william bolcom (and his wife, singer Joan Morris) frequented Maine concert halls. http://wiscasset.net/artcraft/oldnews3.htm
Extractions: [Updated Weekly] Long before ARTCRAFT Music Rolls began, Arranger Douglas Henderson received many requests for perforating William Bolcom's (then-new) composition GRACEFUL GHOST RAG from his 'Ghost Rag Trilogy' of piano solos. At that time Mr. Henderson was wrapping-up his near ¼-Century of work at The Musical Wonder House (a music museum he co-founded with the Konvalinkas in 1962) ... and cutting rolls for the celebrated 'Candlelight Concerts', which took place in Summer evenings with seated audiences. Many a concert-goer often asked, "How about making a Duo-Art roll of GRACEFUL GHOST RAG ?" ... with Bolcom's SEABISCUITS RAG a close second in the suggestion department.
Extractions: The acclaimed duo, William Bolcom and Joan Morris, also received the 2002 Music Teachers National Association Achievement Award following their performance at the MTNA FOUNDATION Gala. "It is an honor to present William and Joan with this prestigious award," says MTNA President Dr. R. Wayne Gibson, NCTM. "They have greatly contributed to the music industry as educators and performers. We feel privileged to have had them be a part of our conference." Pianist and composer William Bolcom and Joan Morris, mezzosoprano, have been concertizing together as husband and wife since 1972. This duo performs an eclectic mixture of music: American popular songs from the late nineteenth century through the 1920s and '30s, the latest songs by Leiber and Stoller, and cabaret songs by Bolcom and poet-lyricist Arnold Weinstein. They have performed throughout the Unites States, Canada and abroad. Morris attended Gonzaga University prior to her scholarship studies at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. She has appeared in off-Broadway and road productions, and received a Grammy nomination for "best overall vocal soloist performance on a classical album." Morris has taught cabaret class for twenty-one years at the University of Michigan's School of Music, where she is an adjunct professor of musical theater.
Extractions: Conference Events (Information subject to change) Conference Artists William Bolcom and Joan Morris Pianist and composer William Bolcom and Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano, have been concertizing together as husband and wife since 1972. This duo performs an eclectic mixture of music: American popular songs from the late nineteenth century through the 1920s and `30s, the latest songs by Leiber and Stoller, and cabaret songs by Bolcom and poet-lyricist Arnold Weinstein. They have performed throughout the Unites States, Canada and abroad. Recent appearances for Bolcom and Morris include the Alice Tully Hall/Lincoln Center, the Grace Rainey Rodgers Hall/Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Jordan Hall in Boston. In May they entertained the Justices of the United States Supreme Court. To date, Bolcom and Morris have recorded twenty-two albums. After the BallA Treasury of Turn-of-the-Century Popular Songs garnered a GRAMMY nomination for Morris for "best overall vocal soloist performance on a classical album."
William Bolcom - Lilith: For E Flat Alto Saxophone And Piano william bolcom s saxophone solo eerily depicts this creature with haunting beauty. The solo part pulls out, so the saxophone player and the pianist each have http://saxpuppy.com/1100382.html
Extractions: 24 pages, $17.95, Item number 1100382GB Lilith is a child-stealing witch in European folklore. William Bolcom's saxophone solo eerily depicts this creature with haunting beauty. The solo part pulls out, so the saxophone player and the pianist each have their own music. This piece is sure to send a chill down your spine. Browsing: Along the left hand side of each page on this website, you will find a list of categories to browse. When you select one of these categories, you will be taken to a page that contains a list of items within that category. By clicking on the name of a product, you will be given all of the information specific to that item. You will also be given the option of adding that item to your shopping cart. Shipping: SaxPuppy.com is glad to offer UPS as a featured courier with guaranteed delivery dates, 2nd Day and Next Day Air, and online tracking. If you place your in stock order before 2 PM (Eastern) Monday through Friday it will ship the same day! Shipping charges are based on the weight of the items you are ordering and the shipping location. When you checkout, you will be given several shipping options (and their costs) before being asked for a credit card number.
Lee Alan Nolan, Piano Teacher - Burbank, California Club, San Francisco (Light classical and Jazz music) 19961998 pianist for Alternate bolcom, william, Whisper Moon (1971) for alto fl, cl, vl, vcl, and piano. http://www.pianoteachers.com/lee_nolan.htm
Michael Hawley, Pianist: Van Cliburn 2000 VH premiered the Barber sonata an outstanding and important piece, played by an unusual pianist. william Elden bolcom (1938) two ghost rags (1970) the http://web.media.mit.edu/~mike/music/VanCliburn2000/
Extractions: These are the live recordings of my performances in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, held in Fort Worth, Texas (June 2000). This unusual event was a highlight of my year. It's for pianists who are over 35 and out of practice: no professionals allowed. Contestants play purely for the love of it. The pianists who come, about a hundred of them, are from dozens of countries and all walks of life: the chemist from Japan; the Brazilian ambassador; the blackjack dealer from Reno; the autoglass repairman, surgeon, lawyer, numismatist, masseur, assistant manager from Starbuck's, flight attendant... What a dazzling array of human interest. On stage, settling down at the gleaming Steinway concert grand, they glowed like 500-watt bulbs, and the audience was on the edge of their seats, hanging on every note. Music for the pure, unalloyed joy of it. Great stuff. I've always felt that part of the fun in being a true amateur comes from the mistakes, and the excitement in not knowing how well you might do. Professionalism (suggesting perfectionism) kills that spontaneity. Anyway, you might as well learn to love those pesky mistakes. Even Franz Liszt hit a few clams from time to time, but he didn't call them mistakes: he called them uninvited guests, and always tried to make them feel right at home. Or Rubinstein, who used to say: Well, sometimes I
Piano Teacher - Rebecca Penneys Review, Concert Pianist the strong influence of two Hungarians in her training pianist Gyorgy Sebok and The two humorous rags by william bolcom and Albright are strikingly similar. http://www.rebeccapenneys.com/reviews-cds-recital-gems-chautauqua.htm
Extractions: It is a pleasure to hear Rebecca Penneys after so many years. We were students together and friends in the early 70's at Indiana University. At that time she was already a marvelous pianist with a considerable technique and a seemingly limitless imagination. She set her mind to learn from the particular strengths of each teacher. Her playing is marked by a keen musical intelligence, imagination, and good rhythm. As this release demonstrates, her amazingly clean technique serves her musicianship. Her interpretations are compelling, persuasive, and satisfying. Perhaps reflecting the strong influence of two Hungarians in her training pianist Gyorgy Sebok and cellist Janos Starker the 15 Hungarian Songs exhibit a remarkable rhythmic elasticity and persuasive declamation. Even more, they display a joy and playfulness. There was a time in Ms. Penney's youth, when she had to choose between ballet and the piano, having reached similar stages of expertise in both. So whenever there is the suggestion of dance in the music she plays, it becomes a prominent element of her interpretation. The four Chopin mazurkas here stomp, dance, and sway with exuberance, and become reflective as the music suggests.
Piano Teacher - Rebecca Penneys Review, Concert Pianist from Chautauqua features the artistry and deeply poetic insight of pianist Rebecca Penneys de Lune, followed by two modern pieces by william bolcom (Old Adam http://www.rebeccapenneys.com/reviews-cds-great-sounds-chautauqua.htm
Extractions: Fleur de Son Classics 57956 Recital Gems from Chautauqua features the artistry and deeply poetic insight of pianist Rebecca Penneys. If Chautauqua sounds like a blast from the past, it's the place in upstate New York where folks used to go in the nineteenth century to listen to lectures by Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, and their ilk. Later, it became the location of a flourishing art colony that exists to this day. If you had to troop up to Chautauqua to hear these piano gems, it would be well worth the excursion. Or, you can listen on CD to a program that begins auspiciously with the folksy charm of Bartok's Hungarian Peasant Songs, then the delicate sentiments of Mozart's Sonata in C Major, K. 330 plus four sprightly Mazurkas and the moody Polonaise Fantaisie by Chopin. But that's not all. Penneys follows with Debussy's picturesque Suite Bergamasque, including the ever-popular Claire de Lune, followed by two modern pieces by William Bolcom (Old Adam) and William Albright (Sleepwalker's Shuffle) that prove the gentle art of the piano rag is not mouldin' in the grave with Scott Joplin. Finally, two brilliant transcriptions by Franz Liszt of Robert Schumann songs close out the program in smashing style. Brava, Rebecca Penneys! This is the way the piano should be played and recorded.
