Craig P. First

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Craig P. First (born March 16, 1960 in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania ) is an American composer and music teacher.

First studied at the American Conservatory in Chicago with Jack C. Goode , Stephen Syverud and Alan Stout and at the University of Chicago with Shulamit Ran . He earned a PhD in composition from Northwestern University . From 1990 to 1995 he was a lecturer in composition and music theory at Northwestern University and taught at DePaul University , after which he became a composition teacher at the University of Alabama . Since 1992 he has been artistic director of the Chicago 21st Century Music Ensemble .

First received composition commissions from musicians and ensembles such as Dimitris Marinos , Paul Bowman , Raimundas Katilus , the Lark Quartet , the Vienna Saxophone Quartet and the University of Chicago Chamber Orchestra . He was the winner of the American ISCM National Composers Competition , the Concurso Internacional Composicion de Musical in Spain, the Fourth Annual International Spectri Sonori Competition , the 12th Annual National Association of Composers, USA Competition , and three times (1998, 2000 and 2002) the American Composers Forum Sonic Circuits and was u. a. Received three times the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Award , fifteen years in a row with the ASCAP Standard Award and the ASCAP Young Composers Award .

As a student, First dealt intensively with electronic and computer-generated music. He was best known as a composer of chamber music, but he also composed the opera The Soul of Rose Dede on behalf of Charles E. Moore and the ACM Chamber Opera of Chicago .

Works

  • The Soul of Rose Dede , chamber opera
  • The Eternal Return Music for the film by Matt Marello
  • String Quartet
  • Two by One for violin or alto saxophone
  • Shadow Play for piano
  • Intimate Voices for violin, cello and piano
  • Black Sun for violin and piano
  • Tantrum for amplified violin and tape
  • Mosaics for saxophone quartet
  • Flights of Fantasy for chamber orchestras
  • To know what no angel knows for double orchestra and tape
  • Summer Knowledge for flute, violin, cello and piano
  • Drame lyrique for guitar
  • Contrapuntal Variations I for mandolin and tape
  • Contrapuntal Variations II for violin
  • Contrapuntal Variations III for cello
  • Time's Dedication for soprano, narrator and eight instruments
  • Chimera for viola and harpsichord
  • Scatterbrain for cello
  • Three Scenes for a Mad Clarinet for clarinet and piano
  • Dream Music for guitar and cello
  • Lo, the Solace Passed for alto saxophone and chamber ensemble
  • The Apocryphal , violin duo
  • Now for double bass and piano
  • Flights of Fantasy for chamber orchestras
  • Concerto for Chamber Orchestra
  • Sun Devil for soprano saxophone and orchestra
  • I 'vidi in terra angelici for soprano and tape
  • Epiphany for amplified violin, mandolin and tape
  • Fever 103o for tape
  • Invariance for tape

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personal data
SURNAME First, Craig P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES First, CP
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Harrisburg, Pennsylvania