Donald Crockett
Donald Crockett (* 1951 in Pasadena , California ) is an American composer , conductor and music teacher .
Crockett took composition lessons with Robert Linn , Halsey Stevens and Edward Applebaum and studied with Peter Racine Fricker and Humphrey Searle at the University of Southern California (until 1976) and at the University of California, Santa Barbara (until 1981). From 1981 he taught at the Thornton School of Music at the University of South California, where he is professor and director of the composition program and director of the Thornton Edge New Music Ensemble . As the head of the ensemble, he premiered well over a hundred works by students at the music school.
He has worked as a conductor of the new music ensemble Xtet and as a guest conductor of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra , the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble , the Cleveland Chamber Symphony , the Hilliard Ensemble , the California EAR Unit and the USC Thornton Symphony . Many of his compositions were created on the basis of composition commissions and were written by musicians such as the violinist Ida Kavafian , the singer Janice Felty , the oboist Allan Vogel and the conductors Jorge Mester , JoAnn Falletta , Hugh Wolff , Sergiu Comissiona , Jeffrey Kahane and Christof Perick . Among other things, he was awarded a Guggenheim Scholarship in 2006 and the Arts and Letters Award for Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2013 .
Works
- Dance Sonata for Clarinet / Bass Clarinet and Piano , 2013/14
- Dance Concerto for Clarinet / Bass Clarinet and Eight Instruments , 2013
- Dance Concerto for Clarinet / Bass Clarinet and Wind Ensemble , 2013
- Viola Concerto , 2012
- En la Tierra (Concerto in One Movement for Guitar and Orchestra) , 2011
- to airy thinness beat Chamber concert for viola and 6 instruments, 2009
- Night Scenes for violin, cello and piano, 2009
- Daglarym / My Mountains for mixed choir a cappella, 2008
- Winter Variations for guitar solo, 2006
- Fanfares & Laments for orchestra, 2005
- Capriccio for piano and orchestra, 2005
- The Ceiling of Heaven for violin, viola, cello and piano, 2004
- The Village for countertenor, two tenors and baritone. 2004
- Afterimage for percussion, 2003
- Blue Earth for orchestra, 2002
- Cascade for orchestra, 2001
- Tracking Inland for instrumental ensemble, 2001
- The Falcon's Eye , Twelve Preludes for Guitar, 2000
- Broken Charms for mixed Chr a cappella (texts by Samuel Daniel and Thomas Campion ), 2000
- Whistling in the Dark for chamber ensemble, 1999
- Horn quintet 'La Barca' , 1999
- Iceland , 1998
- Extant for solo bassoon and eight instruments, 1997
- Scree for cello, piano and percussion, 1997
- Mickey Finn for solo violin, 1996
- Aubade for orchestra, 1996
- Ecstatic Songs, Part 3 for high voice and piano (lyrics by Walt Whitman ), 1995
- Short Stories for flute, viola and harp, 1995
- Ecstatic Songs, Part 2 for high voice and piano (text by Walt Whitman), 1995
- Roethke Preludes for orchestra, 1994
- String Quartet No. 2 , 1993
- Cello Concerto , 1993
- The Cinnamon Peeler for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble (text by Michael Ondaatje ), 1993
- Antiphonies for chamber orchestra, 1992
- Celestial Mechanics for oboe and string quartet, 1990
- Wedge for orchestra, 1990
- Still Life With Bell for 14 instruments, 1989
- Ecstatic Songs, Part 1 for high voice and piano (text by Walt Whitman), 1989
- to be sung on the water for violin and viola, 1988
- Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble 1988
- Pilgrimage for piano, 1988
- Array for string quartet, 1987
- The Tenth Muse for soprano and orchestra, 1986
- The Melting Voice for 17 instruments, 1986
- Melting Voices for orchestra, 1986
- Lyricos for tenor and eight instruments, 1985
- Four Songs of a Nomad Flute for harpsichord, 1984
- Vox in Rama for double choir and orchestra, 1983
- The Pensive Traveler for high voice and piano (text by Henry David Thoreau ) 1981
- Trio for flute, cello and harp, 1980
- Lyricos for tenor and orchestra, 1979
- Occhi dell'alma mia for high voice and guitar, 1977
Web links
- Homepage of Donald Crockett
- Donald Crockett USC Thornton School of Music
- Donald Crockett BMOP - Boston Modern Orchestra Project
- Donald Crockett La Phil
- An Old-Fashioned Composer Goes in Search of Beauty: Music: Donald Crockett Los Angeles Times, February 2, 1995
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Crockett, Donald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer, conductor and music educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pasadena , California |