Eric Schwartz

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Eric Schwartz (born November 5, 1976 in Plainfield / New Jersey ) is an American composer, pianist and music teacher.

Life

Schwartz studied composition with Margaret Brouwer and Donald Erb at the Cleveland Institute of Music (until 1999) and with Marc Consoli and Justin Dello Joio at New York University (until 2002), as well as with Sydney F. Hodkinson and George Tsontakis at the Aspen Music Festival 1998 He has taught at Hunter College , Lucy Moses Music School and, since 2002, New York University, and is co-founder (2002), artistic director and composer in residence of the new music ensemble Forecast Music. His debut CD, 24 Ways of Looking at a Piano , made it onto the top list of classical CDs on All Music Guide in 2005. His second solo album OYOU was released in 2011.

Schwartz has received awards for his compositions from Meet the Composer , the ASCAP , the Society for New Music , the Puffin Foundation , the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and the Ohio Federation of College Music Clubs . His works were u. a. performed in New York ( Knitting Factory , Merkin Concert Hall ), Bucharest and Thunder Bay (Ontario).

Works

  • Clouds and Warfare for alto saxophone, 1994
  • String Quartet No. 1 , 1994-95
  • Cathedral for horn, two trumpets, trombone and tuba, 1995
  • Minimalist Funk Study No. 1 for two violins, viola and two cellos, 1995, 1997
  • A Taoist Meditation for Clarinet, Cello and Viola, 1996
  • Emerald for string orchestra, 1996, string orchestra, 1996;
  • Three Songs from James Joyce 's "Chamber Music" for soprano and piano, 1996
  • Brouhaha! for orchestra, 1997
  • Serenade for guitar, violin, double bass, piano and percussion, 1997
  • Three Images for piano, 1997
  • Piano Trio , 1998
  • Of or Pertaining ... for small orchestra, 1998
  • The Witching Hour for orchestra, 1998
  • Furthur for viola and piano, 1999
  • The Mental Travler for tenor, oboe, harp, cello and percussion (text by William Blake ), 1999
  • The Spirits of the Dead - A Gothic Monodrama for baritone and piano (text by Edgar Allan Poe), 2000
  • American Pumpkin for clarinet, violin and piano, 2000
  • Platypus Feet for horn, two trumpets, trombone and tuba, 2000
  • Simply the Cats Pajamas for amplified cello and piano, 2001
  • Snap, Crackle for flute, cello and piano, 2001
  • The Philostopher Speaks for flute, clarinet, horn, string quartet, double bass and piano, 2001
  • Rock Star for clarinet, 2001
  • Zymurgy for electric guitar, 2001
  • Diabolus in Musica for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and percussion, 2002
  • Post for clarinet, piano and percussion, 2002
  • Dos Leches Para el Hombre for two electric guitars, 2002
  • We the People for piano and percussion, 2002
  • When old corruption first begun for high voice and piano (text by William Blake), 2002
  • The Sixth Toe for piano, 2002
  • Macabre for three percussionists, 2003
  • Symbiotic for horn and percussion, 2003
  • The Haunted Palace for speaker and guitar (text by Edgar Allan Poe ), 2003

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personal data
SURNAME Schwartz, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, pianist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 5th November 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Plainfield, New Jersey