Faye-Ellen Silverman
Faye-Ellen Silverman (born October 2, 1947 in New York City ) is an American composer , music teacher and pianist .
Life
Silverman attended the Dalcroze School of Music from the age of four . At the age of thirteen she was the winner of the Parents League Competition with the juror Leopold Stokowski . She continued her education at Barnard College , Harvard University, and Columbia University . Her teachers included Otto Luening , William Sydeman , Leon Kirchner , Lukas Foss , Vladimir Ussachevski and Jack Beeson . She was also a piano student of Irma Wolpe and Russell Sherman. She taught u. a. at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center , the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University , the City University of New York and Columbia University and, since 1991, at Mannes College of Music .
With her compositions, Silverman represented the USA at the International Rostrum of Composers of UNESCO, won the Indiana State Composition Contest , the music prize of the National League of American Pen Women's , several prizes from the ASCAP and a prize from the American Music Center . She has also received scholarships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (2007), the Rockefeller Foundation (1987) and the Composers' Conference (1985). She received composition commissions a. a. by Philip A. De Simone , Linda J. Warren , Larry Madison , Thomas Matta , the International Women's Brass Conference , the Monarch Brass Quintet , the Great Lakes Performing Artist Associates , the Con Spirito Woodwind Quintet , the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra , the Fromm Music Foundation , the Chamber Music Society of Baltimore and several wind ensembles as part of the National Endowment for the Arts Consortium Commissioning Program . She also composed pieces for the flautist Nina Assimakopoulos , Sergio Puccini and the Danish Corona Guitar Quartet .
Silverman has appeared as a pianist at the International Festival of Experimental Music in Bourges , in the Library of Congress and as a soloist with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra and made recordings for Radio Cologne . She is a founding member of the International Women's Brass Conference and the composers' association Music Under Construction .
Works
- Three Movements for alto and soprano saxophone, 1971
- Madness for narrator and chamber orchestra, 1972
- K. 1971 for two storytellers, tenor, bass, female choir, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass and tape, 1972
- In Shadow for soprano, guitar and clarinet based on texts by Emily Dickinson , 1972
- The Miracle of Nemirov , opera based on your own libretto, 1974
- Memories for viola, 1974
- Conversations for alto flute and clarinet, 1975
- For Him for flute, cello and vibraphone, 1975
- Dialogue for horn and tuba, 1976
- Speaking Alone for flute, 1976
- String Quartet , 1976
- Windscape for wind quintet, 1977
- Shadings for chamber ensemble, 1978
- Settings for piano, 1978
- Echoes of Emily for alto and cor anglais based on texts by Emily Dickinson, 1979
- Stirrings for chamber orchestra, 1979
- Three by Three for percussion trio, 1979
- To love? for bass baritone and piano based on texts by Coventry Patmore and Ralph Waldo Emerson , 1980
- Oboe-sthenics for oboe solo, 1980
- 3 Guitars , 1980
- Yet For Him for flute, cello and piano, 1980
- Winds and Sines for orchestra, 1981
- Kalends for wind quintet, 1981
- Speaking Together for violin and piano, 1981
- Quantum Quintet for wind quintet, 1982
- No Strings for chamber ensemble, 1982
- Trysts for two trumpets, 1982
- Layered Lament for cor anglais and tape, 1983
- On Four for electronic wind instrument, oboe or cor anglais and piano, 1983
- Volcanic Songs for Harp, 1983
- Gliffs for piano, 1984
- Passing Fancies for chamber ensemble, 1985
- Bridges in Time for chamber ensemble, 1986
- Restless Winds for wind quintet, 1986
- Adhesions for orchestra, 1987
- Hollowed Refrains for oboe, violin and piano, 1987
- Candlelight for piano and orchestra, 1988
- Zigzags for tuba, 1988
- A Free Pen , Cantata, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Choir and Orchestra, 1990
- Journey Towards Oblivion for soprano, tenor and chamber ensemble based on texts by Christina Rosetti and DH Lawrence , 1991
- Pas de Deux for marimba and piano, 1991
- First position for trombone and marimba, 1992
- Xenium for flute and piano, 1992
- Unquiet Dreams for clarinet, violin and piano, 1992
- Azure Skies for violin, cello and harp, 1993
- Just For Fun for chamber orchestra, 1994
- Connections for clarinet, cello and marimba, 1994
- Mariana for mezzo-soprano, clarinet and piano based on texts by Alfred Lord Tennyson , 1995
- Paula's Song for string quartet, 1996
- Two / Three for piano, 1996
- Processional for guitar, 1996
- Love Songs for soprano and flute based on texts by Sara Teasdale , 1997
- At the Color Café for wind choir, 1997
- Troubled Repose for flute, viola and double bass, 1998
- Obsessions for cello and piano, 1999
- Trial Balance for Double Bass, 1999
- Wilde's World for tenor, viola and guitar based on Oscar Wilde , 2000
- Dialogue Continued for horn, trombone and tuba, 2000
- From Sorrow for trumpet, horn and bass trombone, 2001
- Triple Threat for three trumpets, 2001
- Double Threat for two trumpets, 2002
- Alternating Currents for bass trombone and piano, 2002
- Reconstructed Music for violin, cello and piano, 2002
- Taming the Furies for flute, 2003
- Of Wood and Skins for percussion duo, 2003
- Translations for violin and cello, 2004
- Hymn of Compassionate Love for four soloists, mixed choir, trumpet, timpani and strings, 2005
- Pregnant Pauses for guitar quartet, 2005
- Left Behind for horn and mezzo-soprano based on texts by Edna St. Vincent Millay , 2006
- Let's Play for string quartet, 2007
- Two Bagatelles for piano, 2007
- The Wings of Night for mezzo-soprano, baritone, mixed choir and guitar, 2008
- Memories and Alterations for Marimba, 2008
- Danish Delights for soprano and guitar based on texts by Sara Teasdale and Thomas Campion , 2009
- Edinboro Sonata for tuba and piano, 2009
- Interval Untamed: Five Miniatures for alto saxophone , 2010
- Manhattan Fixation for soprano and mezzo-soprano or female choir and cello
- Two bagatelles for marimba
Web link
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- Vox Novus - Faye-Ellen Silverman
- New World Records - Faye-Ellen Silverman - Ralph Shapey (PDF; 196 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Silverman, Faye-Ellen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer, pianist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |