Joan Tower
Joan Peabody Tower (born September 6, 1938 in New Rochelle , New York ) is an American composer , pianist and conductor .
Her music is rhythmically influenced by her time in Bolivia, where she lived since she was nine years old. As a young woman she returned to the United States and studied at Bennington College in Vermont and at Columbia University. Her teachers were Otto Luening , Jack Beeson and Vladimir Ussachevski .
From 1969 she worked as a chamber musician and composer. Her first orchestral composition was Sequoia (1971). From 1972 Tower taught composition at Bard College . Her works are performed worldwide. She was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1998 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004 .
Discography
- TOWER: Made in America / Tambor / Concerto for Orchestra Naxos No. 8.559328
- Chamber and Solo Music Naxos No. 8.559215 Chamber Music, Instrumental
- Silver Ladders / Island Prelude / Sequoia Naxos No. FECD-0025
- Cantos Desiertos / BEASER / TOWER / LIEBERMANN Naxos No. 8.559146
- WORLD PREMIERE COLLECTION Naxos No.FECD-0032
Web links
- Works by and about Joan Tower in the catalog of the German National Library
- G. Schirmer: Joan Tower biography (English) with audio examples and catalog raisonné (selection)
Listen
- Art of the States: Joan Tower Petroushskates (1980)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tower, Joan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tower, Joan Peabody (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer, pianist and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Rochelle , New York |