Margaret Fairlie-Kennedy

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Margaret Fairlie-Kennedy (born March 27, 1925 in Atlanta , † December 7, 2013 in Ithaca ) was an American composer .

After starting out in the serial composition style, Fairlie-Kennedy switched to more accessible compositions. Since the performance of her piano concerto and her bass quintet in the early 1960s, her music has received critical acclaim, and she has received numerous commissions from chamber music ensembles and contemporary dance ensembles. She worked with Takehiro Ueyama in New York, with Bill Bayles at Bennington College and Peggy Lawler at Cornell University . She was composer in residence at Bennington College and Cornell University .

Her works were u. a. played by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra , the Atlanta String Quartet and the Relache Ensemble and performed at the Eastman School of Music , Carnegie Hall and the Bowling Green College Music Festival , as well as in Paris, Upsala and Beijing. Recordings appeared on the Capstone and Euterpe labels . For Desert Echoes (1999) she received the Performance Award at the Maxfield Parrish Competition of the Philadelphia Classical Symphony .

Works

  • Desert Echoes for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano
  • Four Images for Piano
  • Hey Nonny Nonny for mezzo-soprano, flute, violin and piano
  • High Flight for tenor and piano
  • Jabberwocky for tenor, piano and two percussionists
  • The last word for flute and marimba
  • Maura for tenor, violin, cello and piano
  • Night Calls / Waiting and Listening for flute, oboe, clarinet, two percussionists, violin, cello and trumpet
  • Piper at the GAtes of Dawn for flute, piano and speaker
  • Spirir Man for flute
  • Summer Solstice for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano
  • Trio for clarinet, violin and piano
  • Undertow for violin and piano
  • Wind quintet
  • Windrider / Final Ascent for flute and piano

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personal data
SURNAME Fairlie-Kennedy, Margaret
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlanta
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 2013
Place of death Ithaca (City, New York)