Marti Epstein

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Marti Epstein (born November 25, 1959 in Denver / Colorado ) is an American composer and music teacher.

Epstein began her musical training in 1977 at the University of Nebraska with Robert Beadell . She continued her studies at the University of Colorado (until 1982) and at Boston University , where Charles Eakin , Joyce Mekeel and Bernard Rands were among her teachers, and she received her master's degree in 1984 and her doctoral degree in composition in 1989. During two stays at the Tangelwood Music Center (1986 and 1988) she studied composition with Oliver Knussen and Hans Werner Henze . From 1989 to 1991 she taught keyboard at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Since 1991 she has been teaching composition at Berklee College of Music , since 2006 as a professor.

At Henze's invitation, she came to Munich in 1992 and composed the puppet opera Hero and Leander for the Biennale for New Music Theater . She received further composition commissions a. a. by guitarist David Tanenbaum , tuba player Samuel Pilafian , flutist Marianne Gedigian , pianist Kathleen Supove , the New England Brass Quintet , the Boston Conservatory , the Boston University Marsh Chapel Choir and the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston . In 1998 the San Francisco Symphony premiered their orchestral piece Celestial Navigation under the direction of Alisdair Neale .

Works

  • Ophelia for solo flute, 2009
  • Three Canons for seven Trumpets , 2007
  • Quartet for cor anglais, violin, viola and cello, 2007
  • Strange little Moon for two pianos and two harps, 2007
  • Chords of Inquiry for cello quartet, 2006
  • Haven for piano, 2006
  • L'homme armé for wind quintet, 2005
  • Color Weel for brass music, 2005
  • Six little Pieces for Woodwind Quintet , 2004
  • Doloroso for guitar, 2004
  • Angel of Memory for cello, piano and percussion, 2003
  • Cadence for violin, piano and marimba, 2003
  • In soft repose let his sweet Eyelids close for flute, violin and cello, 2002
  • See, even Night for clarinet, viola and piano, 2001
  • Chant for large ensemble, 2001
  • I Baci for soprano, mezzo-soprano and harpsichord, 2001
  • Ring for solo percussionists, 2001
  • Gong for percussion quartet, 2000
  • The Streets of Laredo for three tenors and choir, 2000
  • Vermilion for violin and piano, 2000
  • Hothouse for piano four hands, 2000
  • Chimera for two pianos, 1999
  • Twylle for chamber orchestra, 1999
  • Barcarolle for string trio, 1999
  • Superstition for soprano, two clarinets, viola and cello, 1999
  • Lenz for baritone and piano, 1999
  • Trapeze for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, viola and piano, 1999
  • Petals for guitar, 1998
  • The Porcellain Tower of Nanking for violin and guitar, 1998
  • Print for orchestra, 1998
  • Thalia for oboe d'amore and digital sounds, 1998
  • Bluff for saxophone quartet, 1997
  • Fold for oboe, clarinet and bassoon, 1997
  • Concerto grosso for Cello, Double Bass an String Orchestra, 1997
  • Victoria's Secret for two cellos, two double basses and two pianos, 1997
  • Puella turbata for string quartet, 1997
  • Lazy Sudan for cello and piano, 1997
  • And for flute and piano, 1995
  • Aqua Marine for piano, 1995
  • Permanent Absence (with the choreographer Kumiko Kimoto ), ballet, 1995
  • Marie's Waltz for piano, 1994
  • Swirl for viola, cello and piano, 1994
  • Concerto for Cello and Chamber Ensemble , 1994
  • Private Fantasy Booth for flute, clarinet, piano, marimba, violin and cello, 1993
  • Voices in Empty Rooms for piano, 1993
  • Klänge (text by Wassily Kandinsky ) for soprano, 1993
  • Queen in the Night for piano, 1992
  • Parasol for flute piccolo, cor anglais and cello, 1992
  • Flower World , three poems from the Yaqui animal dance for choir and chamber ensemble, 1992
  • American Etudes for Piano, 1991–2005
  • Bassoon (text by Wassily Kandinsky) for soprano, double bass and piano, 1991
  • John Dunstable's Harp for harp, 1991
  • Hero and Leander (with Marcus Schneider ), puppet theater, 1991
  • Birth (text by Faye Kicknosway ) for mezzo-soprano, bassoon, marimba and violin, 1990
  • The five Chairs for wind quintet, 1990
  • The Reason of Skylarks for flute, clarinet, piano and xylophone, 1990
  • Waterbowls for piano, 1989
  • Eleven Basho Haiku for soprano and piano, 1989
  • The parting Glass for guitar, 1989
  • Four Guitars and Cello , 1988
  • Celestial Navigation for orchestra, 1988
  • Children's colors for chamber ensemble, 1988
  • Albion Moonlight for wind quintet, 1987
  • Endgame for double bass, 1987
  • Blue Limes for string quartet, 1987
  • Grand Island for piano, harp and two percussionists, 1986
  • Endgame for solo violin, 1985
  • Microscores IV for violin, cello and piano, 1984
  • December 14 for mezzo-soprano, alto flute, cello and piano, 1983

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personal data
SURNAME Epstein, Marti
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Denver