Paul Seitz (composer)

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Paul Seitz (born November 15, 1951 in Racine , Wisconsin ) is an American composer and music teacher .

Seitz studied composition and music theory at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and music education at the Teachers College of Columbia University . His composition teachers were Stephen Dembski , Fred Lerdahl , Joel Naumann and Robert Crane . He has taught music theory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and music theory and composition at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas , the University of Texas at Tylor and, since 2009, at the University of Missouri .

Seitz composed vocal works, chamber music and symphonic works. They were u. a. in the Symphony Hall in Boston, the Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville, at the World Saxophone Congress in Ljubljana, the Festival Internationale del Sassofono in Faenza, the ClarinetFest 2008 and 2012, the concerts of the New York Viola Society and the New York Festival of Song the Adelaide Fringe Festival and the Las Vegas International New Music Festival . In 2001 his opera The Children of the Keweenaw, based on a libretto by Kathleen Masterson , was premiered at the Pine Mountain Music Festival under the direction of William Farlow and the conductor Donald Schleicher .

Works

  • My first love was light… for marimba and string orchestra, 2011
  • Some Place Where Your Spirit Sounds for tenor saxophone and chamber ensemble, 2011
  • Duo Corda for violin and viola, 2011
  • Tempore nobis for ten bass clarinets, 2011
  • Six of One ... for jazz band, 2011
  • Assemblage for soprano, viola and electronics, 2011
  • 1 8 3 9 for viola, guitar, cello and percussion, 2010
  • Keeps the Sweetest Time for saxophone quartet, 2009
  • Within Your Private Sky for Marimba, 2008
  • a deeper pulse is stirred for tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, 2008
  • In Beauty for symphony orchestra, 2008
  • Imaginary Dances for viola and double bass, 2007
  • Animas (There is a wild river…) for viola ensemble, 2007
  • In a place of deep color for tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, 2007
  • In Now for bass clarinet, 2007
  • Where Dream Begins , song cycle for soprano, string quartet and harp (text: May Sarton ), 2007
  • A Winter Wind for string orchestra, 2007
  • Party Mode Mixture for string quartet, 2006
  • Three Stories for alto saxophone and bass clarinet, 2006
  • Element 10 (neon) for clarinet, trumpet, trombone, marimba and double bass, 2005
  • To Juggle , Duo for two clarinets, 2005
  • Relevant Dialogues for alto saxophone and viola, 2005
  • Keeps the Sweetest Time for wind quintet, 2004
  • Selamiut: The Sky Dwellers for concert band, 2004
  • Iowa Spring for string ensemble, 2004
  • Arrangement, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child for tenor and string orchestra, 2003
  • The Thought of Returning for symphony orchestra, 2003
  • Gymnopédie for flute, oboe, harp and percussion, 2003
  • "Now Voyager" for soprano, flute, clarinet, cello and piano, 2003
  • To Read Aloud for viola, 2002
  • The Children of the Keweenaw , Opera, 2001
  • Sailing to America for string orchestra, 1999
  • In the Moment's Light for symphony orchestra, 1998
  • Where Dream Begins , song cycle for soprano, string quartet and harp (text: May Sarton ), 1997
  • Many and More for soprano and tuba or euphonium ensemble, 1996
  • I Am Loath to Close for mixed choir and harp (Text: Abraham Lincoln ), 1996
  • New Again for string quartet, 1995
  • Keeps the Sweetest Time for viola, amplified guitar and tuba, 1995
  • "… And that the moon survives" for violin and piano, 1994
  • When Touched by Better Angels for Irish harp and string chamber orchestra, 1994
  • From the Wood for string orchestra, 1992
  • Things That Wash Up for soprano, amplified guitar and electronics, 1992
  • Three Thoughts (Like a Hero) for cor anglais and guitar, 1991
  • To That Still Center for piano and chamber orchestra, 1990
  • November Song for soprano and piano (text by Scott Campbell), 1990
  • Three by May Sarton , song cycle for soprano and piano, 1989
  • Gestures of Farewell for cello, 1989
  • Chicago Poems for oboe and cello, 1989
  • Of House and Home , song cycle for soprano or tenor and piano (texts by Donald Hall , Michael Dennis Browne , Adrienne Rich ), 1988
  • All for One , song cycle for soprano and guitar, 1983
  • Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night's Dream , for solo voices, mixed choir, four guitars, lute, two treble recorders, three trombones, horn and percussion, 1980
  • Fantasy in D for violin and guitar, 1979
  • Scottish Songs , song cycle for soprano and piano (text: Scott Campbell), 1978
  • I Am From the Beginning for soprano or tenor and piano (Text: Henry David Thoreau ), 1978
  • Sonnet for soprano and piano (text: Scott Campbell), 1978
  • The Quince for female choir, 1975
  • Love Among the Ruins for flute, viola, horn, piano and percussion, 1973
  • Satanic for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, horn, trumpet, cello and piano, 1973
  • Two Songs for mezzo-soprano and horn (Text: John Donne ), 1972
  • Requiem , oratorio for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, two choirs, narrator and chamber orchestra, 1972
  • Alice II for mezzo-soprano, flute, piano, trombone and tuba, (Text: Scott Campbell), 1971
  • Come on now, the Heiden Heiland for wind ensemble, 1971

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personal data
SURNAME Seitz, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Racine , Wisconsin