Roger Nixon
Roger Nixon (born August 8, 1921 in Tulare , † October 13, 2009 in Burlingame ) was an American composer and music teacher .
Life
Roger Nixon took clarinet lessons from Frank Mancini at Modesto's Junior College ; then he moved to Berkeley , where he studied composition with Roger Sessions , Ernest Bloch and Arthur Bliss . There he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. He also traveled regularly to Los Angeles in 1948 , where he attended courses with Arnold Schönberg at the University of Southern California . From 1951 to 1959 he taught at his old college in Modesto. From 1960 to 1990 he was professor of music at San Francisco State University .
Nixon was married and had five children.
plant
Nixon's compositional style has been described as eclectic ; in doing so, he further developed the starting material without giving up the connection to it. He was inspired by music from his native California. Nixon is best known as a wind orchestra composer ; but he also created orchestral and choral works.
Nixon wrote numerous commissioned compositions , including a piece for wind orchestra for the 200th anniversary of the United States for the company JC Penney .
Wind band (selection)
- 1958 Elegy and Fanfare March
- 1962 Reflections
- 1966 Fiesta del Pacifico
- 1966 Nocturne
- 1970 A Solemn Processional
- 1970 Centennial Fanfare March
- 1970 Reflections
- 1972 dialogue
- 1972 psalm
- 1973 Festival Fanfare March
- 1975 Music for a Civic Celebration
- 1979 Pacific Celebration Suite
- 1980 Chamarita!
- 1982 Academic Tribute
- 1983 California Jubilee
- 1998 Monterey Holidays
- Flower of Youth
- Las Vegas Holiday
- Music of Appresiation
- Prelude and Fugue
Others (selection)
- 1982 Two Duos for flute piccolo and E-flat clarinet
- 1984 Preludes for Piano
- 1994 Music for Piano
- Ceremonial piece for brass
- Green grow'th the holly for choir
Awards
Nixon received a total of five National Endowment for the Arts grants . In 1973 Mahr received the Sousa / ABA / Ostwald Award of the American Bandmasters Association for his Festival Fanfare March . In 1979 he received the Neil A. Kjos Memorial Award for the Pacific Celebration Suite ; in the same year he was named a member of the American Bandmasters Association .
Recordings (selection)
- Fiesta! (1968, Decca, DL 710157), Eastman Wind Ensemble , Donald Hunsberger (conductor).
- A Bicentennial Celebration (1975, Columbia Masterworks, M 33838), The Goldman Band, Richard Franko Goldman, Ainslee Cox, Leonard dePaur (conductors).
- Robert Hoe V: In Memoriam (1984, ARK, MC-20443), US Coast Guard Band, Lewis J. Buckley (conductor).
- Winds of War and Peace (1988, Wilson Audiophile, W-8823), National Symphonic Winds, Lowell Graham (conductor).
- No Mo 'Chalumeau! (2001, Mark Records, 3919-MCD), UNLV Wind Orchestra, various conductors.
literature
- Wolfgang Suppan , Armin Suppan : The brass music lexicon . 5th edition. HeBu-Musikverlag, Kraichtal 2010, ISBN 978-3-9806925-9-5 , p. 560 .
- William Berz: Nixon, Roger. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
Web links
- Roger Nixon at Discogs (English)
- Roger Nixon at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Roger Nixon. University of Maryland website, accessed November 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Joshua Kosman: SFSU composer Roger Nixon dies. SF Gate, October 17, 2009; accessed October 29, 2017 .
- ↑ a b In Memoriam Roger Nixon. San Francisco State University website, accessed October 29, 2017 .
- ↑ ABA Awards. The American Bandmasters Association, accessed October 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Read We Forget - Membership History 2012. (PDF; 619 kB) American Bandmasters Association, archived from the original on September 10, 2016 ; accessed on November 1, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nixon, Roger |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer and music teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tulare |
DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 2009 |
Place of death | Burlingame (California) |