Sean Varah

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Sean Anthony Varah (born December 21, 1968 in Madison, Wisconsin ) is a Canadian composer and cellist .

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Sean Varah grew up in Vancouver , he studied music at Stanford University and Columbia University , where Mario Davidovsky was his main teacher. He trained as a cellist with Judith Fraser at the Vancouver Academy of Music , Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi at the University of Western Ontario and Eric Wilson at the University of British Columbia . In 1994 he founded the Harvard Computer Music Center , where he taught until 1997.

In addition to purely instrumental works, Varah composed works for orchestral and electroacoustic instruments, using both analogue tape and digital computer technology. Burning , an orchestral work commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony Orchestra , premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1993 and, along with the Aria for tape and cello, was his contribution to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Young Composers Competition . After being performed by the National Arts Center Orchestra under the direction of Mario Bernardi , the work received the National Arts Center People's Choice Award .

Slipping Image for mixed quartet and tape was released on CD in 1998 by the International Computer Music Association . In the same year Shauna Rolston played the world premiere of the piece Borderline for tape and cello, which she commissioned. Varah u. a. from the Canada Council , the Fromm Foundation at Harvard , the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and the Empyrean Ensemble .

Works

  • Free Association for Piano, 1991
  • Shrapnel for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello and double bass, 1992
  • Cybergarbageland for computer-generated tape, 1992
  • Burning for orchestra, 1993
  • Aria for cello and tape, 1993
  • Slipping image for flute, percussion, violin. Cello and tape, 1995
  • Aspects for string quartet, 1995
  • Duo for cello and piano, 1995
  • Cygnificant Other for flute, oboe, amplified guitar, electric guitar, violin and cello, 1996
  • Divertimento for six cellos, 1996
  • Idioma for piano and tape, 1996
  • Depth of Field for flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, violin, viola, cello and tape, 1997
  • Outside the Box for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin and cello, 1998
  • Fantasy for clarinet, percussion, violin and cello, 1999
  • Moment for flute and tape, WP 2002
  • Four Neruda Songs for soprano and guitar, WP 2004
  • Intro music for the film Silver Heels by Caddy Hastings
  • Borderline for cello and tape

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Composers Classical Music
  2. ↑ Vox Novus - Sean Varah
  3. ↑ CV on Musiccentre.ca
personal data
SURNAME Varah, Sean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Varah, Sean Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer and cellist
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Madison (Wisconsin)