Joseph Schwantner

Joseph Clyde Schwantner (born March 22, 1943, Chicago, Illinois) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning^[1] American composer, educator and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 2002.^[2] He was awarded the 1970 Charles Ives Prize.^[3]

Joseph Schwantner

(1943-03-22) March 22, 1943

Chicago, Illinois

Modern classical composer

Aftertones of Infinity

Pulitzer Prize for Music (1979)

Official site

Schwantner is prolific, with many works to his credit.^[4] His style is coloristic and eclectic, drawing on such diverse elements as French impressionism, African drumming, and minimalism. His orchestral work Aftertones of Infinity received the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Music.^[1]

The Charles Ives Scholarship from the (1970)^[3]

American Academy of Arts and Letters

Four Grants (1974–1979)

National Endowment for the Arts

Friedheim Competition First Prize (1981)

Kennedy Center

in Music (1979)^[1]

Pulitzer Prize

Nomination for "Best New Classical Composition" (1985)

Grammy

Grammy Nomination for "Best Classical Composition" (1987)

Honorary from the University of Connecticut (2019)

Doctor of Fine Arts

A Play of Shadows for Flute and Chamber Orchestra

A Sudden Rainbow

(1978)

Aftertones of Infinity

Angelfire (2002), for Amplified Violin and Orchestra, written for the violinist Anne Akiko Meyers

Fantasy

Beyond Autumn, for Horn and Orchestra

Poem

Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (1994)

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1988)

Distant Runes and Incantations for Piano solo (amplified) and Orchestra

Dreamcaller, three Songs for Soprano, Violin solo, and Orchestra

Evening Land Symphony

Freeflight, Fanfares & Fantasy

From Afar..., Fantasy for Guitar and Orchestra

Magabunda (Witchnomad), "four Poems of Agueda Pizarro" for Soprano and Orchestra

Modus Caelestis

Morning's Embrace (2006)

New Morning for the World "Daybreak of Freedom" for Narrator and Orchestra (1982)

September Canticle Fantasy (In Memoriam)

Toward Light

Chasing Light (2008)

University of Michigan Band, 8 March 2012

Michael Haithcock, conductor

Jonathan Ovalle, percussion

Concerto for Percussion, Movement 1: Con Forza on YouTube

... and the mountains rising nowhere on YouTube

New Morning for the World: Daybreak of Freedom on YouTube

New Morning for the World: Daybreak of Freedom (Premiere of wind ensemble version) on YouTube

From A Dark Millennium

Velocities

Concerto for Percussion and Wind Orchestra

New Morning for the World

The National Symphony Orchestra, , percussion and solo marimba, Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Evelyn Glennie

BMG Classics/RCA Red Seal CD 09026-68692-2

The Music of Joseph Schwantner (1997)

From Afar..."A Fantasy for Guitar" and "American Landscapes" (1987)

New Morning for the World for narrator and orchestra

New Morning for the World "Daybreak of Freedom" (1982)

From a Dark Millennium "Dream Catchers" (1981)

In Evening's Stillness..."Wind Dances" (1996)

...and the mountains rising nowhere (1977)

From a Dark Millennium (1981)

Joseph Schwantner: New Morning for the World; Nicolas Flagello: The Passion of Martin Luther King

. (1985). "An Analysis and Comparison of Four Compositions by Joseph Schwantner: And the Mountains Rising Nowhere; Wild Angels of the Open Hills; Aftertones of Infinity; and Sparrows." Doctoral dissertation, University of Rochester.

Folio, Cynthia

Folio, Cynthia. (1985). "The Synthesis of Traditional and Contemporary Elements in Joseph Schwantner's Sparrows." , vol. 24/1: 184–196.

Joseph Schwantner