Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born April 30, 1939, in Miami, Florida) is an American composer, the first female composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Her early works are marked by atonal exploration, but by the late 1980s she had matured to a post-modernist, neo-romantic style. She has been called "one of America’s most frequently played and genuinely popular living composers." more
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    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Lament. Franklin Howell, piano. Published in "The Carnegie Hall Millennium Piano Book" this piece was composed in memory of Judith Arron, former Executive Director of Carnegie Hall. She died just before completion of the music book project. This work is Zwilich's response to Ms. Arron's untimely death.
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    celebrating his century of innovation and creativity. Performed by pianists Marilyn Nonken and Stephen Gosling, these pieces pay tribute to Elliott Carter, "still America's most promising young composer." Ten for Carter includes music by Milton Babbitt, Uri Caine, Jeffery Cotton, Alvin Curran, Jeremy Gill, Jennifer Higdon,...
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    Friday, February 29, 2008 at 8:00 PM New York, NY Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 3:00 PM Philadelphia, PA Concert TEN FOR CARTER In honor of Elliott Carter's one hundredth birthday Composer Elliott Carter has said, "What I do is making America." The rich variety and dynamic movement of American life is reflected in Carter's music,...
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    Active worked with producer Tom Knott to develop, shoot and edit this series. Each program in the series explores a musical composition by a leading composer. To date, over 30 programs with compositions by 15 different composers have been completed. Each program has been donated to the libraries of over 30 conservatories and...
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    Live performance at Ste. Anne's Church, Mackinac Island, Michigan. 8/3/2008. Performers: Tess Miller (flute), Jonathan Holden (clarinet), Carrie Holden (violin), Melissa Angel Straus (double bass).
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    Live performance at Ste. Anne's Church, Mackinac Island, Michigan. 8/3/2008. Performers: Tess Miller (flute), Jonathan Holden (clarinet), Carrie Holden (violin), Melissa Angel Straus (double bass).
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New Century Chamber Orchestra has something new for 20th year - San Francisco Examiner

which closes its 20th anniversary season this week around the Bay with a program featuring a world premiere by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. On Saturday at Herbst Theatre, music director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and the orchestra ...

Tuned In: New York Philharmonic brings a new Magnus Lindberg concerto to San Francisco - San Jose Mercury News

A WITTY WORK FROM ZWILICH: Tonight through Sunday in four Bay Area venues, audiences will be exposed to a brand-new work from Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, an American-born violinist turned composer whose "Three Movements for Orchestra (Symphony No. 1 ...

Classical Music Project enters second season - Digital Collegian

and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s 1987 composition Trio. The heavenly vocal blend of Anonymous 4 fills Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The women of Anonymous 4 celebrate the ensemble’s 25th anniversary with a concert of ancient, traditional ...

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