[LIMITED SEATS] Composition Seminar: Reinvention and Transformation – The Composer and Community
17 February 2020 • 5:00pm
Seminar Room 1
In view of current health and travel advisories, limited seats will be available for this event.
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ROBERT SIROTA, presenter
ABOUT THIS EVENT
An overview of Dr. Sirota’s 50-year career as a composer, discussing topics including: Representative pieces composed by Dr. Sirota; The synergies and challenges of a dual life as an artist and administrator; Thoughts on the creative, entrepreneurial, and spiritual aspects of a composer’s work; Ways of creating humane communities through one’s work.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Robert Sirota’s works have been performed by orchestras across the US and Europe; ensembles such as Alarm Will Sound, Sequitur, yMusic, Chameleon Arts, and Dinosaur Annex; the Chiara, American, Ethel, Elmyr, Blair and Telegraph String Quartets; the Peabody, Concord, and Webster Trios; and at festivals including Tanglewood, Aspen, Yellow Barn, and Cooperstown; Bowdoin Gamper and Bowdoin International Music Festival; and Mizzou International Composers Festival. Recent commissions include Jeffrey Kahane and the Sarasota Music Festival, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Palladium Musicum, American Guild of Organists, the American String Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, the Naumburg Foundation, and yMusic, Thomas Pellaton, Carol Wincenc, Trinity Episcopal Church (Indianapolis), and Sierra Chamber Society, as well as arrangements for Paul Simon. Grants include the Guggenheim Foundation, NEA, Meet the Composer, and the American Music Center, Sirota’s works are recorded on Legacy Recordings, National Sawdust Tracks, and the Capstone, Albany, New Voice, Gasparo and Crystal labels. His music is published by Muzzy Ridge Music, Schott, Music Associates of New York, MorningStar, Theodore Presser, and To the Fore. For complete information, visit www.robertsirota.com.
TICKETING INFORMATION
• Free admission.
• All event information is correct at time of print.
• Out of respect for other concertgoers, no children under 6 years of age will be allowed admission.
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