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词条 Eugene O'Brien (composer)
释义

  1. Education

  2. Prizes, Fellowships and Commissions

  3. Music

  4. References

  5. External links

Eugene O'Brien

(born 24 April 1945) is an American composer who has been a member of the faculty at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music since 1987. He was chair of the Composition Department from 1994 to 1999, and is currently the Executive Associate Dean . He has also been a member of the composition faculties at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Biographies and descriptions of his work are included in the New Grove Dictionary of American Music, Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and the Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music.[1]

Education

Mr. O’Brien was born in Paterson, N.J., and studied composition with Robert Beadell, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, John Eaton, Iannis Xenakis and Donald Erb. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Nebraska, undertook post-graduate studies at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Köln, Germany as a Fulbright Scholar, and received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music / Case Western Reserve University.

Prizes, Fellowships and Commissions

Eugene O'Brien is the recipient of the Academy Award in Music of the American Academy of Arts and Letters,[2] in 1971 the Rome Prize of the American Academy in Rome (Elegy for Bernd alois Zimmermann, soprano and chamber ensemble),[1][3] composer Eugene O’Brien has received awards from BMI (1967, 1970),[4] ASCAP, and the League of Composers / International Society for Contemporary Music, and Cleveland Arts Prize.[5] He has received Guggenheim,[6] Rockefeller, Fulbright, National Endowment for the Arts and other fellowships, and has been commissioned by the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University, the Serge Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress, by the Meet-the-Composer / Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest Fund, and by many American and European performers and ensembles.

Music

O'Brien's music has been heard in concerts by the Cleveland Orchestra, the Italian Radio (RAI) Orchestras of Rome and Turin, the Omaha Symphony, as part of the Saint Louis Symphony Discovery series, the Louisville Orchestra New Dimensions series, and in numerous other concerts and festivals throughout this country and abroad. Recorded on the cri, Golden Crest, Crystal, Capstone and Indiana University labels, his works are published by Codex Nuovo, G. Schirmer, and Boosey & Hawkes.

Also active in the performance of new music, composer Eugene O’Brien co-founded the Cleveland new music ensemble Reconnaissance with Donald Erb in 1978 and was associated with the group as its director until 1984. In 1985–87 he served on the production board of the Contemporary Music Forum in Washington, D.C., and directed the Indiana University New Music Ensemble from 1991 to 1993.[7]

Mr. O’Brien received several reviews about his work, including "Embarking for Cythera",[8][9] "Clouds of Magellan",[10][11] "Mysteries of the Horizon",[12] "Tristan's Lament",[13] "In the Country of Last Things",[14][15][16] "Close Harmony",[17] "Allures".[18]

References

1. ^{{cite book|last=Randel|first=Don Michael|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|year=1996|publisher=Harvard University Press|page=646|url=https://books.google.com/books/p/harvard?q=eugene+o%27brien&vid=ISBN9780674372993&hl=en_US&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&btnG=Go#v=snippet&q=eugene%20o'brien&f=false}}
2. ^{{cite web|last=O'Brien|first=Eugene|title=Arts and Letters Award Winner|url=http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_search.php|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Letters|accessdate=27 January 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624004057/http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_search.php|archivedate=24 June 2016|df=}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=American Academy in Rome Member Directory|url=http://www.aarome.org/people/alumni/sof/directory|publisher=American Academy in Rome|accessdate=28 January 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=BMI Student Composer Awards|url=http://www.bmi.com/genres/entry/bmi_student_composer_award_winners|accessdate=28 January 2014}}
5. ^{{cite web|last=Salisbury|first=Wilma|title=1979 CLEVELAND ARTS PRIZE FOR MUSIC|url=http://clevelandartsprize.org/awardees/EUGENE_OBRIEN.html|publisher=Cleveland Arts Prize|accessdate=27 January 2014}}
6. ^{{cite web|last=O'Brien|first=Eugene|title=Guggenheim Fellows|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/results?query=O%27Brien&lower_bound=1983&upper_bound=1985&competition=ALL&fellowship_category=4&x=37&y=6|publisher=GF.org|accessdate=28 January 2014}}
7. ^{{cite news|last=Schwartzberg|first=Lynn|title=New Music Ensemble provocative|url=http://ww.heraldtimesonline.com//stories/1991/02/27/archive.19910227.1c98c19.sto?code=ca1c1d60-85f4-11e3-9099-10604b9f2f2e|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=Herald times|date=February 27, 1991}}
8. ^{{cite news|last=Page|first=Tim|title=MUSIC: CLEVELAND COMPOSERS|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/21/arts/music-cleveland-composers.html|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=New York Times|date=February 21, 1983}}
9. ^{{cite news|last=Jacobi|first=Peter|title=Ensemble, guests take listeneres on an impressive, pleasurable journey|url=http://ww.heraldtimesonline.com//stories/1996/04/14/archive.19960414.9db1840.sto?code=0f41ec26-85f5-11e3-a6ba-2f9ab47bd39b|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=Herald Times|date=April 14, 1996}}
10. ^{{cite news|last=Jacobi|first=Peter|title=Alum Neely ably leads Symphony Orchestra|url=http://blogs.music.indiana.edu/orchestralconducting/2013/12/04/music-review-iu-symphony-orchestra-and-david-neely/|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=Herald Times|date=4 December 2013}}
11. ^{{cite news|last=Jacobi|first=Peter|title=Alum Neely ably leads Symphony Orchestra|url=http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/entertainment/alum-neely-ably-leads-symphony-orchestra/article_a4b4a356-b425-562c-a818-35bd1e6beda3.html|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=Herald Times|date=November 22, 2013}}
12. ^{{cite news|last=Jacobi|first=Peter|title=IU New Music Ensemble ready for New York City|url=http://ww.heraldtimesonline.com//stories/1989/03/03/archive.19890303.0e5cda0.sto?code=46d202c6-85f4-11e3-b56a-10604b9f2f2e|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=Herald Times|date=March 3, 1989}}
13. ^{{cite news|last=Jacobi|first=Peter|title=New Music surprises again|url=http://ww.heraldtimesonline.com//stories/1990/10/21/archive.19901021.1888e99.sto?code=95b1dc2c-85f4-11e3-b488-101f742c6b16|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=Herald Times|date=October 21, 1990}}
14. ^{{cite news|last=Jacobi|first=Peter|title=Two premiers make for noteworthy performance|url=http://ww.heraldtimesonline.com//stories/1999/04/25/scene.990425_D4_OBJ23914.sto?code=51c0c0e0-85f5-11e3-bff4-10604b9f7e36|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=Herald Times|date=April 25, 1999}}
15. ^{{cite news|last=Jacobi|first=Peter|title=And the Night Before|url=http://ww.heraldtimesonline.com//stories/1999/10/31/scene.991031_D8_OBJ29588.sto?code=996843f0-85f5-11e3-bd94-10604b9f7e36|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=Herald Times|date=October 31, 1999}}
16. ^{{cite news|last=Jacobi|first=Peter|title=Ensemble gives preview of spring break tour|url=http://ww.heraldtimesonline.com//stories/2003/03/14/scene.0314-HT-C4_OBJ21534.sto?code=38a02b86-85f6-11e3-b173-10604b9ffeb6|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=Herald Times|date=March 14, 2003}}
17. ^{{cite news|last=Jacobi|first=Peter|title=Four composers shine in Auer Hall|url=http://ww.heraldtimesonline.com//stories/2001/02/01/scene.010201_HT_D3_OBJ13224.sto?code=fff7995e-85f5-11e3-82cf-101f742c6b16|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=Herald Times|date=February 1, 2001}}
18. ^{{cite news|last=Jacobi|first=Peter|title=World premier of Beethoven piece arranged for percussion showcases masterful playing|url=http://ww.heraldtimesonline.com//stories/2004/11/10/scene.1110-HT-D4_DEH41303.sto?code=88092ce0-85f6-11e3-974e-10604b9ffede|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=Herald Times|date=November 10, 2004}}

External links

  • http://info.music.indiana.edu/faculty/current/obrien-eugene.shtml
  • http://codexnuovo.com
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