Marjan Mozetich
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Marjan Mozetich is a Canadian composer
. He was born in Italy
to Slovenia
n parents and has lived in Canada since 1952. He is currently an Adjunct Lecturer in Composition at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and has won several prestigious awards, including the first prize in the CAPAC (SOCAN)-Sir Ernest MacMillan
Award. His major compositions include Fantasia... sul linguaggio pertuto, and Postcards from the Sky.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. He was born in Italy
Italy
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to Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
n parents and has lived in Canada since 1952. He is currently an Adjunct Lecturer in Composition at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and has won several prestigious awards, including the first prize in the CAPAC (SOCAN)-Sir Ernest MacMillan
Ernest MacMillan
Sir Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan, CC was an internationally renowned Canadian orchestral conductor and composer, and Canada's only "Musical Knight". He is widely regarded as being Canada's pre-eminent musician, from the 1920s through the 1950s...
Award. His major compositions include Fantasia... sul linguaggio pertuto, and Postcards from the Sky.
Selected works
- Disturbances for Viola Solo (1974)
- A Veiled Dream for Flute, Viola and Harp (1977)
- Survival for Viola Solo (1979)
- Water Music for Flute, Viola and Cello (1979)
- Dancing Strings, Suite of Six Pieces for Viola and Piano (1980)
- El Dorado, for harp and strings (1981)
- Trio in Jest for Clarinet, Viola and Piano (1983)
- Baroque Diversions for Viola Solo (1985)
- The Passion of Angels, Concerto for Two Harps and Orchestra (1995)
- Affairs of the Heart Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra (1997)
- Postcards from the Sky for String Orchestra (1997)
- Goodbye My Friend, Triptych for Flute, Viola and Harp (2000)
- Concerto for Bassoon, Marimba and String Orchestra (2003)