Roger Zare
Encyclopedia
Roger Joseph Zare is an award-winning American composer
and pianist. He is known primarily for his orchestral works, several of which have received significant recognition in the contemporary music community.
in 2007 and his MM from the Peabody Conservatory in 2009.
In 2005, while studying under Tamar Diesendruck at USC, Zare won the New York Youth Symphony's 65th annual First Music commission and was the youngest composer in the foundation's history to receive that honor, marking the beginning of Zare's professional career.
For the group Zare wrote The Other Rainbow, which was premiered in Carnegie Hall in 2006. Later that year, his 2004 orchestral piece Fog was performed by the Sarasota Orchestra, and its previous premiere with the USC Starving Composers' Ensemble under the baton of Geoffrey Pope was broadcast on KUSC
.
In 2007, Zare's career-establishing work Green Flash was premiered at USC under the baton of composer and conductor Donald Crockett. Green Flash received a reading with the 2008 American Composers Orchestra
Underwood Readings, conducted by Anne Manson, and Zare subsequently won the workshop's 2008 Underwood Commission. Green Flash also received ASCAP's 2009 Rudolf Nissim Prize, and BMI
's prestigious student composer award in 2007. Zare received another BMI award for Aerodynamics in 2009. Also in 2007, Zare was invited to the USC Thornton Wind Ensemble's performance of Lift-Off, a work that has been performed in various instrumental configurations, conducted by the legendary H. Robert Reynolds.
Zare's teachers have included Christopher Theofanidis, Tamar Diesendruck, Derek Bermel
, Donald Crockett, Morten Lauridsen
and Frederick Lesemann. Juilliard faculty member Christopher Rouse wrote in 2009 that
In April 2009, Zare was accepted to the University of Michigan
's composition program and will begin his doctoral studies with Michael Daugherty
. In 2010, he was awarded a Charles Ives Prize
.
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...
and pianist. He is known primarily for his orchestral works, several of which have received significant recognition in the contemporary music community.
Life
Zare received his BM from the USC Thornton School of MusicUSC Thornton School of Music
The University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, founded in 1884 and dedicated in 1999, is one of the premier music schools in the United States...
in 2007 and his MM from the Peabody Conservatory in 2009.
In 2005, while studying under Tamar Diesendruck at USC, Zare won the New York Youth Symphony's 65th annual First Music commission and was the youngest composer in the foundation's history to receive that honor, marking the beginning of Zare's professional career.
For the group Zare wrote The Other Rainbow, which was premiered in Carnegie Hall in 2006. Later that year, his 2004 orchestral piece Fog was performed by the Sarasota Orchestra, and its previous premiere with the USC Starving Composers' Ensemble under the baton of Geoffrey Pope was broadcast on KUSC
KUSC
KUSC is a listener-supported classical music radio station broadcasting from downtown Los Angeles, California, USA. KUSC is owned and operated by the University of Southern California, which also operates student-run KXSC and San Francisco's classical station KDFC...
.
In 2007, Zare's career-establishing work Green Flash was premiered at USC under the baton of composer and conductor Donald Crockett. Green Flash received a reading with the 2008 American Composers Orchestra
American Composers Orchestra
The American Composers Orchestra is an American orchestra based in New York City. It is the only orchestra in the world dedicated solely to the creation, performance, preservation, and promulgation of music by American composers...
Underwood Readings, conducted by Anne Manson, and Zare subsequently won the workshop's 2008 Underwood Commission. Green Flash also received ASCAP's 2009 Rudolf Nissim Prize, and BMI
Broadcast Music Incorporated
Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...
's prestigious student composer award in 2007. Zare received another BMI award for Aerodynamics in 2009. Also in 2007, Zare was invited to the USC Thornton Wind Ensemble's performance of Lift-Off, a work that has been performed in various instrumental configurations, conducted by the legendary H. Robert Reynolds.
Zare's teachers have included Christopher Theofanidis, Tamar Diesendruck, Derek Bermel
Derek Bermel
Derek Bermel is an American composer, clarinetist and conductor whose music blends various facets of world music, funk and jazz with largely classical performing forces and musical vocabulary...
, Donald Crockett, Morten Lauridsen
Morten Lauridsen
Morten Johannes Lauridsen is an American composer. He was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and has been a professor of composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music for more than 30 years.-Biography:Lauridsen was born February 27, 1943, in...
and Frederick Lesemann. Juilliard faculty member Christopher Rouse wrote in 2009 that
Roger Zare writes for orchestra like a real natural. It's a medium that seems to be in his blood. Zare has had performances of his works by the Sarasota Orchestra, the SONAR new music ensemble, the Santa Monica Symphony Wind Quintet, the Pine View Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, in addition to various groups in Los Angeles, Baltimore, and at Florida's Sarasota Music Festival.
In April 2009, Zare was accepted to the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
's composition program and will begin his doctoral studies with Michael Daugherty
Michael Daugherty
Michael Kevin Daugherty is an American composer, pianist, and teacher. Influenced by popular culture, Romanticism, and Postmodernism, Daugherty is one of the most colorful and widely performed American concert music composers of his generation...
. In 2010, he was awarded a Charles Ives Prize
Charles Ives Prize
The Charles Ives Prize is a scholarship for young composers, awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters: scholarships of $7500, and fellowships of $15,000....
.
External links
- http://www.rogerzare.com Composer's website
- http://www.americancomposers.org/nmr American Composers Orchestra
- http://www.rogerzare.com/bio.htm Composer's biography