Steven Rice (composer)
Encyclopedia
Steven Rice is an American
composer
, who has written works for a variety of ensembles including orchestra
and choir
.
with Robert Morris
and Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez
. His work for chamber ensemble Murmurs from Limbo won the 2005 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award
, and he received a 2009 ASCAP Young Composer Award. Rice's orchestral work The Henry Ford Old Time Orchestra Plays Real American Tunes premiered in 2009 at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music.
United States
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composer
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...
, who has written works for a variety of ensembles including orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
and choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
.
Life and works
Rice studied music at the Eastman School of MusicEastman School of Music
The Eastman School of Music is a music conservatory located in Rochester, New York. The Eastman School is a professional school within the University of Rochester...
with Robert Morris
Robert Morris (composer)
Robert Morris is an American composer and music theorist.-Work in music theory:As a music theorist, Morris' work has bridged an important gap between the rigorously academic and the highly experimental. Born in Cheltenham, England in 1943, Morris received his musical education at the Eastman...
and Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez
Carlos Sánchez-Gutiérrez is a Latin-American composer and teacher. He currently resides near Rochester, New York....
. His work for chamber ensemble Murmurs from Limbo won the 2005 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award
Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award
The Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award is an international composers' competition held annually in memory of Salvatore Martirano , who was an internationally acclaimed American composer and served as professor of composition at the University of Illinois from 1963 to 1995...
, and he received a 2009 ASCAP Young Composer Award. Rice's orchestral work The Henry Ford Old Time Orchestra Plays Real American Tunes premiered in 2009 at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music.
List of works
- The Henry Ford Old Time Orchestra Plays Real American Tunes for Orchestra (2009)
- Murmurs from Limbo for Alto, Tenor, and Chamber Ensemble (2004)
- Evolution of Deniz (Dance) for Choral Ensemble (2009)