Alvin Singleton

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Alvin Singleton (born December 28, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York) is a composer from the United States. [1] Born and raised in New York City, he received his music education from New York University (B.A.), studying with Hall Overton and Charles Wuorinen. Singleton then moved to study at Yale School of Music (M.M.), studying with Yehudi Wyner and Mel Powell. [2] Singleton was a Fulbright Scholar, he studied with [Goffredo Petrassi] at [Accademia Nazionale] di Santa Cecilia in [Rome, Italy] from 1971-1985. [3] After living and working in Europe for fourteen years, Singleton returned to the United States to become a Composer-in-Residence with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (1985-88). He subsequently served as Resident Composer at Spelman College in Atlanta (1988-91), as UNISYS Composer-in-Residence with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (1996-97), and was the 2002–03 Composer-in-Residence with the Ritz Chamber Players of Jacksonville, Florida. In addition, he has served as Visiting Professor of Composition at the Yale University School of Music.

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Singleton's music shows the evidence of a wide range of influences - "from Mahler to Monk, Bird to Bernstein, James Baldwin to Bach, Santana to Prince" [4] - and often incorporates aspects of theatre and surprise. [5] Notable are his set of eight Argoru pieces for various solo instruments, composed over the period from 1968 to 2002. His choral ballet TRUTH (2006), scored for mixed chorus, dancers and an ensemble of 10 instruments, is based on the life of human rights crusader Sojourner Truth. His piano concerto BluesKonzert had its Carnegie Hall debut in 2010 with soloist Ursula Oppens and the American Composers Orchestra.

Albany Records has issued a series of recordings, including Extensions of a Dream (2002, percussion music), Sing to the Sun (2007, choral and chamber music) and Sweet Chariot (2014, solo and chamber music). [6] The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus has recorded PraiseMaker. [7] The four string quartets have been recorded by the Momenta Quartet. [8]

List of compositions

A complete list of published compositions can be found on Alvin Singleton's website.

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References

  1. ↑ Southern, Eileen. The Music of Black Americans: A History. W. W. Norton & Company; 3rd edition. ISBN   0-393-97141-4
  2. ↑ Alvin Singleton: Bio. Alvin Singleton. Accessed June 2, 2022. https://www.alvinsingleton.com/bio.php
  3. ↑ "Alvin singleton : Bio".
  4. ↑ David Patrick Stearns. 'Classical Concert Draws on African American Spirituals', in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 18 February 2013
  5. ↑ Biography, Schott Music
  6. ↑ Albany Records
  7. ↑ Telarc 32630 (2011) reviewed at MusicWeb International
  8. ↑ New World Records 80832-2, reviewed at MusicWeb International

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