James Oliverio

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James Oliverio is an American composer of film scores and contemporary classical music.

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Biography

Oliverio was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied composition at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Oliverio later moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he was the composer-in-residence at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His music for the film Time and Dreams was included in Atlanta's successful bid to host the 1996 Summer Olympics. His piece The Explorer (later retitled To Boldly Go...) was commissioned and premiered as the opening for that summer's four-year Cultural Olympiad. During the 1990s, Oliverio was described as "Atlanta's hottest composer". [1]

Since January 2001, Oliverio has served as Executive Director of the Digital Worlds Institute at the University of Florida. [2]

A lifelong friend of the timpanist brothers Paul and Mark Yancich, Oliverio has composed a number of works for the performers, including his first and second timpani concertos and the 2011 double timpani concerto Dynasty. [1] [3] [4]

List of compositions

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References

  1. 1 2 Ruhe, Pierre (May 31, 2011). "ASO to premiere James Oliverio's "Dynasty" Concerto for timpanist brothers". ArtsATL. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ "James Charles Oliverio". University of Florida . Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  3. ↑ Ruhe, Pierre (June 3, 2011). "Atlanta Symphony review: Strong new works from Higdon, Mustonen and Oliverio". ArtsATL. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ Motsinger, Carol (November 21, 2014). "Don't miss Asheville Symphony Orchestra Saturday". Asheville Citizen-Times . Retrieved March 23, 2016.
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