Judd Greenstein (1979- )
Judd
Greenstein was born and raised in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of
New York City, where he began his compositional life by writing hip hop
beats as a teenager. His concert works reflect those origins, as well
as his traditional piano background, combining an urban, beat-oriented
sensibility with a late Romantic classical harmonic language. He
has received degrees from Williams College and
the Yale School of Music, has been a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music
Center and the Bang on a Can Summer Institute of Music, and is
currently a Fellow and Taplin Scholar at Princeton University. In
addition to his many compositions for the NOW Ensemble, in which he is
a
composer and founding member, Greenstein has worked closely
with many of the
best young solo musicians in New York City and beyond, including
violist Nadia Sirota, soprano Anne-Carolyn Bird, percussionist Samuel
Solomon, pianist Michael Mizrahi, flutist Alex Sopp, clarinetist Sara
Phillips, saxophonists Argeo Ascani and Brian Sacawa, and
cellist/vocalist Jody Redhage. He has also received performances by and
commissions from a wide array of ensembles around the country,
from Milwaukee's Present Music to the Seattle Chamber
Players to the
University of Texas at Austin New Music Ensemble, as well as many
prominent ensembles in New York, including Newspeak, the Da Capo
Chamber Players, Tactus, the Knights, and the New York Youth Symphony.
His works have been heard at the Bang on a Can
Marathon, MATA, Carlsbad Music Festival, Look
& Listen Festival, TriBeCa New Music Festival, Audio
Inversions (Austin, TX), and the Roycroft Chamber Music
Festival. International performances include those in
Amsterdam, Rome, Tel Aviv and the
Ukraine. He is also composer-in-residence for Sympho, a
collaborative orchestral project
conceived and directed by renowned conductor Paul Haas. In
addition to his work as a composer, Greenstein is
active as a promoter of new music in New York and around the country
- director of NOW Ensemble, co-director
of New Amsterdam Records and Free Speech Zone Productions, and
a board member of NYC Performing Arts Spaces.COMPOSITIONS Greenstein Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Greenstein on Greenstein
Celestial Episode, orchestra (1999)
Song for the Rainy Season, high baritone and piano (2000)
Prismaticism, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, marimba and celesta (1999-2001)
After the Revolution, orchestra (2001)
Le Tombeau de Ravel, violin, cello and piano (1999-2002)
Amergin, chorus (2002)
Ill, 2 violins, marimba and drum kit (2002)
Beating, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, vibraphone, marimba, celesta, violin, viola and cello (2002-03)
Chikasky, orchestra (2003)
I Oscillate, flute and marimba (2003)
Summer Dances, clarinet, viola and double bass (2003)
Grosse Tugenden, violin, viola and cello (2003-04)
Canzon XVII, after Gabrieli, trombone and electronic delay (2003-04)
Today and Everyday, orchestra (2004) (arr. 2006 for wind ensemble by Steven Bodner)
Let Her Be, SATB soloists and chorus (2004)
Rock Me Samuels, ensemble (2004) [written for NOW Ensemble]
Folk Music, ensemble (2004) [written for NOW Ensemble]
Sonata for Cello and Piano (2004)
The Sirens, bass clarinet (or baritone saxophone) (2004)
And Explode Into Space, piano (2004)
Crossing the Rio Grande, film score, bsn, 2 vlns, vc & db (2004) [in collab. w/filmmakers Luke Batten and Jonathan Sadler]
Untitled (finding something special), 2 violins and cello (2004) [in collab. w/filmmaker filmmaker Pam Larson]
Free Speech Zone, ensemble (2005) [written for NOW Ensemble]
The Night Gatherers, viola and string quartet (2005)
Sing Along, ensemble (2006) [written for NOW Ensemble]
Get Up/Get Down, large ensemble (2006)
Elastic Iridescence, electric guitar quartet (2006)
Four on the Floor, string quartet (2006) (arr. for string orchestra, 2009)
Escape, viola (2006)
We Shall Be Turned, solo percussion (2006)
Boulez Is Alive, piano (2006)
Corrupted, voice and cello (2006)
Bicycle Messengers, short film score (2006)
Lamenting, chorus (2007)
A Moment of Clarity, flute and piano (2007)
What They Don't Like (for Chuck D), clarinet, violin, cello, electric guitar, keyboard, drums and sampler (2007)
Hillula, soprano and piano (2006-08)
At the end of a really great day, flute, clarinet, violin and cello (2008)
Be There, violin and piano (2008)
First Ballade, piano (2008)
Run Away, chorus (2009) [written for "Room of Teeth"]
Montmartre, chorus (2009) [written for "Room of Teeth"]
A E I O U, chorus (2009) [written for "Room of Teeth"]
Change, ensemble (2009) [written for NOW Ensemble]
Duo 1979, viola and Moog Prodigy synthesizer (2009)
Vayomer Shlomo, 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano and medium ensemble (2009)
American Radical: The Trails of Norman Finkelstein, documentary film score (2009)
Hamakom, chorus (2010)
City Boy, ensemble (2010) [written for NOW Ensemble]
Clearing, Dawn, Dance, flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, viola and cello (2010)
The Elements of Elements, violin, cello and double bass (2010)
WORKS BY GENRE Greenstein Links ~ ~ ~ Greenstein on Greenstein ~ top of page ~
Orchestra
Celestial Episode, orchestra (1999)
After the Revolution, orchestra (2001)
Chikasky, orchestra (2003)
Today and Everyday, orchestra (2004) (arr. 2006 for wind ensemble by Steven Bodner)
Four on the Floor, string quartet (2006) (arr. for string orchestra, 2009)
Band
Today and Everyday, orchestra (2004) (arr. 2006 for wind ensemble by Steven Bodner)
Choral
Amergin, chorus (2002)
Let Her Be, SATB soloists and chorus (2004)
Lamenting, chorus (2007)
Run Away, chorus (2009) [written for "Room of Teeth"]
Montmartre, chorus (2009) [written for "Room of Teeth"]
A E I O U, chorus (2009) [written for "Room of Teeth"]
Hamakom, chorus (2010)
Ensemble
Rock Me Samuels, ensemble (2004) [written for NOW Ensemble]
Folk Music, ensemble (2004) [written for NOW Ensemble]
Free Speech Zone, ensemble (2005) [written for NOW Ensemble]
Sing Along, ensemble (2006) [written for NOW Ensemble]
Get Up/Get Down, large ensemble (2006)
Change, ensemble (2009) [written for NOW Ensemble]
City Boy, ensemble (2010) [written for NOW Ensemble]
Chamber
Prismaticism, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, marimba and celesta (1999-2001)
Le Tombeau de Ravel, violin, cello and piano (1999-2002)
Ill, 2 violins, marimba and drum kit (2002)
Beating, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, vibraphone, marimba, celesta, violin, viola and cello (2002-03)
I Oscillate, flute and marimba (2003)
Summer Dances, clarinet, viola and double bass (2003)
Grosse Tugenden, violin, viola and cello (2003-04)
Sonata for Cello and Piano (2004)
The Night Gatherers, viola and string quartet (2005)
Elastic Iridescence, electric guitar quartet (2006)
Four on the Floor, string quartet (2006) (arr. for string orchestra, 2009)
A Moment of Clarity, flute and piano (2007)
What They Don't Like (for Chuck D), clarinet, violin, cello, electric guitar, keyboard, drums and sampler (2007)
At the end of a really great day, flute, clarinet, violin and cello (2008)
Be There, violin and piano (2008)
Duo 1979, viola and Moog Prodigy synthesizer (2009)
Clearing, Dawn, Dance, flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, viola and cello (2010)
The Elements of Elements, violin, cello and double bass (2010)
Solo Instrument
Canzon XVII, after Gabrieli, trombone and electronic delay (2003-04)
The Sirens, bass clarinet (or baritone saxophone) (2004)
Escape, viola (2006)
We Shall Be Turned, solo percussion (2006)
Piano
And Explode Into Space, piano (2004)
Boulez Is Alive, piano (2006)
First Ballade, piano (2008)
Vocal
Song for the Rainy Season, high baritone and piano (2000)
Corrupted, voice and cello (2006)
Hillula, soprano and piano (2006-08)
Vayomer Shlomo, 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano and medium ensemble (2009)
Incidental/Film
Crossing the Rio Grande, film score, bsn, 2 vlns, vc & db (2004) [in collab. w/filmmakers Luke Batten and Jonathan Sadler]
Untitled (finding something special), 2 violins and cello (2004) [in collab. w/filmmaker filmmaker Pam Larson]
Bicycle Messengers, short film score (2006)
American Radical: The Trails of Norman Finkelstein, documentary film score (2009)
Electronic
Canzon XVII, after Gabrieli, trombone and electronic delay (2003-04)
What They Don't Like (for Chuck D), clarinet, violin, cello, electric guitar, keyboard, drums and sampler (2007)
GREENSTEIN LINKS Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Greenstein on Greenstein ~ top of page ~
Indie Classical Goes Uptown: Judd Greenstein on New Music (Zachary Woolfe, Capital New York)
Judd Greenstein: Composer-Curator (Nadia Sirota, Q2/WQXR)
Judd Greenstein - A World of Difference (Molly Sheridan, NewMusicBox)
Rebel Composers on a Rock Tour of Sorts (Steve Smith, The New York Times)
Composer's website . . . contact Judd Greenstein: judd(at)juddgreenstein(dot)com
Greenstein @ Twitter
Greenstein @ American Composers Forum
Greenstein @ American Music Center
Greenstein @ Bang on a Can
Greenstein @ Bushwick Art Project
Greenstein @ Classical Archives
Greenstein @ Classical Connect
Greenstein @ Composers Collaborative, Inc.
Greenstein @ Facebook
Greenstein @ Free Speach Zone
Greenstein @ Good Child Music
Greenstein @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Greenstein @ InstantEncore
Greenstein @ Institute of Contemporary Arts
Greenstein @ LinkedIn
Greenstein @ Minnesota Orchestra
Greenstein @ Monkey Town/The Green Beat Box
Greenstein @ MusicWeb International
Greenstein @ MySpaceMusic
Greenstein @ New Amsterdam Records
Greenstein @ The New York Times
Greenstein @ NPRmusic
Greenstein @ Six Points Fellowship
Greenstein @ String Orchestra of Brooklyn
Greenstein @ Sympho Orchestra
Greenstein @ Williams College Symphonic Winds also here
Publisher
Greenstein @ Composer's website
Greenstein @ Good Child Music/Negative Opus Publishing
Streaming Audio
Greenstein @ Composer's website - check under individual work listings
Greenstein @ Classical Archives
Greenstein @ Classical Connect
Greenstein @ last.fm
Greenstein @ MySpaceMusic
Greenstein @ NPRmusic
Greenstein @ Six Points Fellowship
Greenstein @ SoundCloud
Greenstein @ WQXR/Interview
Recordings
Greenstein @ Amazon.com
Greenstein @ ArkivMusic
Greenstein @ CD Universe
Greenstein @ ClassicsOnline
Greenstein @ Naxos
Greenstein @ New Amsterdam Records
Video
Greenstein @ YouTube
Greenstein @ Google Video
Greenstein @ Vimeo - also search "Judd Greenstein"
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Greenstein on Greenstein: A World of Difference (VIDEO)
Greenstein on Greenstein: Interview/Minnesota Orchestra (VIDEO)
Greenstein on Greenstein: Interview/Q2 WQXR (streaming audio)
Composers
Speak on the Web at Pytheas~ click on composer picture to listen ~
Greenstein on Greenstein: Sequenza21 Interviews: Hilary Hahn & Judd Greenstein (VIDEO)
Greenstein on Greenstein: Ecstatic Music Festival (VIDEO)
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