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Anne LeBaron (1953-     )

Ann LeBaron, composerAnne LeBaron, internationally noted composer, is widely recognized for her work in instrumental, electronic, and performance realms. Her compositions embrace an extraordinary array of subjects, ranging from contemporary adaptations of Greek and South American myths, to probes into physical and cultural forms of extinction, to the legendary Pope Joan. As a Fulbright Scholar to Germany in 1980-81, LeBaron studied with György Ligeti, later completing her doctorate in composition at Columbia University. Her works have been written for virtually every contemporary genre and performed and broadcast throughout the U.S. and elsewhere.Awards and prizes include a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a Fromm Foundation Commission, a three-year residency in Washington D.C. sponsored by Meet the Composer, and the a CalArts / Alpert Award in the Arts, along with fellowships from the D.C Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the New York Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, the Pennsylvania State Council on the Arts, and the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. LeBaron currently teaches composition and related subjects at the California Institute of the Arts.
-  Primavera Festival

COMPOSITIONS                                                            LeBaron Links     ~ ~ ~     Works by Genre
In the Desert, soprano, flute, marimba, temple blocks (1973) [text: Stephen Crane]
Concerto for Active Frogs, 3 instr (perc + vn/va/vc/ob/sax/cl + bsn/trb/tuba/db), chorus, bass/bar. soloist and tape (1974)
Three Motion Atmospheres, brass quintet (1974)
Memnon, harp sextet (1976)
Lights Breaks Where No Sun Shines, chamber chorus and 2 percussionists (1977) [text: Dylan Thomas]
Metamorphosis, picc/flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trombone, harp and percussion (1977)
Quadratura Circuli, electronic tape (1978)
The Sea and the Honeycomb, soprano, picc/fl, cl/bs cl, piano and 2 percussionist (1979) [text: A. Machado]
Rite of the Black Sun, percussion quartet (1980)
After a Dammit to Hell, bassoon (1982)
Planxty Bowerbird, harp and electronics (1982)
Eurydice is Dead, dance piece, electronic tape (1983)
Lamentation/Invocation, baritone, clarinet, cello and harp (1984) [text: Edwin Honig]
Noh Reflections, string trio (1985)
Strange Attractors, orchestra (1987)
I Am an American . . . My Government Will Reward You, harp, electronics and live electronics (1988)
Telluris theoria sacra, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (1989)
Waltz for Quintet, flute, violin, viola, cello and piano (1989)
Bouquet of a Phantom Orchestra, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1990)
Top Hat on a Locomotive, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1990)
Superstrings and Curved Space, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1990)
Dish, soprano, elec. violin, percussion, elec. bass and piano (1990) [text: Jessica Hagedorn]
Tastes Funny Hunny, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1992)
Blue Harp Study No. 1, electronic tape (1992)
Blue Harp Study No. 2, electronic tape (1992)
The E. & O. Line, opera (1993)
Story of My Angel, female chorus and piano with live electronics (1993)
Southern Ephemera, flute, cello, harmonic canon and surrogate kithara (1993)
Devil in the Belfry, violin and piano (1993)
Blue Calls Set You Free, opera (1994)
Southern Ephemera, orchestra (1994)
Rhythms, dance piece, tape (1994)
Sukey, string quartet (1994)
Solar Music, flute and harp (1994)
Christmas Lights, mezzo-soprano, violin (or flute) and harp (1994) [text: Anne LeBaron] [also instrumental version]
Mambo, 2 orchestras and brass quintet (1995)
Lasting Impressions, orchestra, narrator and/or actors (1995)
Double Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra (2 harps, one player) (1995)
Sachamama, flute and electronics (1995)
Croak (The Last Frog), opera (1996)
American Icons, orchestra, piano and organ (1996)
Green Card, trpt, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1997)
Chasing Dragonflies, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1997)
Sukey and the Mermaid, string quartet, children’s choir and narrator (1998)
Nightmare, male chorus and piano (1999) [text: Maggie Anderson]
Bondice Ripper, clarinet/bass clar, electric harp and electronic tape (1999)
Pope Joan, opera (2000)
Traces of Mississippi, chorus, children’s chorus, gospel soloist with  pianist, 2 poets/narrators and 2 rappers (2000)
Is Money Money, soprano, cl, bs cl, vln, va, vc and set of 6 call bells (2000) [text: Gertrude Stein]
Sauger, trombone and electronics (2001)
Hsing, harp (2002)
Fleeting Shades, klezmer band and orchestra (2003)
Inner Voice, doublebass and electronics (2003)
Transfiguration, soprano, flute, harp and percussion (2003) [text: Djuna Barnes]
The Left Side of Time, trombone and interactive  electronics (MAX / MSP) (2004)
Some Thoughts, soprano, flute and harp; or soprano and piano (2004)
Wet, opera (2005)
Sucktion, opera (2008)
Phantasmagoriettas, opera excerpts (2007) [from the opera "Cresent City", 2007-10, in progress)
Way of Light, trumpet, video and audio (2006; also for flute, video and audio, 2008)
Los Murmullos, piano (2006)
Four, violin (2009)
The Silent Steppe Cantata, tenor, children's chorus and orchestra (2010)
Cresent City, opera (2007-10, in progress)
    - Phantasmagoriettas, opera excerpts (2007)


WORKS BY GENRE                                                            LeBaron Links     ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Concerto for Active Frogs, 3 instr (perc + vn/va/vc/ob/sax/cl + bsn/trb/tuba/db), chorus, bass/bar. soloist and tape (1974)
The E. & O. Line, opera (1993)
Blue Calls Set You Free, opera (1994)
Croak (The Last Frog), opera (1996)
Pope Joan, opera (2000)
    - I. To Those Who Shall Discover Me
    - II. After Love
    - III. Hymn
    - IV. Elegy
    - V. Sestina of Visions
Wet, opera (2005)
Sucktion, opera (2008)
Cresent City, opera (2007-10, in progress)
    - Phantasmagoriettas, opera excerpts (2007)

Dance
Eurydice is Dead, dance piece, electronic tape (1983)
Rhythms, dance piece, tape (1994)
Bondice Ripper, clarinet/bass clar, electric harp and electronic tape (1999)

Orchestra
Strange Attractors, orchestra (1987)
Southern Ephemera, orchestra (1994)
Mambo, 2 orchestras and brass quintet (1995)
Lasting Impressions, orchestra, narrator and/or actors (1995)
American Icons, orchestra, piano and organ (1996)

Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Double Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra (2 harps, one player) (1995)
Fleeting Shades, klezmer band and orchestra (2003)

Chorus w/Orchestra
Traces of Mississippi, chorus, children’s chorus, gospel soloist with  pianist, 2 poets/narrators and 2 rappers (2000)
The Silent Steppe Cantata, tenor, children's chorus and orchestra (2010)

Choral
Concerto for Active Frogs, 3 instr (perc + vn/va/vc/ob/sax/cl + bsn/trb/tuba/db), chorus, bass/bar. soloist and tape (1974)
Lights Breaks Where No Sun Shines, chamber chorus and 2 percussionists (1977) [text: Dylan Thomas]
Story of My Angel, female chorus and piano with live electronics (1993)
Nightmare, male chorus and piano (1999) [text: Maggie Anderson]

Chamber
Concerto for Active Frogs, 3 instr (perc + vn/va/vc/ob/sax/cl + bsn/trb/tuba/db), chorus, bass/bar. soloist and tape (1974)
Three Motion Atmospheres, brass quintet (1974)
Memnon, harp sextet (1976)
Metamorphosis, picc/flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trombone, harp and percussion (1977)
Rite of the Black Sun, percussion quartet (1980)
Noh Reflections, string trio (1985)
Telluris theoria sacra, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (1989)
Waltz for Quintet, flute, violin, viola, cello and piano (1989)
Southern Ephemera, flute, cello, harmonic canon and surrogate kithara (1993)
Devil in the Belfry, violin and piano (1993)
Sukey, string quartet (1994)
Solar Music, flute and harp (1994)
Sukey and the Mermaid, string quartet, children’s choir and narrator (1998)

Chamber Works written for the Anne LeBaron Quintet
Bouquet of a Phantom Orchestra, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1990)
Top Hat on a Locomotive, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1990)
Superstrings and Curved Space, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1990)
Tastes Funny Hunny, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1992)
Green Card, trpt, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1997)
Chasing Dragonflies, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1997)

Percussion
In the Desert, soprano, flute, marimba, temple blocks (1973) [text: Stephen Crane]
Concerto for Active Frogs, 3 instr (perc + vn/va/vc/ob/sax/cl + bsn/trb/tuba/db), chorus, bass/bar. soloist and tape (1974)
Lights Breaks Where No Sun Shines, chamber chorus and 2 percussionists (1977) [text: Dylan Thomas]
Metamorphosis, picc/flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trombone, harp and percussion (1977)
The Sea and the Honeycomb, soprano, picc/fl, cl/bs cl, piano and 2 percussionist (1979) [text: A. Machado]
Rite of the Black Sun, percussion quartet (1980)
Telluris theoria sacra, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (1989)
Bouquet of a Phantom Orchestra, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1990)
Top Hat on a Locomotive, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1990)
Superstrings and Curved Space, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1990)
Dish, soprano, elec. violin, percussion, elec. bass and piano (1990) [text: Jessica Hagedorn]
Tastes Funny Hunny, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1992)
Green Card, trpt, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1997)
Chasing Dragonflies, trumpet, tuba, elec. guitar, percussion and harp (1997)
Is Money Money, soprano, cl, bs cl, vln, va, vc and set of 6 call bells (2000) [text: Gertrude Stein]
Transfiguration, soprano, flute, harp and percussion (2003) [text: Djuna Barnes]

Solo Instrument
After a Dammit to Hell, bassoon (1982)
Planxty Bowerbird, harp and electronics (1982)
I Am an American . . . My Government Will Reward You, harp, electronics and live electronics (1988)
Sachamama, flute and electronics (1995)
Sauger, trombone and electronics (2001)
Hsing, harp (2002)
Inner Voice, doublebass and electronics (2003)
The Left Side of Time, trombone and interactive  electronics (MAX / MSP) (2004)
Way of Light, trumpet, video and audio (2006; also for flute, video and audio, 2008)
Four, violin (2009)

Piano
Los Murmullos, piano (2006)

Vocal
In the Desert, soprano, flute, marimba, temple blocks (1973) [text: Stephen Crane]
The Sea and the Honeycomb, soprano, picc/fl, cl/bs cl, piano and 2 percussionist (1979) [text: A. Machado]
Lamentation/Invocation, baritone, clarinet, cello and harp (1984) [text: Edwin Honig]
Dish, soprano, elec. violin, percussion, elec. bass and piano (1990) [text: Jessica Hagedorn]
Christmas Lights, mezzo-soprano, violin (or flute) and harp (1994) [text: Anne LeBaron] [also instrumental version]
Is Money Money, soprano, cl, bs cl, vln, va, vc and set of 6 call bells (2000) [text: Gertrude Stein]
Transfiguration, soprano, flute, harp and percussion (2003) [text: Djuna Barnes]
Some Thoughts, soprano, flute and harp; or soprano and piano (2004)

Electronic
Concerto for Active Frogs, 3 instr (perc + vn/va/vc/ob/sax/cl + bsn/trb/tuba/db), chorus, bass/bar. soloist and tape (1974)
Quadratura Circuli, electronic tape (1978)
Planxty Bowerbird, harp and electronics (1982)
Eurydice is Dead, dance piece, electronic tape (1983)
I Am an American . . . My Government Will Reward You, harp, electronics and live electronics (1988)
Blue Harp Study No. 1, electronic tape (1992)
Blue Harp Study No. 2, electronic tape (1992)
Story of My Angel, female chorus and piano with live electronics (1993)
Rhythms, dance piece, tape (1994)
Sachamama, flute and electronics (1995)
Bondice Ripper, clarinet/bass clar, electric harp and electronic tape (1999)
Sauger, trombone and electronics (2001)
Inner Voice, doublebass and electronics (2003)
The Left Side of Time, trombone and interactive  electronics (MAX / MSP) (2004)
Way of Light, trumpet, video and audio (2006; also for flute, video and audio, 2008)

LEBARON  LINKS                                                            Works by Genre      ~ top of page ~
Composer Portrait: Anne LeBaron (Judy Lochhead, IAWM Journal)
Composer Tunes Into Aural Universe (Victoria Looseleaf, Los Angeles Times)
Reflections of Surrealism in Postmodern Musics (Anne LeBaron)
Salt and Honeybees - Anne LeBaron (Andra McCartney, cec.concordia.ca)
Situating Anne LeBaron (Judy Lochhead, New World Records)
What Do You Feel Should Be the Requirements for a Composer to Be Included in Grove? (Anne LeBaron, NewMusicBox)

Composer's website        . . . contact Anne LeBaron: alebaron@calarts.edu

LeBaron @ Wikipedia
LeBaron @ All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music (Vladimir Bogdanov, et al, Hal Leonard)
LeBaron @ Alpert Awards
LeBaron @ American Composers Forum
LeBaron @ American Composers Orchestra
LeBaron @ Answers.com
LeBaron @ California Institute of the Arts
LeBaron @ Cristin Wildbolz
LeBaron @ Dilettante Music
LeBaron @ The Ensemble Sospeso
LeBaron @ Facebook
LeBaron @ Innova Records
LeBaron @ InstantEncore
LeBaron @ LinkedIn
LeBaron @ Lucky Psychic Hut
LeBaron @ Meet the Composer
LeBaron @ Mode Records    also     here
LeBaron @ MSN Music
LeBaron @ MySpaceMusic
LeBaron @ The New York Times
LeBaron @ The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers (Julie Anne Sadie, W.W. Norton)
LeBaron @ The Opera of Timur
LeBaron @ Pennsylvannia Council on the Arts
LeBaron @ Primavera Festival
LeBaron @ Unsung: A History of Women in American Music (Christine Ammer, Hal Leonard)
LeBaron @ Yaddo

Publisher
LeBaron @ Golden Croak Music (GCM), 25315 Via Brasa, Valencia, CA 91355 [ph: 661-312-9225]

Streaming Audio
LeBaron @ Composer's website
LeBaron @ KUSC Podcasts (July 31, 2010)
LeBaron @ last.fm
LeBaron @ MySpaceMusic
LeBaron @ Rhapsody

Recordings
LeBaron @ ArkivMusic
LeBaron @ ClassicsOnline    also     here
LeBaron @ Discogs
LeBaron @ Innova Records
LeBaron @ Mode Records     also     here
LeBaron @ New World Records

Video
LeBaron @ YouTube
LeBaron @ Google Video
LeBaron @ Vimeo
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