James Matheson (1970- )
Brooklyn-based composer James Matheson has rapidly emerged as one of the most distinctive, vital, and creative musical voices of his generation. Among his commissions are works for the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, the Chicago and Albany Symphony Orchestras, Carnegie Hall and the Borromeo String Quartet. In December 2007, the Los Angeles Philharmonic presented the West Coast Premiere of Matheson's Songs of Desire, Love and Loss, which was commissioned by Carnegie Hall and premiered in October, 2004 as part of Dawn Upshaw's Perspectives series. His music has been featured at the Ravinia Festival, MATA Festival, Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music and LA's "Monday Evening Concerts" series, and performed by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, the Orion Ensemble, Antares, Ensemble X, and The Ambassador Duo among others. In addition to the Guggenheim, Matheson has received fellowships and awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (the Charles Ives Award in 2011, the Goddard Lieberson Fellowship in 2008 and the Hinrichsen Award in 2002), the Bogliasco and Sage Foundations, ASCAP, and the Robbins Prize. From 2005-2007, Matheson was Executive Director of the MATA Festival of New Music in New York, which commissions and performs the work of young composers who are making their entry into professional musical life. Matheson has held residencies at Yaddo and the Liguria Study Center, and has been a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.COMPOSITIONS Matheson Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
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WORKS BY GENRE Matheson Links ~ top of page ~
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Dramatic/Theater
Orchestra
Gliss (1999) for orchestra 12’
River, River, River (2001) for orchestra 10’
Colonnade (2003) for chamber orchestra 18’
Umbras and Illuminations (2004) for orchestra 20’
Sharp Objects (2008) for string orchestra without basses 5' [suitable for intermediate- to advanced-level students]
True South (2010) for small orchestra 16'
Four Fanfares (2011) for large orchestra 2'
Band
Burn (2001) for Wind Ensemble 9’
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Sleep (1997) concerto for violin and chamber orchestra 25’
The Paces (2003) for piano and chamber orchestra 20’
Violin Concerto (2011) for violin and large orchestra 25’
Choral
Cradle Songs, chorus (2008) [text: William Blake] [suitable for performance by intermediate-level student chorus]
Chamber
Nonet (1990) for mixed ensemble 9’
Spin (1998) for string quartet 13’
Falling (2000) for piano trio 13’
Buzz (2001) for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano 7’
The Anatomy of Melancholy (2008) for Bb clarinet, violin, 'cello and piano 16'
Quartet for Oboe and Strings (2008) for oboe, violin, viola and cello 11'
Fault Lines (2009) for piano, violin, viola and cello 10'
Borromean Rings (2010) for piano, 2 violins, viola and cello 20'
Instrument and Piano
Pull (1995) for alto saxophone and piano 6’
Contact (2005) for alto saxophone and piano 14’
Violin Sonata (2007) for violin and piano 16'
Solo Instrument
La Seine (2007) for English horn (also arr. for Alto Saxophone) 4'
Piano
Pound (1999) for piano solo 11’
On Spaces (2007) for piano six hands 4' suitable for performance by intermediate- to advanced-level students
Vocal
Songs of Desire, Love and Loss (7 songs), soprano and chamber ensemble (2004) [text: Alan Dugan]
MATHESON LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
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Composer James Matheson Wins $200,000 Charles Ives Award (American Academy of Arts and Letters)
Composer's website . . . contact James Matheson: here
Matheson @ Wikipedia
Matheson @ American Composers Forum
Matheson @ American Composers Orchestra
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Matheson @ Answers.com
Matheson @ Art + Culture
Matheson @ Art of the States/http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/compbio.pl?compname=ziporynevan
Matheson @ Classic Cat
Matheson @ Classical Archives
Matheson @ Classical Composers Database
Matheson @ Classical Music Pages
Matheson @ Classical Net
Matheson @ ClassicsToday
Matheson @ composition:today/ http://www.compositiontoday.com/composers/a.asp
Matheson @ Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers
Matheson @ Facebook
Matheson @ Grawemeyer Awards
Matheson @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Matheson @ IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library
Matheson @ InstantEncore
Matheson @ LinkedIn
Matheson @ Los Angeles Philharmonic
Matheson @ Modern Classical / http://www.modernclassical.com/20tha.html
Matheson @ Monday Evening Concerts
Matheson @ MSN Music
Matheson @ Music Academy Online
Matheson @ MusicWeb International
Matheson @ musicianguide.com
Matheson @ MySpaceMusic
Matheson @ Naxos
Matheson @ The New York Times
Matheson @ NNDB
Matheson @ W.W. Norton
Matheson @ Piano Society [Bolcom; Bowles; William Duckworth; Dutilleux; Heino Eller; Mompou; Respighi; Rodrigo; Turina
Matheson @ REC Music Foundation /The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Matheson @ US Opera/ http://www.usopera.com/composers/
http://pipl.com/directory/
http://www.musicsage.org
X @ Big Bands Database Plus / http://nfo.net/sitemap.html
Publisher
Matheson @ Composer's website/publisher listings
Matheson @ C.F. Peters
Matheson @ Theodore Presser
Streaming Audio
Matheson @ Composer's website - check under individual work listings
Matheson @ Classical Archives
Matheson @ last.fm
Matheson @ MySpaceMusic
Matheson @ NPRmusic
Matheson @ PRX (Public Radio Exchange)/ http://www.prx.org/
Matheson @ Rhapsody.com
Matheson @ SoundCloud
Recordings
Matheson @ Composer's website
Matheson @ Amazon.com
Matheson @ ArkivMusic
Matheson @ CD Baby
Matheson @ CD Universe
Matheson @ ClassicsOnline
Matheson @ Discogs
Video
Matheson @ YouTube
Matheson @ Google Video
Matheson @ Vimeo
Composer on Composer: On Composing (streaming audio)
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