Augusta Read Thomas

Augusta Read Thomas ( born April 24, 1964 in Glen Cove / New York) is an American composer and music educator.

Thomas studied at Northwestern University, Yale University and the Royal Academy of Music in London. From 1993 to 2001 she taught at the Eastman School of Music, after which they had to 2006, the Wyatt Professor of Music at Northwestern University held. In addition, they were several summer courses at the Tanglewood Music Center. From 1997 to 2006 she was composer -in-residence of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2009 she was the director of the Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood. In the same year she was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Thomas has composed orchestral works and chamber music, choral works and several ballets. She was, inter alia, Prizes and awards the Siemens Foundation in Munich, the ASCAP, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Koussevitzky Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts. In 2007 she was with the composition Astral Canticle one of two finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Music.

Works

• Vigil, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, 1990
• Meditation, Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, 1990, 1995
• Chant for Cello and Piano, 1991, 2002
• Incantation for Violin, 1995
• Spring Song for Cello, 1995
• The Rub of Love for mixed choir, 1995
• Words of the Sea for orchestra, 1995-96
• Alleluia for chorus S.A.T.B., 1996
• Psalm 91: verses 11 for choir, 1996
• Piano Etudes, 1996, 2003, 2005
• Spirit Musings for violin and chamber orchestra, 1997
• Love Songs for mixed choir, 1997
• Orbital Beacons, Concerto for Orchestra, 1998
• Ceremonial for Orchestra, 1999
• Ritual Incantations for cello and chamber orchestra, 1999
• Passion Prayers for Cello and six instruments, 1999
• Fugitive Star for String Quartet, 1999-2000
• Sun Threads for String Quartet, 1999-2002
• Aurora for piano and chamber orchestra, 2000
• Ring Out, Wild Bells, to the Wild Sky for Siopran, chorus and orchestra ( text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson ), 2000
• Song in Sorrow for soprano, chorus and orchestra, 2000
• A circle around the sun ... ... for Piano Trio, 2000
• Bells ring buzzer for Cello, 2000
• Invocations for string quartet, 2000
• Ring, Flourish, Blaze! Fanfare for Wind Ensemble, 2000
• Among dawn flowers for soprano and piano, 2001
• Around Midnight variation for piano, 2001
• Daylight Divine for soprano, children's choir and chamber orchestra ( text by Gerard Manley Hopkins ), 2001
• Prayer Bells for Orchestra, 2001
• Eagle at Sunrise for string quartet, 2001
• Murmurs in the Mist of Memory for 11 solo strings, in 2001
• Rumi Settings for violin and viola, 2001
• Magnetic Fireflies for for high school band, 2001
• Chanting to Paradise for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra, 2002
• In My Sky at Twilight for soprano and chamber orchestra, 2002
• Light the First Light of Evening for orchestra, 2002
• Sunlight Echoes for orchestra, 2002
• Train Work for Orchestra, 2002
• Rise Chanting for string quartet, 2002
• Chanting to Paradise for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra, 2002
• Four Basho Settings for women's choir, 2002
• In My Sky at Twilight for soprano and chamber orchestra, 2002
• Tangle for orchestra, 2003
• Canticle Weaving, Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, 2003
• Bubble: Rainbow ( spirit level ) for soprano and ensemble (text by Elizabeth Bishop and Emily Dickinson ), 2003
• Pulsar for Violin, 2003
• Galaxy Dances for Orchestra, 2004
• Gathering Paradise for soprano and orchestra ( text by Emily Dickinson ), 2004
• Shakin ' for orchestra, 2004
• Silver Chants the Litanies, in memoriam Luciano Berio, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, 2004
• Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour for chamber ensemble, mezzo-soprano and countertenor (Text Wallace Stone ), 2004
• Prairie Sketches I: Diamonds on Velvet Orchid for soprano and ensemble, 2004
• Rush for Violin, 2004
• Sun Songs - Three Micro operas for mezzo-soprano and three percussionists, 2004
• Fruit Of My Spirit for mixed choir, 2004
• Purple Syllables for mixed choir, 2004
• Dancing Galaxy for band, 2004
• The Rewaking for male chorus, 2005
• Astral Canticle, Double Concerto for Flute, Violin and Orchestra, 2005
• Credences of Summer for Orchestra, 2005
• Caprice for violin, 2005
• Carillon Sky for violin or saxophone and chamber ensemble, 2005
• D (i) agon (as ) for clarinet, 2005
• Memory: Swells for guitar duo, 2005
• Moon Jig for Violin, Cello and Piano, 2005
• Traces for piano, 2005
• Helios Choros, Ballet Triptych, 2006-07
• Prayer and Celebration for Orchestra, 2006
• Love Twitters for piano, 2006
• Prayer and Celebration for Strings, 2006
• Silent Moon for violin and viola, 2006
• Dancing Helix Rituals for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, 2007
• Toft Serenade for Violin and Piano, 2006
• Threads Dream, Ballet, 2007
• Terpsichore 's Dream, ballet for chamber orchestra, 2007
• Cantos for Slava for Cello and Piano, 2007
• Dancing Helix Rituals for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, 2007
• Eurythmy Etude for Piano, 2007
• Scat for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano, 2007
• Scherzi Musicali for two trumpets, horn and trombone, 2007
• Juggler of Day for Women's Choir ( text by Emily Dickinson ), 2007
• Euterpe 's Caprice for Flute, 2008
• Absolute Ocean for soprano or mezzo- soprano, harp and orchestra ( text by EE Cummings ), 2008
• Violin Concerto # 3: " Juggler in Paradise ", 2008
• Ballade ( subtitle: " Weaving Skyward " ) for piano, 2008
• Dreamcatcher for Viola or Violin, 2008
• Capricious Angels for eight musicians, 2009
• Jubilee for orchestra, 2010
• Of Paradise and Light for orchestra, 2010
• Radiant Circles for orchestra, 2010
• Jeu D' Esprit for two trumpets, 2010
• Flash for mixed chorus and orchestra ( text by Gerard Manley Hopkins ), 2011
• Floating Temples for mixed choir and orchestra ( text by Gerard Manley Hopkins and Matsuo Basho ), 2011
• Mansueto Tribute, "double helix " for violins, 2011
• Pilgrim Soul for English horn and two violins, 2011

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• American composer
• Music teacher
• Born in 1964
• Woman