Harold Farberman

Harold Farberman ( born November 2, 1929 in New York City ) is an American conductor and composer.

Farberman comes from a family of musicians. His father played in the 1920s drums in Schleomke Becker Mans Klezmer Band, his brother is a drummer, and his first drum teacher Irving Farberman was a cousin. After completing his studies at the Juilliard School of Music in 1951, he was a drummer in the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Farberman was until 1963 a member of the orchestra. In this time he studied composition at the New England Conservatory of Music. By his first composition evolution, a work for soprano, horn and seven percussionists, Aaron Copland became aware of him and invited him in 1955 as a composition student to Tanglewood. For the Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Viola and Cello in 1957 he received the first prize at the New England Composer's Competition, with the Greek scene in 1957, he represented the United States at an international symposium in Paris composers.

In addition to training at Copland Farberman also visited the conducting class of Eleazar de Carvalho. From 1963 he was Chief Conductor of the Colorado Springs and the Oakland Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Denver Symphony Orchestra and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta. As a guest conductor he conducted renowned orchestras in Europe, Asia and Australia.

For his commitment to the music of Charles Ives ' awarded him the Academy of Arts and Letters of the Ives Medal. Farberman founded the Conductors Guild and the Conductors Institute, an international training center for young conductors.

Works

  • Evolution for soprano, horn and percussion, 1953
  • Variations for Percussion with Piano, 1954
  • Variations on a Familiar Theme for seven percussionists, 1955
  • Symphony No.. 1, 1957
  • Greek scene for mezzo-soprano, piano and percussion, 1957 or for mezzo- soprano and orchestra, 1958
  • Music Inn Suite for Drum Set, Timpani and Percussion, 1958
  • Medea, chamber opera, libretto by William Van Lennep, 1961
  • August 30, 1964 for mezzo-soprano, piano and percussion, 1964
  • Elegy, Fanfare and March for Orchestra, 1964
  • Medea Suite for Orchestra, 1963, for mezzo- soprano and orchestra, 1965
  • There's Us, There's Them Together? for orchestra and solo jazz ensemble, 1967
  • Alea or Game Of Chance for percussion ensemble, 1967
  • If Music Be for jazz soloist / Narrator, Rock Band, trumpet or alto sax, 1969
  • The Lindsey Swing or Fun City for soprano, baritone and ensemble, 1971
  • The Losers, opera, libretto by Barbara Fried, 1971
  • Swinging A's victory March for chorus and orchestra, 1972
  • War Cry on a Prayer Feather, song cycle for soprano and baritone, 1975
  • Great American Cowboy Suite for Orchestra, 1979
  • Combinations for six percussionists, 1984
  • " A" Train, for solo marimba, 1985
  • A Play with Music, libretto by Laurence Luckinbill, for soprano, alto, baritone, bass, and instrumental ensemble, 1986
  • A Summer's Day in Central Park, A musical portrait for orchestra, 1987
  • The Princess of singer / storyteller and percussionist, 1989
  • The Dancers Suite for Jazz Percussion Ensemble, 1990
  • Ground Zero Paradiddle for jazz percussion ensemble with timpani, 1990
  • Little Boy / Girl and the Tree Branch for narrator and orchestra, 2001
  • Song Of Eddie, Opera, 2003-04
  • Diamond Street, Chamber Opera, 2009

Swell

  • Cortelu Music - Harold Farberman
  • Bard College - The Conductors Institute - Harold Farberman
  • American composer
  • Conductor
  • Born in 1929
  • Man
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