Nancy Van de Vate
Nancy Van de Vate ( born December 30, 1930 in Plainfield, New Jersey) is an American composer.
Life
Nancy Van de Vate was trained in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music and music theory at Wellesley College Bachelor of Arts. Your master's degree in music composition she graduated from the University of Mississippi and a doctorate in music composition at Florida State University. This was followed by further studies of electronic music at Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire.
De Vate was particularly known for their compositions for large orchestra. She was a faculty member at eleven universities and colleges in the United States and also at the Jakarta Conservatory ( Yayasan Pendidikan music) in Indonesia. Nancy Van de Vate Today teaches music composition at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna.
The premiere of her opera, Im Westen nichts Neues (All Quiet on the Western Front) took place in 2003 in Osnabrück instead. The work was taken up by the New York City Opera in their program in May 2003. In January 2005 her new chamber opera, Where the Cross Is Made, based on a play by Eugene O'Neill, of the National Opera Association (USA) as part of its international biennial competition for new chamber operas, award-winning. An abridged version was presented in New York City. The entire opera was also in January 2006, at the 51st annual meeting of the National Opera Association in Ann Arbor (Michigan), listed.
Chernobyl is one of their so far 26 orchestral works, which was played in Vienna, Hamburg, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, the United States ( Chautauqua Festival) and in Maine (Portland Symphony Orchestra ). As part of a special concert there the Portland Symphony Orchestra played under the direction of Toshiyuki Shimada, February 25, 2006, the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Since its release in 1987 on CD Chernobyl is played by radio stations.
Van de Vate composed solo and chamber works for various instruments and ensembles, including the commissioned by the Vienna Mozart Year 2006 in order String Quartet No.. 2 and the Brass Quintet No.. 2: Variations on the "Streets of Laredo ", a work commissioned by the University of Mississippi for their Music Festival 2005.
As a speaker she participated in the World Music Council meeting in Los Angeles in part in October 2005. Since being awarded the Kyoto Prize for music she has worked as Nominatorin here. With her late husband, Clyde Smith, she founded in 1990 the CD - company Vienna Modern Masters, its president and artistic director she is.
Operas
Hamlet opera in five acts by William Shakespeare, published in 2009 in 2012 to VMM 4008 (3 CDs) with Alexander Kaimbacher, Timothy Schmidt, Steven Scheschareg, Konstantinides Klironomos, Jolene McCleland, Christopher Hollingsworth, Michelle Vought, Robert Wagner, Andres Alzate Gaviria and the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Petr Vronský
Where The Cross Is Made Opera in one act based on a play by Eugene O'Neill, 2003 Eng. 60 ', VM, UA 2005, Normal, IL, USA, Illinois State University Opera, conductor Karyl K. Carlson appeared on VMM 4006 with Christopher Hollingsworth, Clinton Desmond, Timothy Schmidth, Michelle Vought and the Illinois State University Chamber Orchestra under the direction by Karyl Carlson
All Quiet On The Western Front opera in three acts by Erich Maria Remarque, 1999, libretto English or German 100 ', VM, UA 2003, New York City Opera, NY, conductor George Manahan published in 2002 to VMM 4004 (2 CDs) with: Linda Healy plug, Martha Jane Howe, Joseph Krenmair, Dominic Natoli, Marek Olbrzymek, Evelyn Petros, Michael Polscer, Steven Scheschareg and the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Toshiyuki Shimada
Nemo: Beyond Vulkania Opera in four acts Libretto German, Allen & Nancy Van de Vate Cortes, 1995 120 ', VM, published in 2001 to VMM 4002 (2 CDs) with: Tomás Badura, Adriana Hlavsová, Jirí spills, Zoltán Korda, Andrea Kotulanová, Marek Olbrzymek, Milan Vleck, the Chorus Ars Brunensis under the leadership of Roman Válek and the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Toshiyuki Shimada
The ruler and the girl children's opera in one act, 1995 Libretto: Allen Cortes & Nancy Van de Vate, D: 30 ', VM, UA 21 June 1995 Theater Artist's House ( Children Sound Festival), Vienna, appeared in 1999 to VMM 4001 with: Charles Moulton, Claudia Franner, Josef Krenmair, Reinwald Kranner, Elke Eckerstorfer, Barbara Schuck, Amy Barber, under the direction of Werner Hackl
In The Shadow Of The Glen opera in one act, libretto by JM Synge's 1994 stage play, D: 44 ', VM, UA: 12 March 1999, Cambridge, MA, Donna Roll, cond; published in 2001 to VMM 4003: Michelle Vought, John Koch, Jack Delmore, Dominic Natoli and the Slowakischesrundfunkorchester headed by Jiri Mikula
The Death Of The Hired Man a folk opera for young actors on a poem by Robert Frost, 1958, rev.1998, D: 20 ', VM, UA: February 8, 1960 in Tupelo, Mississippi; published in 2001 to VMM 4003: Michelle Vought, John Koch, Kim Risinger, Greg Hamilton, William and Nancy Van de Vate Cuthbert