The College of Music is pleased to present Housewright Eminent Scholar Libby Larsen, composer, in recital on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in Opperman Music Hall.
Libby Larsen (b. 24 December 1950, Wilmington, Delaware) is one of America’s most performed living composers. She has created a catalogue of over 400 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate vocal and chamber music to massive orchestral works and over twelve operas. Grammy Award winning and widely recorded, ... view more »
The College of Music is pleased to present Housewright Eminent Scholar Libby Larsen, composer, in recital on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in Opperman Music Hall.
Libby Larsen (b. 24 December 1950, Wilmington, Delaware) is one of America’s most performed living composers. She has created a catalogue of over 400 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate vocal and chamber music to massive orchestral works and over twelve operas. Grammy Award winning and widely recorded, including over fifty CD’s of her work, she is constantly sought after for commissions and premieres by major artists, ensembles, and orchestras around the world, and has established a permanent place for her works in the concert repertory.
As a vigorous, articulate advocate for the music and musicians of our time, in 1973 Larsen co-founded the Minnesota Composers Forum, now the American Composer’s Forum, which has become an invaluable aid for composers in a transitional time for American arts. A former holder of the Papamarkou Chair at John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress, Larsen has also held residencies with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Charlotte Symphony and the Colorado Symphony.
The program will include the following works by Larsen:
Fanfare for the Women
O Mgnum Mysterium
Today, This Spring
Circular Rondo
Cowboy Songs
Holy Roller
Slang
Featured Performers:
Jonathan Holden, clarinet
Ben Sung, Violin
Katherine Weintraub, saxophone
Deloise Lima, piano
Valerie M. Trujillo, piano
Jihye Chang Sung, piano
Rebecca Walenz, trumpet
Bailey Hilgren, oboe
Justin Lindley, guitar
Carol Anne Osborne, soprano
FSU Choral Union, featuring soloists Hannah Valdez, soprano; Cara Young, alto; Braeden Ayres, tenor; and Samuel Carlton, bass
Jeremy Wiggins and Brandon Waddles, conductors
This event is free and open to the public.
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