Benjamin C.S. Boyle
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[edit] Overview
Benjamin C.S. Boyle (born September 1, 1979 in Monterey, California) is an American composer, pianist, and music theorist.
His compositional output includes opera, orchestral music, chamber music, choral music, art songs, and works for piano. Notable performances include the premiere of Dr. Boyle's Concerto for Organ and Orchestra by Hope College Orchestra with organist Huw Lewis, conducted by Richard Piippo in November 2007. In May 2005, Bachanalia Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Lande, premiered the Cantata To One in Paradise for string orchestra and four vocal soloists at Merkin Hall in New York . He has been commissioned by many major performing groups including The Crossing Choir, conducted by Donald Nally. He has written for many talented soloists including cellists Scott Kluksdahl and Efe Baltacigil, harpist Emmanuel Ceysson, pianists Chu-Fang Huang and Magdalena Baczewska, soprano Véronique Chevallier, baritone James Rogers, violinist Emil Chudnovsky and many others. He has worked with conductors Mark Shapiro, Lance Friedel, Sarah Hicks, and Richard Piippo. Dr. Boyle is represented by Young Concert Artists, Inc.[1] His music is published by Rassel Editions.[2]
His formative studies in composition, harmony, counterpoint, and analysis were under the guidance of Dr. Philip Lasser of the Juilliard School and Director of the EAMA Music Programs at L’Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.[3] He was trained in the method of Nadia Boulanger and continues to build on her pedagogic foundation through both his compositional and theoretical activies.
At the age of 25, Dr. Boyle was the youngest person ever to receive a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in Composition, after completing a M.M. from The Peabody Conservatory and a B.M. from the University of South Florida where he studied piano with Robert Helps. Past composition teachers of his include Narcis Bonet, David del Tredici, Christopher Theofanidis, Samuel Adler, Lukas Foss, Jay Reise and Nicholas Maw.
Reviews of Dr. Boyle's music have been published in The Washington Post[4], The New York Times[5] [6], The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Times [7], The New York Concert Review, and many other publications.
[edit] List of Works
[edit] Opera
A Call to Arms (2000)
[edit] Orchestral
Concerto for Organ and Orchestra for organ and large orchestra (2007)
Cantata: To One in Paradise, Opus 8 for string orchestra, choir, & soloists (2005)
Ophelia, Opus 5 for soprano and large orchestra (2004)
Andante nobile for large orchestra and choir (2000)
[edit] Choral
Lo, how a rose e’er blooming for choir and organ (2006)
I Will Sing to the Lord for choir and organ (2005)
Splendor and Honor for choir and organ (2004)
Arise, Shine, for your light has come for choir and organ (2003)
Ave Maria No. 2 for choir - TTBB (2003)
The Lamentations of Jeremiah for choir - SATBarBass (2003)
Ave Maria No. 1 for choir - SATB (2002)
Mass in F for choir and organ (2002)
[edit] Chamber Music
Suite Sylvanesque for solo harp (2006)
Sonata for violoncello and piano (2005)
Sonata-Fantasy, Opus 7 for violin and piano (2003)
Kreutzer Concert Variations, Opus 6 for violin and piano (2003)
String Quartet (2003)
Trio No. 5 for violin, viola & piano (2001)
Trio No. 4 for violin, viola & piano (2000)
[edit] Piano
Impromptu and Arabesque (2007)
Ballade (2004)
Three Preludes (2003)
Fantasy for two pianos (2003)
Variations on a Theme by Chopin (2002)
[edit] Art Songs
Le passage des rêves (Valéry) (2007)
Trois Chansons (Baudelaire) (2002)
Lenoriana, Opus 4 (E.A.Poe) (2002)
Quartre Chansons (Baudelaire) (2000)
Ophelia, Opus 3 (Shakespeare) (2000)
[edit] Transcriptions
Zigeunerlieder of Johannes Brahms for solo violin and string orchestra (2004)
Novelettes of Francis Poulenc for string orchestra (2004)
Selected Mazurkas of Frederic Chopin for string quartet (2003)
[edit] External Links
benjamincsboyle.com Composer's Website
Rassel Editions Music Publisher
Young Concert Artists Representing Agent's Biography page
European American Musical Alliance Summer Music Program in Paris
