Louis Karchin
Louis Karchin (born September 8, 1951), is an American composer, conductor and educator. He co-founded the Chamber Players of the League-ISCM, the Orchestra of the League of Composers, and the Harvard Group for New Music.
Karchin was born in Philadelphia and now lives in Short Hills, New Jersey. He is Professor of Music at New York University. Karchin received his B.M. from the Eastman School and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. His chamber opera ROMULUS, a setting the Dumas play, was premiered at Works & Process at the Guggenheim in May 2007 "[1] and subsequently issued on a Naxos CD.
Selected compositions
- Karchin's music is published by C.F. Peters and the American Composers Alliance.
- Evocations (2010) clarinet and percussion
- Chamber Symphony (2009)
- Three Epigrams for piano (2008) compilation of Celebration, Expressions, and Upheavals
- The Gods of Winter (2006) Poetry by Dana Gioia for baritone and chamber ensemble
- Chesapeake Festival Overture (2006) for orchestra. Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation at Harvard for the Chesapeake Symphony and the Alba Music Festival (Italy).
- Rhapsody (2005) for violin and piano
- Orpheus (2003) A masque for baritone, chamber ensemble and dancers. Poetry by Stanley Kunitz
- Quartet for Percussion (2000) Commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation of the Library of Congress for the Talujon Percussion Quartet
- American Visions: Two Songs on Poems of Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1998) Heckscher Foundation Award, 1999
- String Quartet No. 2 (1995)
- Rustic Dances (1995) violin, clarinet and marimba
- Sonata da Camera (1995) for violin and piano
- Ricercare (1992) violin, unaccompanied
- Galactic Folds (1992) for chamber ensemble
- String Quartet (1991)
- Romulus, an opera in one act, based on a play by Alexander Dumas (1990, rev. 2005) Prizewinner, National Opera Association, 1990 Chamber Opera Competition
- Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1990)
- Songs of Distance and Light (1988) for soprano and chamber ensemble. Poetry by Elizabeth Bishop and Jennifer Rose
- Five Songs on Poems of Sue Standing (1985)
- Songs of John Keats (1984) for soprano and chamber ensemble
- Viola Variations for viola and piano (1981)
- Capriccio (1977) for violin and seven instruments. First prize winner, New Music Consort Competition, 1981
- Fantasy for violin or viola solo (1972)
Selected Recordings
- Romulus an opera in one act. (Naxos 8.669030) Katrina Thurman, Steven Ebel, Thomas Meglioranza, Wilbur Pauley, Washington Square Ensemble, Karchin conducting.
- Matrix: Music of Louis Karchin. Albany Records (Troy 895); Roethke Songs, Fanfare/Pavane, Fanfare for Marty, Voyages, Quartet for Percussion, Plaint, Matrix and Dream - poem of Paul Auster
- Orpheus and Other Vocal Works. Albany Records (Troy 770)
- American Visions New World Records (NW-80583) Rustic Dances, American Visions: Two Songs on Poems of Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Cascades, Sonata da camera, A Way Separate…, String Quartet #2
- Music of Louis Karchin New World/CRI (NWCR739) Galactic Folds, Songs of Distance and Light, Ricercare, Sonata for Violoncello and Piano
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