Clancy Newman

Clancy Newman (born 1977) is an American cellist and composer. In 2001 he won first place in the International Naumburg Competition,[1] and in 2004 he received an Avery Fisher Career Grant.[2]

Newman was born in Albany NY in 1977, to Australian parents. At six he began taking cello lessons, and at 12 he received his first significant public recognition when he won a gold medal at the Dandenong Festival in Australia, open to ages twenty-four and under.[3] Newman went on to attend the Columbia-Juilliard combined program, receiving a BA in English from Columbia and a Masters in Music from Juilliard. His teachers at Juilliard were Joel Krosnick and Harvey Shapiro.[4]

Solo work

In 2001, Newman won first place in the International Naumburg Competition, and as a result he played a recital in Alice Tully Hall. The recital included the world premiere of Kenji Bunch's "Broken Music", which the Naumburg Foundation commissioned. In 2004, he was the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant. His performance of his composition, "The Pizzicato Piece", was featured on A&E's "Breakfast With the Arts".[5]

Newman has performed as soloist in Australia, Asia, and Europe, as well as throughout the United States. He has soloed with such orchestras as the National Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, and North Carolina Symphony, in such halls as Alice Tully, Avery Fisher, Weill, Merkin, Jordan Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Kimmel Center, and Herbst Theatre.[6][7]

Chamber music

Clancy Newman has attended the Marlboro Music Festival and has been a member of the Chamber Music Society II of Lincoln Center. He is currently a member of the Chicago Chamber Musicians and the Weiss-Kaplan-Newman trio (with pianist Yael Weiss and violinist Mark Kaplan).[5]

Composing

Newman has maintained an interest in composition since early childhood, and the bulk of his output has been for chamber music and cello solo.[4] He has been a featured composer on the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's "Double Exposure" series and the Chicago Chamber Musicians' "Composer Perspectives" series, and has received commissions from Astral Artists, the Barnett Foundation, the Carpe Diem String Quartet, the Weiss-Kaplan-Newman trio, and the Silo Collective, among others. His Juxt-Opposition is available on a CD of new American music by the Weiss-Kaplan-Newman trio, alongside those of Paul Schoenfield, Lera Auerbach, and Chen Yi.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation - Previous Winners". Naumburg.org. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Avery Fisher Career Grants - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts". Aboutlincoln.org. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Clancy Newman". Selbyandfriends.com.au. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Jonathan Wentworth Associates, LTD - Clancy Newman". Jwentworth.com. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Biography". Clancy Newman. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Cellist Newman moves beyond mere playing". SFGate. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "A cellist puts his own imprint on the classics Clancy Newman, in his Philadelphia recital debut, showed gifts of technique and interpretation.". Philly.com. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "An American Tour: Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio". Bridge Records, Inc. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

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