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Scott Wheeler
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Worklist
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The Opera Democracy | Reviews |
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"Wheeler's compositions remain tonally grounded, although polychordal harmonies and elements of modified serialism often run through his works. His writing is also characterized by strong rhythms and lucid texturees. His vocal works are distinguished by clear, natural text settings, refined expressivity and wit. The dramatic cantata The Construction of Boston (1988) reveals a sure theatrical sensibility."
--Anthony Tommasini
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Recent and upcoming events
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- Jan. 23, 2008 - A new set of songs on texts of William Blake for tenor and piano entitled Heaven and Earth, featuring tenor Dimitri Pittas, Weill Hall in New York
- Jan. 29, 2008 - premier of the song cycle Turning Back, co-commissioned by Concert Artists Guild and Boston Cecilia, Weill Hall in New York
- Jan. 28, 2008 and Feb. 3, 2008 - Singerie for violin, clarinet and piano will be performed at the New England Conservatory Prep School Chamber Music Festival
- Jan. 30, 2008 - The Palace at 4 AM will receive its New York premiere from the ensemble Sequitur, conducted by Paul Hostetter and featuring baritone Richard Lalli, at Merkin Concert Hall
- May 2, 2008 - Turning Back, co-commissioned by Concert Artists Guild and Boston Cecilia, Boston
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Biography
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Composer Scott Wheeler (born 1952, Washington, D.C.) has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Koussevitzky Foundation, the Fromm Foundation, Tanglewood, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Artist Foundation, Yaddo, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the MacDowell Colony. He is a recipient of the 1999 Stoeger Prize from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Scott Wheeler's works have been commissioned and performed by the orchestras of Minnesota, Houston, Toledo and Indianapolis, as well as by New York City Opera, soprano Renée Fleming, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, the John Oliver Chorale, the New England Composers Orchestra, the Chicago Contemporary Players, Parnassus, the Newport Music Festival and Dinosaur Annex. His opera Democracy has been commissioned by the Washington National Opera for premiere in January 2005. |
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