- Andy Vores
Andy Vores (born 1956) is a Welsh
classical music andopera composer . He has lived in theUnited States since 1986 and is based inBoston, Massachusetts .Education
Vores studied composition at
Lancaster University inLancaster, England . He initially focused on playing drums and keyboards in local rock bands, but his studies under the tutelage of composerEdward Cowie switched his focus to writing classical music. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADDE23A35592F1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Vores's 'World Wheel' is 'Big, Exciting Noise,' Boston Globe, January 16, 2000 (fee required for access)] ] He received first prize in the Kucyna International Composition Competition atBoston University in 1985, and the following year he returned to Massachusetts as a Fellow in Composition atTanglewood . His work "Hammer and Darkness, Mirror and Knife", written in the summer of 1986, won the Tanglewood Prize for Composition. Also in 1986, he met pianist Patricia Thom, whom he later married, and decided to take up residence in the U.S.Appointments
In 1992, Vores became Composer-in-Residence at
Bemidji State University inBemidji, Minnesota . In this one-year position, he was first person to receive the Interdisciplinary Fellowship established by the American Composers Forum and the Minnesota State University System. In 1999, Vores was named Composer-in-Residence to the FleetBoston Celebrity Series: Emerging Artists in Boston. In 2001, he became Chairman of Composition and Theory at The Boston Conservatory. In 2002, he was named Composer-in-Residence to the New England Philharmonic. [ [http://www.collagenewmusic.org/vores.html “Andy Vores,” Collage New Music] ]Operas
On December 2, 1994, Vores presented his first opera, an adaptation of the
Virginia Woolf play "Freshwater", atBoston University . Vores first came across the Woolf text while browsing the shelves of the Boston University bookstore. Vores received assistance in the opera’s creation from Woolf's nephew and executor, Quentin Bell, who provided Vores with a rarely-seen earlier version of the text that served as the inspiration for several passages of his libretto. [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADE1174DEF4F46&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM “If You’re Writing a First Opera, Why Be Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Boston Globe, November 27, 1994 (fee required for access)] ]On April 24, 2008, Vores presented his latest opera, a one-act
chamber opera adaptation ofJean-Paul Sartre ’s "No Exit ", at theBoston Conservatory 's Zack Box Theatre. [ [http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/60534-SERAGLIO-BARBIERE-DI-SIVIGLIA-NO-EXIT-BART%C3%93K-AN/?page=2#TOPCONTENT “On (and off) Track,” Boston Phoenix, April 29, 2008] ]Classical compositions
Vores' classical compositions include "Wonder Wheel", "Umberhulk" and "Dark Mother". His first CD, "Urban Affair", a classical work consisting of nine movements, was released on the Vera label in 2005. "Urban Affair" was commissioned as part of the
Bank of America Celebrity Series and was performed for the CD by the Boston Trio. [ [http://www.wnyc.org/shows/eveningmusic/episodes/2007/10/22/segments/87386 WNYC-AM] ] [ [http://www.amazon.com/Urban-Affair/dp/B0007YSAQA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1217945770&sr=8-2 Amazon.com page for "Urban Affair"] ]References
External links
* [http://www.andyvoares.com Official web site]
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