- Boston Musica Viva
Boston Musica Viva is a
Boston, Massachusetts -based music ensemble founded by its Music Director,Richard Pittman , in1969 and dedicated to contemporary music.Composers and compositions
Boston Musica Viva has performed the works of 233 composers over its 38-year history; more than 565 compositions in all. A total of 143 works have been written for the ensemble to date, and they have performed 158 world premieres, and 71 Boston premieres. Among the composers whose work the ensemble has performed are
Pulitzer Prize -winnersEllen Taaffe Zwilich [cite book | last = Brennan | first = Elizabeth A. | authorlink = | coauthors = Seymour Topping, Elizabeth C. Clarage | title = Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners | publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group | date = 1999 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 1573561118 ]John Harbison ,Joseph Schwantner [cite news | first=John | last=Rockwell | coauthors= | title=Boston Musica Viva experiments in idioms | date= | publisher= | url =http://proquest.umi.com/ | work =The New York Times | pages =10 | accessdate = 2008-05-19 | language = ] andSteven Stucky .World premieres
Boston Musica Viva has presented the world premieres of
Thea Musgrave ’s opera "The Mocking-Bird", John Harbison’s "A Full Moon in March",Theo Loevendie ’s "Gassir, the Hero", Martin Brody’s "Heart of a Dog", and John Eaton’s "Traveling with Gulliver".Touring
In addition to its Boston concert season, Boston Musica Viva’s touring engagements have taken them to
Lincoln Center , theLibrary of Congress , the Weill Recital Hall atCarnegie Hall , the92nd Street Y ,Tanglewood , theUniversity of California at Berkeley , and theUniversity of Michigan . The ensemble has made eight tours of Europe, making appearances that included the Settembre Musica Festival inTurin, Italy .Boston Musica Viva has recorded for the [Albany Records | Albany] , Neuma, Delos, CRI, [Nonesuch Records | Nonesuch] , Newport Classic and Northeastern Records labels.
Boston Musica Viva received an
Aaron Copland Fund grant in 1993 [cite news | first=Richard | last=Dyer | coauthors= | title=Classical Notes column | date= | publisher= | url =http://proquest.umi.com/ | work =The Boston Globe | pages = | accessdate = 2008-05-19 | language = ] and in2003 , the ensemble received theASCAP /Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming.Partial list of composers with works premiered or performed by Boston Musica Viva
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Elliott Carter
*Peter Child
*Osvaldo Golijov
*John Harbison
*Bernard Hoffer
*Shirish Korde
*William Kraft
*Gyorgy Kurtag
* Joyce Mekeel
*Frederic Rzewski
*Gunther Schuller
*Joseph Schwantner
*Ralph Shapey
*Rand Steiger
*Steven Stucky
* Joerg Widmann
*Chen Yi
*Evan Ziporyn
*Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Current and former members of Boston Musica Viva
Violin
* Bayla Keyes
* Danielle Maddon
* Cecile Garcia-MoellerViola
* Willine Thoe
Cello
* Jan Mueller-Szeraws
* Ronald ThomasContrabass
* Carolyn Davis Fryer
Flute
* John Heiss (1969-74)
* Fenwick Smith
* Renee Krimsier
* Alicia DiDonato (2003-2008)
* Ann K. Bobo (2008-present)Oboe
* Nancy Dimock
Clarinet
* William Kirkley
Bassoon
* Greg Newton
French horn
* Rick Menaul
* Bob Marlatt
* Jean RifeTrumpet
* Steve Banzaert
Trombone
* Robert Couture
Timpani
* Jeffrey Fischer
Percussion
* Robert Schulz
* Dean AndersonPiano
* Geoffrey Burleson
Performers who have appeared with Boston Musica Viva
* Composer, conductor and pianist Rob Kapilow
* VocalistDominique Eade
* Mezzo-soprano Janice Felty
* Pianist Randall Hodgkinson
* Mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal
* Soprano Elizabeth KeuschReferences
External links
* [http://www.bmv.org Boston Musica Viva web site]
* [http://www.richardpittmanconductor.com/ Richard Pittman web site]
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