MATHEW ROSENBLUM
"Circadian Rhythms is a marvelous piece; well constructed and richly colored,
the composer's nineteen-note-to-the-octave tuning system gives the music a
distinctive tang,
and there are occasional echoes of Javanese harmonies and twinkling gongs..."
-FANFARE Magazine
"Rosenblum manages his resources nimbly,
with no sense of clutter, and the score's
dramatic shape is clear and persuasive."
-The San Francisco Chronicle
"I had a certain sympathy for Mathew Rosenblum's
Continental Drift - this piece was considerably
more dynamic, clearer in its lines, more
controlled and "focused" in its use of effects
than any of the other works we heard."
- Oslo Arbeiderbladet (1990 World Music Days Oslo)
- EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- Princeton University M.F.A. (1981); Ph.D. (1992)
- New England Conservatory of Music B.M. (1977); M.M. (1979)
- High School of Music & Art, N.Y.C. (1969-72)
- AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Composition Fellowship Grant (1994)
- National Endowment for the Arts Composers Fellowship Grant (1992)
- New York Foundation for the Arts Artists Fellowship Grant (1989)
- MacDowell Colony Residency Fellowship (1987, 1989)
- Djerassi Foundation Residency Fellowship (1987)
- Yaddo Residency Fellowship (1987)
- American Composers Alliance 50th Anniversary Recording Award (1987)
- New Jersey State Council on the Arts Music Fellowship Grant (1981)
- First Prize - Institute of Contemporary American Music Composers' Competition (1981)
- Rockefeller Foundation Contemporary American Chamber Works Award (1980)
- BMI Award in Composition (1978)
- COMPACT DISCS, RECORDS
- Nü kuan tzu, Ancient Eyes, Picture Show, Mode CD. Release
date, spring 1997.
- Circadian Rhythms, Mode CD 33. Newband. 1994.
- Continental Drift, Opus One CD #135. Tom Varner, horn;
Charles Descarfino, percussion; Loretta Goldberg, piano. 1988.
- Harp Quartet, Opus One #104. Speculum Musicae, Donald Palma,
conductor.
- Le Jon Ra, ACA 50th Anniversary Recording Series, Opus One
#137. Michael Finckel, Theodore Mook, celli.
- PUBLISHED COMPOSITIONS
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- Circadian Rhythms, C. F. Peters Corporation, 1993
- Continental Drift, C. F. Peters Corporation, 1992
- Continental Drift (Quintet Version), C. F. Peters Corporation, 1992
- Ancient Eyes, C. F. Peters Corporation, accepted for publication June
- 1992
- Le Jon Ra, C. F. Peters Corporation, 1989
- Harp Quartet, Lyra Music Co., 1987
- Cascades, American Composers Alliance, 1986
- COMMISSIONS
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- Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard Commission (1993)
- Nü kuan tzu Song Cycle, commissioned by the National Endowment for
- the Arts (1992)
- Ancient Eyes, commissioned by the Stony Brook Contemporary
- Chamber Players (1990)
- Circadian Rhythms, commissioned by Theodore Mook (1988)
- Continental Drift, commissioned by Loretta Goldberg (1987)
