Paul Creston
1906 - 1985
American
Summary
Creston considered his greatest "teachers" to be Bach, Scarlatti, Chopin, Debussy, and Ravel. He wrote in an accessible, conservative style that incorporated song and dance idioms and often featured unusual instruments like the trombone, marimba, or saxophone. Lush harmonies and expansive orchestrations characterize an often brash and spontaneous body of work, organized around a remarkable mastery of thematic development evident in works such as the Symphony No. 2 and Chant of 1942.
Creston was the recipient of many awards and honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the New York Music Critics' Circle Award for his Symphony No. 1. He is the author of Principles of Rhythm and Rational Metric Notation as well as numerous articles analyzing four centuries of rhythmic practice.
— 1999
Performances
21st April 2024
- SOLOISTS
- Grant Asklar Student Concerto winner
- PERFORMERS
- Bruce Uchumura
- CONDUCTOR
- Bruce Uchimura
- LOCATION
- WMU Dalton Center Recital Hall, Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America
21st April 2024
- SOLOISTS
- Tyrique Payne
- PERFORMERS
- JMU Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Foster Beyers
- LOCATION
- Forbes Center for the Arts, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
21st April 2024
- SOLOISTS
- Kingston Czajkowski
- PERFORMERS
- Empire State Youth Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Etienne Abelin
- LOCATION
- Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, NY, United States of America
21st April 2024
- PERFORMERS
- Illinois State University
- CONDUCTOR
- Useon Choi
- LOCATION
- Illinois State University Center for the Performing Arts, Normal, IL, United States of America
23rd April 2024
- SOLOISTS
- Kendrick Brown
- PERFORMERS
- SWOSU Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Alex Lee
- LOCATION
- Fine Arts Center, Weatherford, OK, United States of America