Courtney Bryan (composer)

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| name = Courtney Bryan

| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, US

| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|38|2021|06|30}}{{Cite web|last=Edgar|first=Hannah|date=2021-06-30|title=Courtney Bryan's 'Requiem' had to wait out the pandemic — now on CSOtv, it's all the stronger for it. Because we aren't the same.|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-courtney-bryan-requiem-20210630-h34e2hjnrrd4hlrydpekhjgbxi-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Chicago Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630120624/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-courtney-bryan-requiem-20210630-h34e2hjnrrd4hlrydpekhjgbxi-story.html |archive-date=June 30, 2021 }}

| awards = {{Plainlist|

Alpert Award in the Arts (2018)
Rome Prize (2019)

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| education = {{Plainlist|

Oberlin College {{Small|(BM)}}
Rutgers University {{Small|(MM)}}
Columbia University {{Small|(DMA)}}

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| doctoral_advisor = George Lewis

| workplaces = {{Plainlist|

Columbia University
Tulane University

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| website = {{URL|https://www.courtneybryan.com}}

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| instrument = Piano

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Courtney Bryan is an American composer and pianist whose work combines influences from jazz and gospel traditions.{{Cite news |last=Robin |first=William |date=2016-07-10 |title=For Black Lives Matter, Classical Music Steps In |language=en |work=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/arts/music/for-black-lives-matter-classical-music-steps-in.html |access-date=2018-08-02}}

Early life and education

Bryan was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She obtained her Bachelor of Music from Oberlin College (2004),{{Cite web|date=2019-05-08|title=Courtney Bryan '04 Awarded Rome Prize for Composition|url=https://www.oberlin.edu/news/courtney-bryan-04-awarded-rome-prize-composition|access-date=2021-05-04|website=Oberlin College and Conservatory|language=en}} her Master of Music from Rutgers University (2007),{{Cite web|title=Courtney Bryan CV|url=https://herbalpertawards.org/sites/default/files/Bryan.CV_.2018.academic.updated.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-04|website=Herb Alpert Awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115171446/https://herbalpertawards.org/sites/default/files/Bryan.CV_.2018.academic.updated.pdf |archive-date=January 15, 2021 }} and a Doctor of Musical Arts from Columbia University (2014),{{Cite web|date=2016-04-22|title=Courtney Bryan|url=https://music.columbia.edu/bios/courtney-bryan|access-date=2021-05-04|website=Columbia University Department of Music|language=en}} where her advisor was composer and trombonist George Lewis.{{Cite web|date=2018-04-17|title=Jacksonville Symphony Adds Composer-in-Residence to Artistic Staff|url=https://www.myjaxchamber.com/news/2018/04/17/member-news/jacksonville-symphony-adds-composer-in-residence-to-artistic-staff/|url-status=live|access-date=2018-06-04|website=JAX Chamber|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803044502/https://www.myjaxchamber.com/news/2018/04/17/member-news/jacksonville-symphony-adds-composer-in-residence-to-artistic-staff/ |archive-date=August 3, 2018 }}

Career

Bryan is an assistant professor in the Newcomb College department of music at Tulane University, where she serves as Albert and Linda Mintz Professor of Music. Additionally, she serves as composer-in-residence for the Jacksonville Symphony.{{Cite news|url=https://www.jaxsymphony.org/featured-artists/courtney-bryan/|title=Courtney Bryan - Jacksonville Symphony|work=Jacksonville Symphony|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}}

Awards

2018: Alpert Awards in the Arts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-ca-herb-alpert-awards-20180517-story.html|title=2018 Herb Alpert Award winners noted for explorations of race and social justice|last=Gelt|first=Jessica|date=2018-05-17|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-06-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://herbalpertawards.org/artist/2018/courtney-bryan|title=Courtney Bryan|website=The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts|date=April 9, 2018|language=en|access-date=2018-06-04}}
2018: Hermitage Fellow
2019: Bard College Freehand Fellow
2019-20: Samuel Barber Rome Prize in musical composition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarome.org/sites/default/files/pr_en/2019-20-rome-prize-winners-english.pdf|title=American Academy in Rome Announces New Rome Prize Winners and Italian Fellows|date=2019-04-09|website=American Academy in Rome|access-date=2019-04-11|archive-date=April 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410105036/https://www.aarome.org/sites/default/files/pr_en/2019-20-rome-prize-winners-english.pdf|url-status=dead}}
2020: United States Artists Fellowship
2020-21: Civitella Ranieri Fellowship
2023: MacArthur Fellow{{Cite web |title=Courtney Bryan |url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2023/courtney-bryan |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=www.macfound.org |language=en}}