Joshua Coyne

{{short description|American musician and composer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Joshua Coyne

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|3|5}}

| image = Joshua coyne violin.jpg

| alt = Black violin player

| caption = Joshua Coyne playing at Barack Obama's Rally for Change

| genre = Classical, Jazz, Contemporary

| occupation = Composer, Violinist, Conductor

| instrument = Violin, Piano, Viola

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110616002614/http://www.musicmanjosh.com/ MusicManJosh]

}}

Joshua Coyne (born March 5, 1993) is an American musician and composer.

Personal biography

Joshua was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 5, 1993. He was adopted at the age of two and moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Milk, Leslie. [http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/arts-events/rising-stars-1/ "Rising Stars"], Washingtonian (magazine) (October 1, 2008). The Coyne family was involved in the local arts community, participating at Theatre Cedar Rapids and the Cedar Rapids Symphony. Joshua quickly expressed interest and aptitude in music and took his first lessons at the Cedar Rapids Symphony School. In 2006, Joshua and some of his family moved to the Washington, D.C. area, where he continued his violin studies with Lya Stern and began composition study.

After moving to D.C., Joshua performed for then candidate Barack Obama at the Stand for Change Rally in February 2008,Erin Donaghue, [http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/05202009/potonew202515_32531.shtml "Young music virtuoso tells stories through song"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404180327/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/05202009/potonew202515_32531.shtml |date=2012-04-04 }}, Gazette.net, May 20, 2009. as well as for the Haitian Embassy.

Coyne composed the score to Anne and Emmett, a play about Emmett Till and Anne Frank written by Janet Langhart Cohen. The premiere of the play was to be held at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 10, 2009, but was canceled due to a shooting earlier that day.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/13/AR2009061302113.html "Courtland Milloy on the Debut of 'Anne and Emmett'"], The Washington Post, June 14, 2009.Anne Godlasky, [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/religion/post/2009/06/67959221/1 "Tragedy at the Holocaust museum and giving voice to the slain"], USA Today, June 10, 2009.

In the summer of 2011, Joshua was the subject of a series of articles describing the difficulties students may have getting scholarships, loans, and grants, to be able to afford college.Diana Furchtgott-Roth, [http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2011/06/16/bringing_sanity_to_student_loans_99078.html "Bringing Sanity To Student Loans"], Real Clear Markets, June 16, 2011. As a result of these articles, Joshua received numerous donations which allowed him to attend Manhattan School of Music.Diana Furchtgott-Roth, [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/josh-coyne-shows-america-is-still-the-land-of-opportunity/article/40679 "Josh Coyne shows America is still the land of opportunity"], Washington Examiner, August 11, 2011.

Joshua plays on a custom bow by [http://www.fineviolinbows.com/Coyne.htm Joshua Henry], and a violin he named "Lya" for his teacher, made by Joseph Curtin.[http://josephcurtinstudios.com/client/joshua-coyne/ "Selected Clients: Joshua Coyne, Violin"], Joseph Curtin Studios.

Coyne is the co-subject of a documentary film entitled Sonata Mulattica, which will compare his life with the life of George Bridgetower based on the collection of poems of the same name, written by poet laureate Rita Dove.Anne E. Bromley, [http://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-poetry-professor-rita-dove-s-sonata-mulattica-be-adapted-film "U.Va. Poetry Professor Rita Dove’s ‘Sonata Mulattica’ to be Adapted for Film"], UVA Today, May 7, 2013.

Education

Notable accomplishments

=Performances=

  • Performed for 13,000 at Barack Obama's Rally for ChangeC. Fraser Smith, [https://www.baltimoresun.com/2008/02/17/festival-of-democracy-comes-to-maryland/ "Festival of democracy comes to Maryland"], The Baltimore Sun, February 17, 2008. thumb
  • Performed the role of Tom Collins in Rent at the 2009 American High School Theatre Festival in Edinburgh, ScotlandErin Donaghue, [http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/05062009/potonew193710_32528.shtml "Churchill students to take RENT on the road"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404180355/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/05062009/potonew193710_32528.shtml |date=2012-04-04 }}, Gazette.net, May 6, 2009.
  • Performed a solo concert at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage [http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=20138&source_type=B Joshua Coyne biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515131315/http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=20138&source_type=B |date=2011-05-15 }}, Kennedy Center.

=Compositions=

  • Composed the score for Anne and Emmett, a play by Janet Langhart Cohen about Emmett Till and Anne FrankJane Horwitz, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/14/AR2009041402909.html "African Continuum Theatre Company Stages 'Blue Door' at Atlas"], The Washington Post, April 15, 2009.
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwuB951b2fI Daydream], a composition which won Gold at the NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics.
  • Composed True Love, a three-movement ballet Alison Bryant, [http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/05252011/bethnew211422_32547.php "Winston Churchill senior composes ballet"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404180337/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/05252011/bethnew211422_32547.php |date=2012-04-04 }}, Gazette.net, May 25, 2011.

=Awards=

  • Named one of Bethesda Magazine's 2011 [http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/March-April-2011/Top-Teens-2011/index.php?cparticle=9&siarticle=8#artanc Top Teens]
  • NAACP ACTSO Gold
  • Discus Awards scholarship winner{{cite web|url=http://www.discusawards.com/2011-scholarship-joshua-coyne |title=Discus Awards - College Scholarship Winner - National Scholarship Winner Joshua Coyne |accessdate=2011-07-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317165929/http://www.discusawards.com/2011-scholarship-joshua-coyne |archivedate=2012-03-17 }}

=Other=

  • Subject of an [http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2011/06/16/bringing_sanity_to_student_loans_99078.html article] describing the difficulties students may have getting funding for college.

References

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  • [https://archive.today/20130221233250/http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wypr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1300950]
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20110728092020/http://www.theatrelab.org/josh.asp
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20110515120605/http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=311236&paper=70&cat=180
  • [http://www.thechurchillobserver.com/features/2010/01/04/musical-expression-gives-students-an-emotional-outlet/ "Musical expression gives students an emotional outlet"], The Churchill Observer, January 4, 2010
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20110710164418/http://easterniowalife.com/2010/12/09/cedar-rapids-native-to-be-showcased-in-documentary/

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