Matthew Barnson
{{Short description|American composer (born 1979)}}
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| name = Matthew Barnson
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| background = non_performing_personnel
| birth_name = Matthew Barnson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|07|06}}
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| origin = Utah
| instrument = Viola
| genre = Contemporary classical
| associated_acts =
| occupation = Composer
| years_active = 1998-present
| label = Tzadik
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Matthew Barnson (born 1979) is an American composer.
Biography
Barnson is a native of Utah and obtained his undergraduate degree from the Eastman School of Music.[http://esm.rochester.edu/composition/achievement.html Eastman Composition – achievement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515201002/http://esm.rochester.edu/composition/achievement.html |date=2008-05-15 }} He pursued graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University.{{cite web|url=http://www.wnmf2006.de/index.php?PageID=13&p=1&ID=17&pID=1000029&lang=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719114519/http://www.wnmf2006.de/index.php?PageID=13&p=1&ID=17&pID=1000029&lang=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2011|title=WNMF 2006 - Programme |access-date=27 November 2016}} Barnson is the youngest recipient of a Barlow CommissionBarlow Commissions by Composer. http://cfac.byu.edu/index.php?id=1018. Accessed 19 March 2007. from the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications. He was awarded a 2009 Charles Ives Prize. He is currently an assistant professor of composition at Stony Brook University.{{cite web |title=Barnson_Matthew |url=http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/music/aboutus/faculty/Barnson_Matthew.html |website=www.stonybrook.edu}}
Works
Barnson's works have been performed by the following individuals / groups:MATA Festival 2007.
http://www.matafestival.org/MFcomp.html. Accessed 19 March 2007.
- The New York Virtuoso Singers
- Members of Alarm Will Sound
- Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra
- Soprano Nicole Cabell
- Countertenor [http://www.ianhowellcountertenor.com Ian Howell]
- Academy Manson Ensemble, with conductor Simon Bainbridge{{cite web |url=http://www.spnm.org.uk/?page=members/newNotes/access/reviews/crossatlantic.html |title=Live review: CROSS-ATLANTIC COMPOSERS' PARTNERSHIP |access-date=20 May 2008 |last=Rutherford-Johnson |first=Tim |author-link= |date= |year= |publisher= |pages= |language= |doi= |quote= }}
Discography
- Sibyl Tones (Tzadik Records, 2014)
References
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External links
- [http://www.matthewbarnson.com Matthew Barnson], official website
- [http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/music/aboutus/faculty/Barnson_Matthew.html StonyBrook University Department of Music Faculty Profile]
- [http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/matthew-barnson/ Guggenheim Foundation Fellow Profile]
- [https://soundcloud.com/matthewbarnson Soundcloud Page]
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Category:American male composers
Category:21st-century American composers
Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni
Category:Yale School of Music alumni
Category:Eastman School of Music alumni
Category:21st-century American male musicians
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