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Aaron Jay Kernis

p, *1960 US, Bensalem
Musician / Composer of Classical

Aaron Jay Kernis (born January 15, 1960) is an American composer serving as a member of the Yale School of Music faculty. Kernis spent 10 years serving as the music advisor to the Minnesota Orchestra and as Director of the Minnesota Orchestra's Composers' Institute. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his thirty-year career. He lives in New York City with his wife, pianist Evelyne Lust, and their two children, Jonah and Delphine.

     
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Musica Celestis on Magnificat by TrondheimSolistene, Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens jentekor & Øyvind Gimse
Musica Celestis for cello and orchestra on Kernis - Colored Field/Musica Celestis/Air by Aaron Jay Kernis, Truls Mørk, Minnesota Orchestra & Eiji Oue
Dreamsongs: I. Floating Dreamsongs on Aaron Jay Kernis: Dreamsongs / Three Concertos by Aaron Jay Kernis, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Paul Neubauer, Joshua Roman & Rebecca Miller
Air (Version for Flute & String Quartet) on Living Music: New Chamber Music for Flute by Alice K. Dade
Dreamsongs: II. Kora Song on Aaron Jay Kernis: Dreamsongs / Three Concertos by Aaron Jay Kernis, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Paul Neubauer, Joshua Roman & Rebecca Miller
Ecstatic Meditations: No. 2. How the Soul Speaks to God on Turn the Page - New Directions in American Choral Music by Robert Geary
Musica Celestis - Arranged for string orchestra by the composer on Kernis: Second Symphony/Musica Celestis/Invisible Mosaic II by Aaron Jay Kernis, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Hugh Wolff
Before Sleep and Dreams: I. Before on In Blue by Andrew Armstrong
String Quartet No. 1 on Kernis: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 by Aaron Jay Kernis & The Lark Quartet
Before Sleep and Dreams: IV. Lights Before Sleep on Aaron Jay Kernis: Before Sleep And Dreams: IV. Lights Before Sleep by Aaron Jay Kernis & Andrew Armstrong

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Title Artist Year Type
Dreamsongs, Three ConcertosAaron Jay Kernis, Paul Neubauer, Joshua Roman, Northern Sinfonia2018Album
Howard, Kernis: Violin Concertos / Stovey: Stream of LimelightJames Ehnes, James Newton Howard, Aaron Jay Kernis, Bramwell Tovey2018Album
Simple SongsAaron Jay Kernis, Talise Trevigne, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller2017Album
Goblin MarketAaron Jay Kernis, The New Professionals Orchestra, Rebecca Miller, Mary King2011Album
Symphony In Waves: Music Of Aaron Jay KernisAaron Jay Kernis - Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar2008Album
Simple Songs - Valentines - Songs Of InnocentsAaron Jay Kernis, Susan Narucki, Donald Berman2007Album
100 Greatest Dance HitsAaron Jay Kernis - Andrew Russo2007Album
Out Of My HandsDavid Del Tredici, Aaron Jay Kernis / Anthony De Mare2005Album
Colored Field / Musica Celestis / AirAaron Jay Kernis, Truls Mørk, Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue2001Album
The Four Seasons Of Futurist Cuisine / Before Sleep And Dreams / Air / MeditationAaron Jay Kernis1999Album
The Lark Quartet Plays Aaron Jay KernisThe Lark Quartet, Aaron Jay Kernis1999Album
Double Concerto For Violin & Guitar / Air For Violin / Lament And PrayerAaron Jay Kernis1999Album
Divine GrandeurNew York Concert Singers Conductor Judith Clurman, Robert Beaser, Aaron Jay Kernis, Stephen Paulus, Simon Sargon, John Schlenck, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Judith Shatin1997Album
Second Symphony • Musica Celestis • Invisible Mosaic IIIAaron Jay Kernis - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugh Wolff1997Album
100 Greatest Dance HitsAaron Jay Kernis1996Album
Colored Field Still Movement With HymnAaron Jay Kernis, Julie Ann Giacobassi, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Alasdair Neale, Pamela Frank, Paul Neubauer, Carter Brey, Christopher O'Riley1996Album
Symphony In Waves / String Quartet ('Musica Celestis')Aaron Jay Kernis, The Lark Quartet, New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz1992Album
Love ScenesAaron Jay Kernis1992Album
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