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Musician / Composer of Classical
Allen Brings - American composer and pianist Born 1934 in New York City. Studied with Otto Luening, Gardner Read, and Roger Sessions. A native of New York City, Allen Brings received a bachelor of arts degree magna cum laude from Queens College and a master of arts degree from Columbia University, where he was a Mosenthal Fellow and a student of Otto Luening, and a doctorate in theory and composition from Boston University, where he was a teaching fellow and a student of Gardner Read. In 1962 he was a Naumburg Fellow at Princeton University, where he studied with Roger Sessions. He has twice served as chairman of the eastern region of the American Society of University Composers and is currently vice-president of Connecticut Composers. His published compositions, which include works for orchestra, band, chorus, a wide variety of chamber ensembles, piano, organ, harpsichord, guitar, and voice, have been recorded for Navona Records, Capstone, Centaur, Grenadilla,
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Songs Of Peace And Praise: Choral Music From Queens College | Hugo Weisgall • Allen Brings • Joel Mandelbaum • Edward Smaldone • Bright Sheng • David Schober • Bruce Saylor • Leo Kraft, The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Queens College Choir And Vocal Ensemble, James John | 2017 | Album |
Music From Six Continents: 2001 Series | Allen Brings, Maximilian Kreuz, Betty Beath, Tsippi Fleischer, Sonja Grossner | 2001 | Album |
Trio For Piano, Violin And Cello / Sonata For Piano | Karl Korte / Allen Brings | 1984 | Album |