cwb, *1932 US, Chicago
Musician / Composer of Classical
Michael Colgrass (born April 22, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American-born Canadian musician, composer, and educator.His musical career began in Chicago as a jazz musician (1944–49). He graduated from the University of Illinois (1954) with a degree in percussion performance and composition, including studies with Darius Milhaud at the Aspen Festival and Lukas Foss at Tanglewood. He served two years as timpanist in Seventh Army Symphony in Stuttgart, Germany and then spent eleven years supporting his composition activities as a free-lance percussionist in New York City where his performance experiences included such varied groups as the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera, Dizzy Gillespie, the Modern Jazz Recording Orchestra's Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky series,
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Fashionably Late: Juliet White-Smith Debuts! | Juliet White-Smith | 2009 | Album |
Northern Winds | Olivier Messiaen, Louis Applebaum, Michael Colgrass, Henry Kucharzyk, Gary Kulesha, Harry Freedman, Wallace Halladay, Simon Docking, Toronto Wind Orchestra, Tony Gomes | 2009 | Album |
Winds Of Nagual | Antonín Dvořák • David Gillingham • Michael Colgrass • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov • The Ohio State University Wind Symphony, Russel C. Mikkelson | 2007 | Album |
Déjà Vu | Michael Colgrass / Gunther Schuller - Kenneth Radnofsky, New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Charles Peltz | 2003 | Album |
American Works For Organ And Orchestra | David Schrader, Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar - Samuel Barber, Walter Piston, Leo Sowerby, Michael Colgrass | 2002 | Album |
American Concertos | Benjamin Lees, Robert Starer, Meyer Kupferman, Michael Colgrass, Lou Harrison, Walter Piston, William Bergsma | 1995 | Compil. |
Reflections (Night Of The Raccoon / 3 Pastimes 3 / Piece For Clarinet And Tape / Other Realities) | New Music Circle Of St. Louis - Michael Colgrass / Robert Chamberlin / Edward J. Miller / Michael Hunt | 1985 | Album |
Déjà Vu / Light Spirit / Aureole | Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Catherine Comet - Michael Colgrass / Jacob Druckman | 1983 | Album |
Sonata In C Minor / Sonata For Viola Alone, Op. 25, No. 1 / Variations For Four Drums & Viola | Yizhak Schotten, Carole Terry, Frank Epstein - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach / Paul Hindemith / Michael Colgrass | 1983 | Album |
Concertmasters For Three Violins And Orchestra / Concerto For Piano And Winds | Michael Colgrass / Karl Korte | 1977 | Album |
Percussion At Fredonia | Fredonia Percussion Ensemble / Gitta Steiner / Michael Colgrass / James Stabile / Zita Carno / Edgard Varèse / Niel DePonte | 1975 | Album |
Percussion Music | The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, Raymond Des Roches, Edgard Varèse, Michael Colgrass, Henry Cowell, David Saperstein, Kil-sung Oak | 1974 | Album |
Song Of Quetzalcoatl, Music For Percussion Instruments | Lou Harrison, Michael Colgrass, Gerald Strang, Malloy Miller, Warren Benson | 1972 | Album |
Pilgrimage / Fra Angelico / The Earth's / Lions | The New Orleans Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Werner Torkanowsky, Norman Treigle, Gordon O. Brown - Carlisle Floyd / Alan Hovhaness / Michael Colgrass / Ned Rorem | 1972 | Album |
Piano Concerto / As Quiet As | Elliott Carter / Michael Colgrass - Jacob Lateiner, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf | 1968 | Album |
Piano Concerto / As Quiet As | Elliott Carter / Michael Colgrass - Jacob Lateiner, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf | Album |