p, 1941-2012 US, Yonkers, New York
Musician / Composer / Conductor of Classical
Tamara Brooks (September 11, 1941 – May 19, 2012) was an American choral conductor.Brooks studied at the Juilliard School of Music, where she received degrees in piano (studying under Eduard Steuermann) and in conducting. She went on to have an extremely varied career, of which choral conducting was merely a part.Brooks was a champion of contemporary music, commissioning and/or performing works by composers such as Adams, Cage, Caltabiano, Cogan, Druckman, Escot, Golijov, Earl Kim, Liang, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Navok, Persichetti, Schuller, Sessions, Sur, Takemitsu, and Tippett.Netsky wrote:
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Choral Works: Love / Mass / Winter Cantata | Vincent Persichetti, Mendelssohn Club Of Philadelphia, Tamara Brooks | 1984 | Album |