Jennifer Jolley
Jennifer Jolley is an American composer. She received her PhD in composition from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and has taught composition at the Interlochen Arts Camp since 2015. In 2018 she joined the composition faculty at Texas Tech University. She is also the co-founder of the North American New Opera Workshop, which provides testing opportunities for new works and ideas in a positive environment for opera composers and librettists. [1] Jolley's music has been performed by the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Wind Symphony (Australia), Dulciana (Ireland), Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra (New York, NY), and the SOLI Chamber Ensemble (Italy), and she has received commissions from the National Endowment for the Arts, the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, University of Texas Wind Ensemble, the Quince Ensemble, and others. Primarily tonal, her work has been programmed alongside pieces from the traditional orchestral repertoire multiple times and to audience and critical praise. [2] [3] Her music can be found on various albums, including Quince Ensemble's Motherland with New Focus Recordings, Ohio University Wind Symphony's Ampersand and Bowling Green State University Wind Symphony's New Music for Wind Band Vol. 1, both released with Mark Records. Future releases will be with Ablaze Records, Reference Recordings, and PARMA Recordings. [4] Jolley has also been a composer-in-residence at Brevard College, University of Toledo, the Vermont Symphony, the Central Michigan University School of Music, and the Alba Music Festival in Italy. Most recently she was the Composer-in-Residence of the Women Composers Festival of Hartford in 2019.
Works List:
Band
- Son of a Gun (2019) Grade 1 Concert Band
Last Stage to Red Rock (2016) 3' Grade 1 Concert Band
The Walkup (2018) 4' Grade 2 Concert Band
- Think About It (2018) 4' Grade 2.5 Concert Band
- Ash (2018) 6' Grade 3.5 Wind Ensemble
Lichtweg/Lightway (2017) 6' Grade 4 Wind Ensemble
Motordom (2009) 9' Grade 4 Wind Ensemble
Never Forget, Never Remember (2017) 4' Grade 4.5 Wind Ensemble
The Eyes of the World Are Upon You (2017) 12' Grade 5 Wind Ensemble
Through the Looking Glass Falls (2014) 9' Grade 5 Wind Ensemble
Orchestra
- Bluegrass Concerto(2020) String Orchestra
- Motordom (2019) *3232/4331/3/hps
- Blue Glacier Decoy (2019) 2222/4331/t+2/hps + fixed media
Flight 710 to Cabo San Lucas (2011 rev. 2018) 9' *2*2*2*2/4331/t+3/hs
The Ferry Crossing (2015) 11' 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings
Speilzeug Straßenbahn (2013) 14' solo flute, solo violin, solo harpsichord, violin, viola, cello, bass
Chamber
Solos
Democracy Dies in Darkness (2018) 2–5' solo piano
Recomposed Scriabin (2016) 3' solo piano
How to be a Deep Thinker in Los Angeles (2009) 5' speaking percussionist
Duos
Double Concerto for Violin and Fiddle (2011) 12' violin duo
88 Exploding Ninjas (2009) 3' cello and piano
Raga (2006) 7' clarinet and piano
Trios
The Lives and Opinions of Literary Cats (2017) 6' piano trio
Foot Tapping Song (2013) 3' brass trio
Flight 710 to Cabo San Lucas (2010) 9' flute, cello, piano
Ma Fin Est Mon Commencement, Est Mon Commencement (2009) 8' flute, clarinet, and bassoon
Quartets
Next Stop (2012) 12' string quartet
Emoticons (2008) 10' horn quartet
5+
- You Are Not Alone (2019) 10' flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano
Blue Glacier Decoy (2018) 7' flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tape, vibraphone, piano, fixed media
Sounds from the Gray Goo 2.11 (2011) 11' clarinet ensemble
Bullet Time (2010) 8' 9 violas
The Silent World (2010) 3' flute, glockenspiel, piano, two violins, viola, cello, bass
Vocal
Solos
Shine a Light on Our Rights (2017) 4' text by Jacqueline Suskin soprano and piano
Choral
Prisoner of Conscience (2015) 25' treble voices
Drei Brücken (2012) 12' SATB and keyboard
Operas
The Bubble (2013) 20' opera in two acts text by Kendall A tenor, tenor, baritone, bass-baritone; piano
Krispy Kremes and Butter Queens (2012) 10' text by Vynnie Meli soprano, soprano, baritone; piano
Electronic
Blue Glacier Decoy (2018) 7' flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tape, vibraphone, piano, electronics
Effort of Interface (2015) 13' choreography by Rashana Perks Smith fixed media
Bifocals (2014) fixed media
Sounds from the Gray Goo 3.0 (2013) 5' alto flute, soprano sax, live processing
More Human Than Human (2011) 6' fixed media
Sounds from the Gray Goo 1.01 (2011) 10' indefinite pitch metal percussion (4 percussionists), electronics
Sounds from the Gray Goo 2.0 (2009) 5' bass clarinet, electronics
Sounds from the Gray Goo 1.0 (2009) 10' indefinite pitch metal percussion, electronics
Paint My Chopper Pink (2008) 5' fixed media
Sound Art
Soap Opera Dispenser(2016) mp3 players
Gotta Keep Those All: Good Vibrations a-Happening! (2013) laptop, vibrators
Easter Egg (2011) laptops, various percussion instruments
Silence It Is (2011) female voices
Press Play (2011) 8' children's tape recorders, cassette tapes
Save the Princess! (2010) MP3 Players
References
- ↑ Macmillan, Kyle (August 2013). "Opera News: Coda" (PDF). Opera News. August 2013.
- ↑ Wolber, Thomas K. (March 7, 2017). "Symphony concert: From reverie to revelry". Delaware Gazette. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
- ↑ Lowe, Jim (Sep 27, 2015). "Music Review VSO offers Mozart and a ferry ride". Rutland Herald. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
- ↑ Jolley, Jennifer. "Jennifer Jolley". Jennifer Jolley: About. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
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