Jeremy Gill
Jeremy Gill | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jeremy Thomas Gill |
| Born | January 20, 1975 |
| Origin | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | Contemporary classical |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Website | www |
Jeremy Thomas Gill (born January 20, 1975) is an American composer.
Education
Gill attended the Eastman School of Music, where he was awarded the Bernard Rogers Prize (1995) and the McCurdy Prize (1996).[1] He studied with George Crumb at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a PhD in 2000.[2][3] Private composition study with George Rochberg, which began in 1995, was particularly formative.[4]
Career
Early recognition for Gillʼs work came from the BMI Foundation’s Student Composer Awards in 1992 and 1995,[5] and a Music Alive Composer Residency with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra in 2002–2003.[6] Gill has a long-standing association with the Parker Quartet, having written three works for them: 25, commissioned by Lois Lehrman Grass for Market Square Concerts;[7] Capriccio, commissioned by Chamber Music America;[8] and Motherwhere commissioned by New York Classical Players.[9] Gill was one of ten composers selected to represent the United States at the 28th Havana Festival of Contemporary Music in Cuba in 2015.[10] He was the inaugural Composer in Residence with Chautauqua Opera Company[11] and was awarded a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2020.[12] Gill has written about music and culture for New Music USA[13] and Music & Musical Performance.[14] He edited George Rochbergʼs A Dance of Polar Opposites: The Continuing Transformation of Our Music Language.[15]
Music
Gillʼs music is noted for its wide range of influences,[16] technical virtuosity,[17] and dramatic richness.[3] His artistic models include music of Ancient Greece[18] through living writers, including the Hungarian Zsófia Bán.[19]
Select principal works
Orchestral music
- Four Legends from the Silmarillion (2024), orchestral tone poems commissioned by Boston Modern Orchestra Project on tales by J.R.R Tolkien, premiered by Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose conducting[20]
- Motherwhere: Bagatelles for Strings, after Bán (2021), concerto for string quartet and string orchestra commissioned by New York Classical Players for the Parker Quartet, premiered by Parker Quartet and New York Classical Players, Dongmin Kim, conducting[21]
- Concerto d’avorio (2019), concerto for four-hands piano and orchestra, premiered by Orion Weiss, Shai Wosner, and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conducting[22]
- Notturno Concertante (2014), concerto for clarinet and large orchestra commissioned by Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra and premiered by Chris Grymes and Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra,[23] recorded by Chris Grymes and Boston Modern Orchestra Project[3]
- Serenada Concertante (2013), concerto for oboe and small orchestra commissioned by Dallas Symphony Orchestra, premiered by Erin Hannigan and Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, conducting[24]; recorded by Erin Hannigan and Boston Modern Orchestra Project[3]
- Before the Wresting Tides (2012), concerto for piano with chorus commissioned by Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, recorded by Charlotte Hu, Marsh Chapel Choir, and Boston Modern Orchestra Project[3]
Solo and chamber music
- Encomium of John Dowland (2020), set of solo piano variations on a lute song by John Dowland[25]
- Winternacht (2020), trio for flute, viola, and harp based on a poem by Georg Trakl, premiered by Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston[26]
- Lascia fare mi (2018), duo for two violins inspired by the Bertolucci film "Last Tango in Paris"[17]
- Duo for Violin and Piano (2015), set of variations on a theme extrapolated from Monteverdi[17]
- Capriccio (2012), hour-long string quartet commissioned by Chamber Music America for the Parker Quartet[27]
- Book of Hours (2007), set of eight character pieces for solo piano, recorded by Peter Orth[28]
- Parabasis (2006), for flute and piano, recorded by Mimi Stillman and Charles Abramovic[29]
Vocal music
- Six Pensées de Pascal (2017), settings for six solo singers recorded by Variant 6[30]
- Whitman Portrait (2014), six songs for six singers and piano[17]
- Letters from Quebec to Providence in the Rain (2014), chamber opera to an original libretto by Jeremy Gill adapted from the play by Don Nigro[31]
- Helian (2009), song cycle setting poem of the same name by Georg Trakl, recorded by Jonathan Hays and Jeremy Gill[28]
- Ode (2008), dramatic cantata setting texts by Pindar, Mesomedes, and others, given its New York premiere by Lucy Shelton and the Dolce Suono Ensemble[18]
References
- ↑ "Eastman School of Music Student Achievements". Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ↑ Murray, Lucy Miller (2015). Chamber Music: An Extensive Guide for Listeners. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-4422-4342-2. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Burwasser, Peter (20 August 2018). "A singular voice of many colors 'Jeremy Gill: Before the Wresting Tides,' by Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Gil Rose". Broad Street Review. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ↑ Wlodarski, Amy Lynn (2019). George Rochberg, American Composer: Personal Trauma and Artistic Creativity. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. p. 42-44. ISBN 978-1580469470. Search this book on
- ↑ "BMI Student Composers' Awards scores 1951-2019". Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ "Music Alive". 28 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ Murray, Lucy Miller (2015). Chamber Music: An Extensive Guide for Listeners. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-4422-4342-2. Search this book on
- ↑ "Album Capriccio". Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ Gail Wein (23 March 2022). "April 1: World premiere by Jeremy Gill for Parker Quartet". Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ Anastasia Tsioulcas (9 December 2015). "A new music journey from the U.S. to Havana". NPR. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ "Composers & the Voice: Partnerships". American Opera Project. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ "All Awards". American Academy of Arts and Letters. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ Jeremy Gill (16 December 2015). "A Week in Havana". New Music USA. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ Gill, Jeremy (March 2024). "Orthography". Music & Musical Performance: An International Journal. FIU Digital Commons. 1 (5). Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ↑ Rochberg, George (2012). Gill, Jeremy, ed. A Dance of Polar Opposites: The Continuing Transformation of Our Musical Language. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. ISBN 9781580464130. Search this book on }}
- ↑ Fergus McIntosh (28 March 2019). "Recitals: Jeremy Gill". The New Yorker. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Christian Carey (4 April 2019). "Jeremy Gill: Whitman, Pascal, and Varieties of Variations". Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Fonseca-Wollheim, Corinna da (10 December 2013). "The New, in Context, for Ear, Heart and Brain". The New York Times. New York, NY. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ↑ "Zsófia Bán's Night School Adapted for Concerto in NYC". 25 March 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ↑ Aaron Keebaugh (13 May 2025). "Concert Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project--Music for the Now". The Arts Fuse. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ Adam Sherkin (12 May 2022). "The Parker Quartet premieres Jeremy Gill's Motherwhere". Sequenza21. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ Val Lick (29 July 2019). "Ivory Keys, Ivory Doors: JoAnn Falletta and Soloists Orion Weiss and Shai Wosner to Premiere Gill Composition and Perform Beloved Classic". The Chautauquan Daily. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ "The Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra scores a romance between the city and its residents". Penn Live. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ Wayne Lee Gay (30 January 2016). "Jaap van Zweden's First Step Out the Door Features a DSO Rarity: New Music". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ "Encomium of John Dowland by Jeremy Gill". YouTube. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ Leen, John (5 April 2022). "Making a Case for the Unfamiliar". The Boston Musical Intelligencer. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ Joan Reinthaler (2 April 2014). "Parker Quartet meets the challenge of Jeremy Gill's music in Strathmore performance". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 "Jeremy Gill: Book of Hours/Helian". Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ "Jeremy Gill – Chamber Music". Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ Donald Rosenberg (April 2022). "Variant 6: New Suns". Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ Charles Donelan (5 January 2017). "UCSB Artists Perform in Chamber Opera Competition". Retrieved 12 August 2025.
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