Lansing McLoskey
Lansing McLoskey (born 1964)[1] is an American composer of contemporary classical music and a winner of the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for Best Choral Performance for his work titled Zealot Canticles, as recorded by the ensemble The Crossing.[2][3] McLoskey now serves as a Professor of Music at the Frost School of Music in Miami, Florida.[4]
McLoskey has been commissioned by Guerilla Opera, The Copland House, Ensemberlino Vocale, the New Spectrum Foundation, Ensemble Berlin PianoPercussion, Passepartout Duo, the Boston Choral Ensemble, Kammerkoret NOVA, and oboist ToniMarie Marchioni.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Education
McLoskey was born in Cupertino, California. He completed a Ph.D. at Harvard University and obtained additional degrees from UC Santa Barbara and the USC Thornton School of Music. He also studied at The Royal Danish Conservatory of Music.[4][7] He has been under the tutelage of Mario Davidovsky, Stephen Hartke, Bernard Rands, and Donald Crockett.[7][11]
Discography
- Zealot Canticles (Innova Recordings #984), 2018[3]
- Specific Gravity: Chamber Music by Lansing McLoskey (Albany Records TROY1443), 2013[12][13]
- The Unheard Music (Albany Records, TROY1442), 2013[14]
- Citizens of Nowhere (Albany Records, TROY1439), 2013[15]
- An American Dream/Prex Penitentialis (Albany Records, TROY1258) 2011[16]
- Metamorphosis (Beauport Classical, BC1805), 2009
- Sixth Species (Albany Records, TROY1044), 2008[17]
- Glisten (Albany Records, TROY886), 2006[18]
- Mormoniana (Tantara Records/Mormon Artists Group), 2004
- Cornucopia (Capstone Records), 2003
- Don't Panic! 60 Seconds for Piano (Wergo Schallplatten), 2001[19]
- Cultivated Choruses (Capstone Records), 2000
Publications
McLoskey published a book titled Twentieth Century Danish Music which serves as a research guide on the topic. His research on the subject was awarded the Haug Prize for Scandinavian Studies.[1][5]
References
- McLoskey, Lansing D., 1964- (1998). Twentieth century Danish music : an annotated bibliography and research directory. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313302936. OCLC 37843754.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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- "Grammys classical winners: 'Steve Jobs,' Boston Symphony, Laurie Anderson with Kronos Quartet". Los Angeles Times. 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- Christensen, Danielle (2019-03-26). "How This Latter-day Saint Went from Punk Music to Classical Grammy Award-Winning Compositions - Church News and Events". www.churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- "Lansing McLoskey". American Composers Alliance. 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- "Composers / Copland House Residency Awards // Copland House …where America's musical past and future meet". www.coplandhouse.org. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- Moore, Tom (2013). "A Conversation with Composer Lansing McLoskey". Sonograma Magazine. 0 (18). ISSN 1989-1938.
- "BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction". BBC. 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- tdate@northofboston.com, Terry Date. "Revisiting Hannah Duston; New opera chronicles captivity of complex figure in Haverhill history". Eagle-Tribune. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- Desk, BWW News. "Two Compositions to Receive World Premieres at Hoff-Barthelson's Contemporary Music Festival". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- Pfitzinger, Scott (2017). Composer genealogies : a compendium of composers, their teachers, and their students. Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 9781442272248. OCLC 961388789.
- Batzner, Jay (2013-11-13). "CD Reviews: Specific Gravity: Music of Lansing Mcloskey". Sequenza 21. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- "Albany Records: Specific Gravity". www.albanyrecords.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- "Albany Records: Unheard Music". www.albanyrecords.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- "Albany Records: Citizens of Nowhere". www.albanyrecords.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- "Albany Records: An American Dream". www.albanyrecords.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- "Albany Records: Sixth Species". www.albanyrecords.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- "Albany Records: Glisten". www.albanyrecords.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- "Don't Panic! 60 Seconds for Piano". englisch. Retrieved 2019-07-25.