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American composer
Julia Adolphe (born May 16, 1988 in
New York City ) is an American composer of
contemporary classical music . Her works include choral, orchestral, operatic, chamber and art song pieces.
Her initial mainstream recognition was in November 2016 at the New York premiere of her
viola concerto
Unearth, Release , which was co-commissioned by the
New York Philharmonic and the
League of American Orchestras . Adolphe has a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University and a Master of Music degree in music composition from USC and is pursuing her doctoral degree from the
USC Thornton School of Music .
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She is the niece of composer
Bruce Adolphe .
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Awards, prizes and grants
List of Awards
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Morton Gould Young Composer Award
Theodore Front Prize
Jimmy McHugh Composition Prize
John James Blackmore Prize
John S. Knight Prize
American Composers Forum Grant
New Music USA Grant
Sam Spiegel Foundation Grant
Anna Sosenko Assist Trust Grant
Puffin Foundation Grant
List of compositions
Opera
Year
Title
2012
Sylvia
In Progress
A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears
Orchestral
Year
Title
2014
Dark Sand, Sifting Light for
orchestra
2016
Unearth, Release for
viola and orchestra
2017
Shiver and Bloom for chamber orchestra
2017
White Stone for orchestra
Choral
Year
Title
2016
Sea Dream Elegies for SATB chorus,
oboe /
English horn , and
cello
2016
Whispers of Jasmine for SATB chorus
2017
Equinox for SATB chorus
Chamber
Year
Title
2009
White Flag for solo
cello
2010
Between the Accidental for
string quartet
2011
I Felt a Cleaving for soprano,
mezzo-soprano ,
flute , oboe,
bass clarinet , and
piano
2013
Wordless Creatures for flute/
alto flute ,
clarinet /bass clarinet, trumpet,
percussion ,
harp , piano,
violin , cello, and
double bass
2014
Nine Lives for flute/alto flute/
piccolo , oboe/English horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, and cello
2014
Veil of Leaves for string quartet
2016
Footsteps for
soprano , harp, viola, and Persian
daf
2016
Moonlight Trio for soprano, two
mezzo-sopranos , flute/alto flute, cello, and piano
Art song
Year
Title
2008
If Only She for mezzo-soprano and piano
2009
I Wish it Were T. S. Eliot for
tenor and piano
2012
Noon, Not a Sound for mezzo-soprano and piano
2012
To Dissolve for tenor and piano
2015
Footsteps for soprano and piano
References
External links
International National Artists