Richard Arnest (born 1950) is an American composer and performer. [1] [2]
Early life and education
Arnest received degrees in music composition from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1972 and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1986. [3] While pursuing his degrees, he composed and performed. [4]
Career
Arnest is a flutist. In the early 1970s, he performed with the Hawaii Performing Arts Company, where he was the first music director. [5] [6] In the mid 1970s, he toured as a member of Aulacord Duo under the Mid-America Arts Alliance. [5] He was the artist-in-residence for the Ohio Arts Council, the Arkansas Arts Council, and the State Arts Council of Oklahoma. In 1980, he was a fellow with the National Endowment for the Arts. [7]
He wrote the music "Children of Light" for "Star Stuff" planetarium show at the Planetarium of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. [5] [8] Flute World selected him as Featured Composer in 2006.
Arnest has also created programs for the Arkansas Educational Television Network. He was a teacher at the Arkansas Governor's School. [9]
Selected works
- A Chiu
- An English Christmas
- Apotheose du Roi
- Beata Es [10]
- Chiese Serenissime
- Haworth Suite
- Jacob's Ladder
- Liquescence [11]
Awards
- EPICmusic, 2004 [12] [11]
- ASCAPlus Award, 2005–07
Notes
- ^ Ohio Arts Council, "Residency Artist – Music: Richard Arnest", Ohio Arts Council website. Retrieved on December 08, 2012
- ^ Gereben, Janos. "Concordium a Delightful Addition to Music Scene", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, volume 62, number 50, February 19, 1973, page B-4.
- ^ "'Lo, the Renaissance'", The Sunday Star-Bulletin and Advertiser, October 24, 1971, page C-1.
- ^ Loveless, Robert C. "UH Composers Present an Evening of Originality",Honolulu Star Bulletin, march 23, 1971, page B-7.
- ^ a b c Kiesewetter, Sue. "Composer has 'Star Stuff'", Cincinnati Enquirer, May 20, 1986, page Extra 6.
- ^ "Chamber Music Concert", The Sunday Star-Bulletin and Advertiser, June 21, 1970, page 36.
- ^ "Endowment Fellow", Annual Report 1980, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., February 1981, page 331.
- ^ Composer USA: The Bulletin of the National Association of Composers, U.S.A., "News from the Cincinnati Composers' Guild", Summer/Fall 1987, page 3.
- ^ Beckman, Wendy. "UC College-Conservatory of Music Alum Making Music with 'Music Under Construction'", University of Cincinnati website, March 12, 2008. Accessed February 17, 2021.
- ^ Hutton, Mary Ellyn. Panuccio's "O Holy Night" Sublime at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral", Music in Cincinnati website, December 22, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ a b Vanarsdel, Lisa. "Liquescene Richard Arnest", The Flutist Quarterly, volume 33, number 1, Fall 2007, page 71.
- ^ EPICmusic website, "EPICmusic Composition Prize", 2012. Retrieved on 08 December 2012.
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