Martin Kennedy (composer)

Martin Kennedy (born March 24, 1978) is a pianist and composer of contemporary classical music.

For the U.S. politician (1892-1955), see Martin J. Kennedy. For the New Zealand politician, see Martin Kennedy (New Zealand politician).

Biography

Martin Kennedy was born in Wakefield, England and grew up in Pennsylvania and Alabama.[1] He holds a Doctorate in Music Composition from the Juilliard School where he studied as a C.V. Starr fellow under Milton Babbitt and Samuel Adler. He completed his master's degree in composition at the Jacobs School of Music, where he also received his bachelor's degrees in composition and piano performance.

Kennedy has written extensively for orchestra, chamber ensembles, and solo instruments. His awards include first prize in the '2 Agosto' International Composing Competition,[2] the 2010 ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize for Best Orchestral Work,[3] five ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, a BMI Young Composer Award, Composer-In-Residence for the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, the Suzanne and Lee Ettleson Prize, an Aaron Copland Award, and residencies at the MacDowell and Yaddo artist colonies. His music is published by Theodore Presser Company[4] and G. Schirmer Inc.

Selected works

Orchestral works

  • Drift (2021)
  • Forest Dark and Stars Above (2018)
  • Siren, blind (2016)
  • Three Pieces for Orchestra (1999)

Concerti

  • Pull Pin and Throw for trombone and orchestra (2021)
  • Violin Concerto (2020)
  • Sonata for violin and orchestra (John Corigliano, arr. Kennedy) (2012)
  • Trivial Pursuits for violin and orchestra (2009)
  • Piano Concerto (2008)
  • Totentanz for violin and orchestra (Franz Liszt, arr. Kennedy and Lara St. John) (2007)
  • Flute Concerto (1999)

Chamber music

  • Dry Falls for two guitars (2021)
  • An Affirmation for chamber choir (2015)
  • Distant Channels for bass trombone and percussion (2014)
  • Czardashian Rhapsody (arr.) for violin and piano (2013)
  • Desplazamiento for piccolo and piano (2013)
  • Trivial Pursuits for violin and piano (2009)
  • Four Songs for flute and piano (1998)
  • These Parting Gifts for two violins and piano (1997)
  • Souvenir for flute and piano (1995)

References
  1. "News".
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2012-08-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Martin Kennedy Receives $5,000 ASCAP Foundation Nissim Prize for "Trivial Pursuits" http://www.ascap.com/press/2010/0120_NISSIM.aspx
  4. Martin Kennedy Composer Page at Theodore Presser Company "Welcome to Presser Online". Archived from the original on 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
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