Richard Arnest

Richard Arnest (born 1950) is an American composer and performer.[1][2]

Richard Arnest

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

Notes
  1. Ohio Arts Council, "Residency Artist – Music: Richard Arnest", Ohio Arts Council website. Retrieved on December 08, 2012
  2. Gereben, Janos. "Concordium a Delightful Addition to Music Scene", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, volume 62, number 50, February 19, 1973, page B-4.
  3. "'Lo, the Renaissance'", The Sunday Star-Bulletin and Advertiser, October 24, 1971, page C-1.
  4. Loveless, Robert C. "UH Composers Present an Evening of Originality",Honolulu Star Bulletin, march 23, 1971, page B-7.
  5. Kiesewetter, Sue. "Composer has 'Star Stuff'", Cincinnati Enquirer, May 20, 1986, page Extra 6.
  6. "Chamber Music Concert", The Sunday Star-Bulletin and Advertiser, June 21, 1970, page 36.
  7. "Endowment Fellow", Annual Report 1980, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., February 1981, page 331.
  8. Composer USA: The Bulletin of the National Association of Composers, U.S.A., "News from the Cincinnati Composers' Guild", Summer/Fall 1987, page 3.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Vanarsdel, Lisa. "Liquescene Richard Arnest", The Flutist Quarterly, volume 33, number 1, Fall 2007, page 71.
  12. EPICmusic website, "EPICmusic Composition Prize", 2012. Retrieved on 08 December 2012.
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