Greg Wilder (born 1973 - Dayton, OH)

5 Edmonds Street

Rochester, New York 14607

716.461.0921

http://www.esm.rochester.edu/greg/

e-mail:[email protected]

Education

Eastman School of Music - Rochester, NY

Doctor of Musical Arts - Composition/Piano (1998-present)

Eastman School of Music - Rochester, NY

Master of Musical Arts - Composition/Piano (1996-1998)

Bowling Green State University - Bowling Green, OH

Bachelor of Musical Arts - Composition (1991-1996)

 

Composition Prizes

· American Academy of Arts and Letters - Nominated for 1998 Music Award

· 1998 ASCAP Music Achievement Award

· 1998 Britten-on-the-Bay Competition - Winner (woodwind division)

· 1997 ASCAP Music Achievement Award

· American Academy of Arts and Letters - Nominated for 1996 Music Award

· MTNA Collegiate Composition Competition - Winner (1996 State Division)

· 1996 BGSU James Paul Kennedy Award - Winner (First Annual Prize)

· International Center for American Music - 1995 (director - Samuel Adler)

· 1995 ASCAP Competition for Young Composers - Honorable Mention

· 1995 BGSU Special Achievement Award - composition/history

· John W. Strong Studio Achievement Award

· 1995 BGSU Undergraduate Art Exhibition - First place

 

Selected Performances and Commissions

· Composers' Sinfonieta - David Gilbert, conductor (1999)

"A Tangled Tale" (chamber orchestra)

· IMAGEMOVEMENTSOUND festival - Kilbourn Hall (1999)

"Nocturne" (film animation, computer generated tape)

· Interlochen Center for the Arts - Interlochen, MI (1998)

"Ascension" (fl, sax)

· IMAGEMOVEMENTSOUND festival - Eastman Theater (1998)

"The Dead Doll" (violoncello, computer generated tape, film)

· World Saxophone Congress - Valencia, Spain (1997)

"Under the Pavement, Beach" (fl, sax, pno)

· Colgate University - Hamilton, NY (1997)

"Portrait of a Lady" (computer generated tape)

· North American Saxophone Alliance - Youngstown, OH (1997)

"The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls . . ." (fl, sax)

· University of Rochester Wind Ensemble - Rochester, NY (1996)

"Dance and Reflection" (wind ensemble)

· Cleveland Chamber Symphony - Cleveland, OH (1996)

"The Burning of the Dancers" (chamber orchestra)

· Thresholds Electro-Acoustic Music Festival - Oberlin, OH (1995)

"Anaximander's Wheels" (computer generated tape)

· Thresholds Electro-Acoustic Music Festival - Muncie, IN (1994)

"Ain't That Right" (computer generated tape and film)

 

Private Composition Study

· Joseph Schwantner (1998-present)

· Sydney Hodkinson (1996-1998)

· Christopher Rouse (1996)

· Marilyn Shrude (1994-1996)

· George Rochberg (1995-present)

· Samuel Adler (1995-1996 seminars)

 

Private Piano Study

· Tony Caramia (1996-present)

· Jerome Rose (1991-1996)

 

List of Works

1999

The Poems of Our Climate (15')

· baritone voice and pno

Nocturne (3')

· film animation, computer generated tape

Preludium (7')

· vln and pno

1998

A Tangled Tale (9')

· fl, cl, hn, vln, vc, cb

A Tangled Tale (9')

· Chamber Orchestra

· Premiered with conductor David Gilbert (February 1999)

Ascension (4')

· fl and alto sax

· Commissioned by Clark Barnes (Interlochen Center for the Arts)

The Dead Doll (10')

· violoncello solo, computer generated tape, and film

· Selected for premiere at IMAGEMOVEMENTSOUND festival (Rochester, NY)

1997

Invisible Cities (12')

· Woodwind Quintet

· Awarded top prize in Britten-on-the-Bay Competition

Under the Pavement, Beach (10')

· fl, sax, pno

· Commissioned by Bicinia (World Saxophone Congress)

Stasis (5')

· vla and pno

Portrait of a Lady (10')

· Computer Generated Tape

Suite for Solo Cello (9')

1996

Dance and Reflection (14')

· Wind Ensemble and Interactive Computer

· Commissioned by the University of Rochester Wind Ensemble

Dynamique D'Enfer (6')

· Percussion Ensemble

The End of Architecture? (4')

· Piano Solo

Cello Trio (4')

Sonata for Tuba and Piano (7')

Piano Trio No. 1 (12')

Parodia Sacra (10')

· Computer Generated Tape

The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls . . . (6')

· fl and alto sax

· Commissioned by Bicinia (North American Saxophone Alliance)

1995

Etude for Harp (4')

Anaximander's Wheels (12')

· Computer Generated Tape

· Premiered at Thresholds Electro-Acoustic Music Festival

The Burning of the Dancers (7')

· Chamber Orchestra

· Premiered by Cleveland Chamber Symphony

Abide With Me (5')

· SATB choir

Etude for Bb Clarinet (3')

Serenade for Tuba (3')

Colors: Suite for Piano (9')

· Awarded top prize in MTNA Collegiate Composition Competition

· Awarded honorable mention in ASCAP Competition for Young Composers