Clare Shore

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Clare Shore (born 1954) is an American

music educator mezzo-soprano, and conductor
.

Biography

Clare Shore studied composition with

University of Colorado at Boulder. She studied with David Diamond, Vincent Persichetti, Roger Sessions, and later with Gunther Schuller and earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition from the Juilliard School in 1984.[1]

In addition to her work as a composer, Shore has taught music at The Juilliard School,

West Palm Beach, Florida
.

Honors and awards

  • Irving Berlin Fellowship in Memory of Jerome Kern
  • Alexandre Gretchaninov
    Memorial Award
  • Grant to Young Composers 1983
  • ASCAP
    Standard Awards since 1982
  • Composers Assistance Grants from the
    American Music Center
  • MacDowell Colony
    Fellowship
  • Atlantic Center for the Arts fellowship
  • Artist-in-Education Grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts
  • Contemporary Record Society grant
  • Composer Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts

Works

Shore composes for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choral performance and solo voice. Selected works include:

  • Concerto for Bassoon and String Orchestra, 1985
  • Intermezzo, 1984
  • Angels from the Sand for Violin, Guitar and Horn in F, 1993
  • Brass Quintet, 1985
  • Canonic Polemic for Clarinet, 'Cello and Piano, 1985
  • Cool Spring Meditations for Guitar, 1987
  • Cycle de Vie for Bassoon and String Quartet, 1989
  • Four Dickinson Songs for Soprano and Woodwind Quintet, 1982
  • Game Piece #1 for Brass Quintet
  • July Remembrances for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra, 1981
  • Les Soeurs for Flute and Bassoon
  • Maya's Song for Mezzo-soprano, Synth. & Perc. (text by Maya Angelou) 1988
  • Nightwatch for Woodwind Quintet, 1983
  • Oatlands Sketches for Organ, 1986
  • Prelude and Variations for Piano, 1981
  • Queen Esther for B♭ Clarinet, Narrator and Dancer
  • Rebecca's Gift for Violin, 'Cello and Piano
  • Rondo for Bells (4 octave set) 1977
  • Rules for Solo Melody Instrument
  • Woodwind Quintet, 1978

Shore's works are recorded on the CRS, Owl Recordings, and Opus One labels. Selected recordings include:

  • The Prism Orchestra Audio CD (January 1, 1990) Owl Recording, Inc., ASIN: B0000WVWX2
  • Nocturnos De La Ventana/July Remembrances Audio CD (April 16, 1995) Owl Recordings, Inc. ASIN: B000009JOU
  • Nightwatch, Opus One
  • Oatlands Sketches

References

  1. ^ Hall, Charles J. (2002). Chronology of Western Classical Music: 1751-1900.
  2. ^ "Biography". Retrieved 24 November 2010.
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