Carter Pann (born February 21, 1972 in

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) is an American composer. He studied composition and piano at the

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman. It offers Bachelor of Music ...

and the

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, where he earned a

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degree. His teachers include Samuel Adler, William Albright, Warren Benson,

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, David Liptak,

Joseph Schwantner Joseph Clyde Schwantner (born March 22, 1943, Chicago, Illinois) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, educator and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 2002. He was awarded the 1970 Charles Ives Prize. Schwantne ...

, and

Bright Sheng Bright Sheng ( Chinese: 盛宗亮 pinyin: ''Shèng Zōngliàng''; born December 6, 1955) is a Chinese-born American composer, pianist and conductor. Sheng has earned many honors for his music and compositions, including a MacArthur Fellowship in ...

, and piano with Barry Snyder. His works have been performed by the

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City of Birmingham Symphony The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. It is the resident orchestra at Symphony Hall: a B:Music Venue in Birmingham, which has been its principal performance venue since 1991. Its ...

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, National Repertory Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Syracuse Symphony, New York Youth Symphony, Chicago Youth Symphony, Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Haddonfield Symphony, Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps, and many other college orchestras and bands, among others. He has also received awards and recognition from the

American Academy of Arts and Letters The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 300-member honor society whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art. Its fixed number membership is elected for lifetime appointments. Its headq ...

, Masterprize, the

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, the K. Serocki Competition in

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, the Zoltan Kodaly and Francois d'Albert Concours Internationales de Composition, and a concerto commission for clarinettist

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. Pann currently teaches composition and theory at the

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Selected recorded works

*''Antares'' *''Dance Partita'' *''Deux séjours'' *''Differences'' for cello and piano *''Factories: Locomotive/Gothic/Mercurial/At Peace'', for wind ensemble *''Hold This Boy and Listen'' *''Love Letters'' (2000) *''Piano Concerto'' *''Slalom'', for symphony orchestra *''Soiree Macabre: with demons on the dance floor'' *''Symphony for Winds "My Brother's Brain" *''The Bills'', for piano *''The Cheese Grater – A Mean Two-Step'' *''The High Songs'' *''The Mechanics'', for saxophone quartet *''The Piano's 12 Sides'' *''The Three Embraces'' *''Two Portraits of Barcelona'' *''Wrangler'', for wind ensemble

External links

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Carter Pann's page at Theodore Presser Company
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