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Holochwost, Steven (b. 1978, New Brunswick, New Jersey). American composer of mostly chamber, vocal and piano works that have been performed in the USA; he is also active as a scholar.
Mr. Holochwost studied composition with Kathryn Alexander, John Halle and Matthew Suttor, music history with Robert Holzer and Ellen Rosand and music theory with Patrick McCreless at Yale University from 1997-2001, where he earned his BA in music and psychology. He has studied with Charles Wuorinen at Rutgers University since 2001, on a fellowship, where he earned his MA in composition in 2002 and is currently working on his PhD. In addition, he attended masterclasses by John C. Adams, Milton Babbitt, Martin Bresnick, John Corigliano, Aaron Jay Kernis, Ezra Laderman, Fred Lerdahl, George Perle, Steve Reich, and Joseph Schwantner.
Among his many honors are the New Jersey Governor's Award in Art (1997) and fellowships and grants from the Sudler (1998-2000), Manzella (1999), Richter (2000), Mellon (2001), and Eagleton (2002) foundations and from Princeton University (2003). He has also received scholarships from the Yale Club of New Jersey (1998-99), Percy Jackson (1999) and the Leader family (2000).
As a scholar, his work has focused on policy and psychology, with an emphasis on how these fields relate to children, music and music education. He was a researcher at the Yale Child Study Center from 1999-2001, a fellow at the Bush Center for Child Development at Yale University in 2000-01 and executive director of the New Jersey Voices for Children in 2001-02.
He is also active in other positions. He served as a conducting assistant to the Orchestra of St. Luke's in 1997 and as music director of the Yale University Dramatic Association and executive director of the Yale College Opera Company from 1998-2000. He also served as composer-in-residence to the Cheshire Harmonia in Connecticut in 2000-01 and worked with the Bickford Theatre in New Jersey and Shadowpuppets Entertainment in Maine in 2001-02.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: sjholoch@eden.rutgers.edu
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: The Rose Tattoo (incidental music, play by Tennessee Williams), flute, guitar, violin, piano, 1999; Poe (3 act opera, libretto by the composer, after Edgar Allan Poe), 1999 (incomplete); Macbeth (incidental music, play by William Shakespeare), mixed chorus, string orchestra, 2000
ORCHESTRAL: Three Fast Dances, string orchestra, 2000
CHAMBER MUSIC: Sonata No. 1, violin, piano, 2000; Meditations, cello, organ, 2002; Duet No. 2, violin, cello, 2002; Dialogues, 2 ensembles (2 trumpets, 2 trombones; French horn, 2 flügelhorns, trombone, bass trombone, tuba), 2002; Five Movements, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2002
CHORAL: Psalm 13, mixed chorus, 2000
VOCAL: Nachtlied (text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), high voice, piano, 1999; Voyages (text by Hart Crane), high voice, piano, 1999; Crimson Petal (text by Lord Alfred Tennyson), high voice, piano, 2000; Beyond Tears (song-cycle, text by Langston Hughes), voice, piano, 2001
PIANO: Ricercare, 2000; Prelude No. 3, 2001; Two Waltzes, 2002; Prelude No. 4, 2002; Prelude No. 5, 2003; Prelude No. 6, 2003; Suite No. 1, 2003
(Last updated on August 26, 2004)
