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Knight, Edward (b. 1961, Ann Arbor,
Michigan). American composer of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have
been successfully performed in Europe and the USA.
Dr. Knight
received his BMus from Eastern Michigan University (1983) and his MMus (1985) and
DMA (1988) from the University of Texas at Austin. He later studied privately
with John Corigliano and did his postdoctoral studies at the Royal College of
Music in London (1988-89).
He is the
recipient of numerous awards, including the Sir Arthur Bliss Memorial Award
from the Royal College of Music (1989, the first American awarded this prize),
First Prize in the National Orchestra Association’s New Music Orchestral
Project (1991) and the Rudolf Nissim Award from ASCAP (1994). More recently, he
was awarded two residencies at the Yaddo Arts Colony in New York (2001-02) and
was named the Oklahoma Music Teachers Association Composer of the Year (2001)
and the Musician of the Year by the Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs (2002).
He has also received ASCAP StandardPlus awards annually since 1990 and commendations from Vienna Modern Masters (1990), the Bergen Festival (1996) and both the House of Representatives and Senate of Oklahoma (2002).
From 1992-94, he
was a visiting assistant professor at the City University of New York and since
1997, he has served as associate professor and composer-in-residence at
Oklahoma City University.
Subito Music publishes
his works, which are distributed by Theodore Presser nationally and by Boosey
and Hawkes internationally.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: eknight@okcu.edu
Street address: Dr. Edward Knight, 430 NW 20 St., Oklahoma City, OK
73103, USA
Telephone: 405 521 5274
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
(dates given are of première, not of composition)
STAGE: Strike a Match (music theatre work),
1999 (a suite was arranged for 2 pianos, 2000); Night of the Comets (music theatre work), 2001
ORCHESTRAL: Of Perpetual Solace, 1989; Total Eclipse, 1990; Big Shoulders, 1991; Granite Island, 1991; Life is Fine, 1997; Route 66, symphonic band, 1998; Cadillac
Ranch, string orchestra, 1999; Inaugural
Fanfare, symphonic band, 1999
CHAMBER MUSIC: Concerto, piano, brass ensemble, 1991; Concerto, clarinet, ensemble, 1992; Sonata, cello, piano, 1994; Colic Frolic: Notes from a Sleep-Starved
Dad, violin, cello, piano, 1999; American
Diner, percussion ensemble, 2000; Halley’s Tale, flute, piano, 2001; Dances, marimba, 2002
CHORAL: O vos omnes, mixed chorus, 1989; Wings of Fire, small mixed chorus, 2002;
Songs from the Mother Road, mixed
chorus, 2002
VOCAL: Life is Fine, female voice, piano, 1998
(also version for soprano, orchestra, 1998); Believe, female voice, French horn, 2000
PIANO: Illusions, 1991; Strike a Match (suite), 2 pianos, 2000 (arrangement of material
from music theatre work)
ORGAN: Celebration, 2002
CABARET SONGS: Dates from Hell, 1999; Dreaming, 1999; Machines, 1999; Rockaway,
1999; Eyes, 2000; I forgot, 2000; Indigo, 2000; Brush,
2001; Can It Be, 2001; House of Mirrors, 2001; Parts, 2001; Remember Now, 2001; Schadenfreude,
2001; We Are One, 2001; What You Wish, 2001
(Last updated on July 11, 2002)
