American composer Tom Myron was born November 15, 1959 in Troy, NY. His compositions have been commissioned and performed by the Kennedy Center, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Portland Symphony Orchestra, the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, the Atlantic Classical Orchestra, the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, the Topeka Symphony, the Yale Symphony Orchestra, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Bangor Symphony and the Lamont Symphony at Denver University.
He works regularly as an arranger for the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, writing for singers Rosanne Cash, Kelli O'Hara, Maxi Priest & Phil Stacey, the Young People's Chorus of New York City, the band Le Vent du Nord & others. His film scores include Wilderness & Spirit; A Mountain Called Katahdin and the upcoming Henry David Thoreau; Surveyor of the Soul, both from Films by Huey.
Individual soloists and chamber ensembles that regularly perform Myron's work include violinists Peter Sheppard-Skaerved, Elisabeth Adkins & Kara Eubanks, violist Tsuna Sakamoto, cellist David Darling, the Portland String Quartet, the DaPonte String Quartet and the Potomac String Quartet.
Tom Myron's Violin Concerto No. 2 has been featured twice on Performance Today. Tom Myron lives in Northampton, MA. His works are published by MMB Music Inc.
FREE DOWNLOADS of music by TOM MYRON
Symphony No. 2
Violin Concerto No. 2
Viola Concerto
The Soldier's Return (String Quartet No. 2)
Katahdin (Greatest Mountain)
Contact featuring David Darling
Mille Cherubini in Coro featuring Lee Velta
This Day featuring Andy Voelker
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005
A Muse is a Mythological Being
Over the past 10 years I've written 2 symphonies, 3 concertos, 5 shorter works for orchestra (6-15 min. each) 2 string quartets (each about 30 min & one with soprano) 1 wind quintet (with narrator), 3 pieces for alto sax & jazz ensemble, a childrens musical, incidental music for 5 children's theater productions, a feature length documentary, 4 television productions and a movie trailer.
This week I am scoring the fund raising trailer for a second feature length documentary with ECM recording artist David Darling.
Although I recently signed with a publisher, I have up until now done the music preparation for all of these projects myself. I've also done a good deal of copying for other composers.
I don't really believe in muses or inspiration but there are two quotes that I always have in the back of my mind.
"Whenever a student tells me that they are looking for a second theme for the first movement of their new symphony I tell them that they ought to be writing their symphony."
Dmitri Shostakovich
"People think that living well is the best revenge but they're wrong. It's damn hard work."
Mike Nichols
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posted by Tom Myron
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