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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Monday, March 10, 2008
Lenny
Leonard Rosenman (September 7, 1924-March 4, 2008)
I got to know Leonard Rosenman in the early 80s through my teacher, Charles Fussell. Rosenman had written a new work, Chamber Music V, for a Pierrot ensemble plus two percussionists. Collage had done an earlier version of the piece in Boston and Lenny had made changes. Charles programmed the work for the UMass Faculty New Music Ensemble. I was recruited to cover one of the percussion parts. The faculty had decided that as both a composer and a percussionist I would benefit doubly from working with Rosenman. It's a decision for which I will always be grateful.
Having Leonard Rosenman at the Five Colleges was a big deal. Seminars were held. He brought in enormous spiral-bound scores to accompany tapes of the LA Phil playing his music. There was a two piano concerto, a double bass concerto, a big orchestral essay & a Lorca song cycle. His music floored me. It just knocked me out. It was wildly inventive, crackling with amped-up colors and ferocious dramatic gestures. Ligeti & Berio meet Stan Kenton and a good time is had by all.
When the tapes had all been played he sat in front of the group chain-smoking Camel straights. He said, "I'm just gonna ramble here, but you'll get something out of it." He was right. He knew it. He radiated astonishing charisma.
We performed Chamber Music V at all five colleges. After a rehearsal it was agreed that a group of us would go out to dinner. Since the week was a hectic one my girlfriend had loaned me her car, which happened to be a beautiful, brand new Honda sedan. When I sat down at the restaurant Charles said to me, "That's a nice car. Has something changed in your life that I don't know about?"
I said, "Not really. It's my girlfriend's."
Lenny laughed, blew some smoke around and slapped me on the back. "Kid," he said, "Your career as a composer is off to a perfect start."
posted by Tom Myron
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