In November 2011, Gene Shay interviewed composer Andrea Clearfield to ask her life as a composer and about her recent compositions and travels.
Listen to Episode 101.5: Andrea Clearfield
Episode 101.5
Episode Details:
In this episode of OPUS 101, Andrea discusses some of her more recent works, including: Golem Psalms, Kawa Ma Gyur (The Unchanging Pillar), and Lung Ta (The Windhorse). She talks about her inspirational trips to the Lo Manthang region of northern Nepal and how those unique experiences inspired the compositions of Lung Ta and Kawa Ma Gyur as well as her compositional origins and working method.
About Andrea Clearfield
Andrea Clearfield (b. Philadelphia, 1960) is an award winning American composer of music for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensembles, dance and multi-media collaborations. She has been praised by the New York Times for her “graceful tracery and lively, rhythmically vital writing”, the Philadelphia Inquirer for her “virtuosity”, “compositional wizardry” and “mastery with large choral and instrumental forces” and by the L.A. Times for her “fluid and glistening orchestration." Her works are performed widely in the U.S. and abroad. Commissions include works for The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Debussy Trio and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Carol Wincenc, the Turtle Creek Chorale, the Mendelssohn Club, Orchestra 2001 and Network for New Music. For more information, visit Andrea Clearfield's website.
Andrea Clearfield (b. Philadelphia, 1960) is an award winning American composer of music for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensembles, dance and multi-media collaborations. She has been praised by the New York Times for her “graceful tracery and lively, rhythmically vital writing”, the Philadelphia Inquirer for her “virtuosity”, “compositional wizardry” and “mastery with large choral and instrumental forces” and by the L.A. Times for her “fluid and glistening orchestration." Her works are performed widely in the U.S. and abroad. Commissions include works for The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Debussy Trio and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Carol Wincenc, the Turtle Creek Chorale, the Mendelssohn Club, Orchestra 2001 and Network for New Music. For more information, visit Andrea Clearfield's website.
Past OPUS 101 Episodes
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101.4.1: Dave Burrell (Part I)
Episode 101.4.1
101.4.2: Dave Burrell (Part II)
Episode 101.4.2
101.3: George Crumb
OPUS 101 with George Crumb
101.2: David Bennett Thomas
OPUS 101 with David Thomas
101.1: Jennifer Higdon
OPUS 101 with Jennifer Higdon
Did you miss a webcast premiere or encore? You can find them here one week following the last streaming.
101.4.1: Dave Burrell (Part I)
Episode 101.4.1
101.4.2: Dave Burrell (Part II)
Episode 101.4.2
101.3: George Crumb
OPUS 101 with George Crumb
101.2: David Bennett Thomas
OPUS 101 with David Thomas
101.1: Jennifer Higdon
OPUS 101 with Jennifer Higdon
OPUS 101
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For more information on ACF Philadelphia's composer interview program, or to view the archive, visit the OPUS 101 webpage.
What’s Playing on NMP?
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Call for Recordings!
Want your music to be heard in Philadelphia and around the world? Submit your music to the New Music Philadelphia webcast. Please see our Submit Music page for details.
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