1 March 1954, Cleveland, Ohio
American composer and educator.
Works for Mixed Brass Ensembles
- Colchester Fantasy (1987) for brass quintet
- Front Range Fanfare (2003) for brass ensemble
- Frost Fire (1990) for brass quintet
- Grand Valley Fanfare (2001) for brass quintet
- Philharmonic Fanfare (1997) for trumpet, horn, and trombone
- Shadowcatcher (1996) concerto for brass quintet and orchestra (also wind ensemble and piano)
- Symphony in Brass (1991) for brass ensemble
- A Western Fanfare (1997) for brass ensemble
- A Western Fanfare (1997) for brass quintet
Works for Trumpet Ensemble
- Concert Fanfare (2000) for 6 trumpets
- Fantasia for Seven Trumpets (2003)
- Prelude and Fugue for Trumpet Choir (2000) for 6 trumpets
- Sonoran Desert Harmonies (2003) for 6 trumpets
- Sonoran Desert Harmonies for 8 trumpets
Works for Horn Ensemble
- Grand Canyon Octet (1996) for 8 horns
- High Desert Octet (2002) for 8 horns
- Legend of the Sleeping Bear (2001) for 8 horns
- Woodland Quartet (2003) for 4 horns
Works for Trombone Ensemble
- Capriccio for Bass Trombone and Trombone Choir (1999)
- Concertino for Bass Trombone and Trombone Choir (1996)
- Dagon II (1980) for 9 trombones
- Fantasia and Double Fugue for Trombone Choir (1997) for 8 trombones
- Grand Canyon Octet (1996) for 8 trombones
- Great Lakes Fanfare (2002) for 8 trombones
- Myths and Legends (2000) for trombone quartet
- Posaunenstadt (2000) for 12 trombones
Biography
Receiving a BM from the Eastman School of Music, and MM and DMA degrees from The Juilliard School, Eric Ewazen‘s teachers include Milton Babbitt, Samuel Adler, Warren Benson, Joseph Schwantner and Gunther Schuller. He is a recipient of numerous composition awards and prizes. His works have been commissioned and performed by many soloists, chamber ensembles and orchestras in the U.S. and overseas.
His works are recorded on Summit Records, d’Note Records, CRS Records, New World, Clique Track, Helicon, Hyperion, Cala, Albany and EMI Classics. Two of his solo CDs featuring his chamber music are available on Well-Tempered Productions. Three additional solo CDs, one featuring his orchestral music, another his music for low brass instruments, and a third, his music for string orchestra, are available on Albany Records. A sixth solo CD of his music for percussion is available on Resonator Records. New World Records has released his concerto for brass quintet, Shadowcatcher with the American Brass Quintet and The Juilliard Wind Ensemble, conducted by Mark Gould of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Individual works of Eric Ewazen have recently been released by the Ahn Trio, Julie Giacobassi of the San Francisco Symphony, Charles Vernon of the Chicago Symphony, Koichiro Yamamoto of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Ronald Barron of the Boston Symphony, Doug Yeo of the Boston Symphony, Steve Witser of the Cleveland Orchestra, Joe Alessi and Philip Smith of the New York Philharmonic, the Horn Section of the New York Philharmonic, the Summit Brass and the American Brass Quintet. His music is published by Southern Music Company, International Trombone Association Manuscript Press, Keyboard Publications, Manduca Music, Encore Music, Triplo Music, and Brass Ring Editions.
He has been lecturer for the New York Philharmonic’s Musical Encounters Series, Vice-President of the League of Composers–International Society of Contemporary Music, and Composer-In-Residence with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in New York City. He has been a faculty member at Juilliard since 1980.