Joan Tower (06 Sep 1938 - )

Female Person - United States American composer

Relationships (4)

Students

1. Ken Steen (1989 - 1991)
2. Gilda Lyons
3. Jack Beeson
4. Darius Milhaud

Recordings by (4)

1. Petroushskates 0:55 (1995)
2. Petroushskates 2 1:10 (1995)
3. Petroushskates 3 0:35 (1995)
4. Petroushskates 4 2:58 (1995)

On Recordings (1)

Instruments

1. Big Sky 7:11 Chee‐Yun, André Emelianoff, Joan Tower (2005) piano

Credited as (9)

1. Joan Tower
2. Joan Tower; Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
3. Joan Tower; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
4. Joan Tower; Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
5. Joan Tower; Tokyo String Quartet, Richard Woodhams, Paul Neubauer, Chee‐Yun, Ursula Oppens, Melvin Chen, André Emelianoff, Joan Tower
6. Chee‐Yun, André Emelianoff, Joan Tower
7. Gershwin, Tower, Piston, Harbison; Kevin Cole, National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, David Alan Miller
8. Diamond, Tull, Washburn, Stamp, Tower; The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp

Works (37)

Revised

1. Fanfare no. 2 for the Uncommon Woman (1997)

Composed

1. Hexachords (1972)
2. Platinum Spirals (1976)
3. Petroushskates (1980)
4. Sequoia (1981)
5. Snow Dreams (1983)
6. Music for Cello and Orchestra (1984)
7. Clocks (1985)
8. Silver Ladders (1986)
9. Fanfare no. 1 for the Uncommon Woman (1986)
10. Island Prelude (1988)
11. Fanfare no. 2 for the Uncommon Woman (1989)
12. Concerto for Orchestra: Part II (1991)
13. Fanfare no. 3 for the Uncommon Woman (1991)
14. Concerto for Orchestra: Part I (1991)
15. Concerto for Orchestra (1991)
16. Fanfare no. 4 for the Uncommon Woman (1992)
17. Fanfare no. 5 for the Uncommon Woman (1993)
18. Duets for Orchestra (1994)
19. No Longer Very Clear: Or like a…an Engine (1994)
20. Turning Points (1995)
21. No Longer Very Clear: Holding a Daisy (1996)
22. Wild Purple (1998)
23. Big Sky (2000)
24. No Longer Very Clear: Vast Antique Cubes (2000)
25. No Longer Very Clear: Throbbing Still (2000)
26. In Memory (2002)
27. In Memory (2002)
28. DNA (2003)
29. Copperwave (2006)
30. Trio Cavany (2007)
31. White Granite (2010)
32. No Longer Very Clear
33. Made in America
34. Tambor
35. Celebration Fanfare from Stepping Stones

Dedicated Works

1. Parajota Delaté

Links (11)

Other Databases

1. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6v99416
2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82099799
3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82099799
4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13991854c
5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119293196

Songkick

1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/191727

Discogs

1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1036959

Allmusic

1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001191508

VIAF ID

1. http://viaf.org/viaf/34653100

Wikidata

1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q293218

Stream For Free

1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/5506BdXZgoHhWIZtWEGynH