Gary Philo

Biography

     Gary Philo (b. 1953) studied composition with Mario Davidovsky, Jack Beeson, Chou Wen-chung and William Thomas McKinley. His works have been performed by many groups, including the Silesian Philharmonic (Poland), Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, the Vermont Philharmonic, Collage, the Washington Square Contemporary Music Series Players, James Dunham, Nicholas Underhill, The Cleveland Chamber Collective, Mary Rowell, and others.

He is a recipient of a Charles Ives Scholarship, awarded by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, has been commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts, and has received grants from Meet-the-Composer and CAP. He has also received fellowships to the Tanglewood Music Center and the Composers Conference at Wellesley.

Recordings include "Spring Music" for orchestra, available on MMC Recordings, his sextet Lech Lecha, recorded by the Cleveland Chamber Collective, and Three Pieces for Piano, recorded by Nicholas Underhill and available on Capstone Records. Mr. Philo serves on the board of the League of Composers/ISCM, is a member of the American Composers Alliance and BMI, and was a founding member of Composers in Red Sneakers, a Boston-based composers cooperative that produces concerts of their works and the works of other composers.

He holds a BM from Berklee College of Music, an MM from New England Conservatory, and received his DMA from Columbia University in 1992.

ACE Publications

20 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Gary Philo DANCE FOR THE DEPARTED trumpet in C, fixed media audio
Gary Philo Darling Early Morning Two Guitars
Gary Philo DUO FOR CLARINET AND MARIMBA Clarinet and Marimba
Gary Philo DUOS FOR VIOLIN AND VIOLA Violin and Viola
Gary Philo Five Impromptus for Solo Piano Solo Piano
Gary Philo Funkapricious Bass Clarinet and Trombone
Gary Philo Funkapricious 2 Two Bass Clarinets
Gary Philo Meditation, Homage a Larry Coryell Guitar
Gary Philo Nobilis humilis magne martir - for Trombone Sextet Trombone Sextet
4 Tenor Trombones, 2 Bass Trombones
Gary Philo Nobilis humilis magne martir - for String Orchestra String Orchestra
Gary Philo Song of Ruth Bass Clarinet, Trumpet in C, Trombone, Baritone voice, electronics
Gary Philo SPRING SCENES alto sax, pf
Gary Philo THREE DANCES FOR VIOLA Viola
Gary Philo TRIO clarinet, violin, piano
Gary Philo Trombone Quartet
trombone quartet
Gary Philo TWO PIECES FOR SOLO VIOLIN Violin

Additional Works

APNM:

I MUST STUDY POLITICKS AND WAR
MUSIC FOR 15 PLAYERS
THREE IMPROMPTUS FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA