James Lovendusky

Biography

James Vincent Lovendusky, born June 25, 1957 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. American Composer. Recipient McKnight Foundation grant, 1987-1988, composer's grant Jerome Foundation, 1987, fellowship Aspen Music School Festival, 1985, grant for young composers ASCAP, 1982, Andrew Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, U. Pittsburgh, 1981-1982, 82-83.
 

Bachelor of Music, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 1979; Master of Arts, U. Pittsburgh, 1981; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Pittsburgh, 1986.

Instructor, Oberlin (Ohio) Conservatory of Music, 1984; instructor, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1984-1986; instructor, U. Pittsburgh, 1985-1986; engraver, Hal Leonard Public Corporation, Milwaukee, since 1987. Guest composer 9th Symposium of New Music, Michigan State University, 1987, Bowling Green (Ohio) New Music Festival, 1986, Ives Festival/Ives Center for American Music, 1984.

 

ACE Publications

14 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
James Lovendusky DANCE MACABRE
fl, cl, vln, vc, perc, pf
James Lovendusky DANCE OF THE HAPPY MAN
perc ens: bells, xyl, 2vib, 4mrmba
James Lovendusky DREAM WITHIN DREAM
sop, vc. pf
James Lovendusky IMPLOSION
fl/afl/pic, ob/eh, cl/bcl, bsn, perc, tape
James Lovendusky JAMBOREE
orch: 1-1-1-1; 1-1-1-1; perc, pf/elec org; str
James Lovendusky METATHESIS orch: 2/pic/afl-2/eh-2/bcl-2; 4-2-2-0; 2perc; str
James Lovendusky QUINTET FOR WINDS
1-1-1-1,hn
James Lovendusky RESOLVE
solo cl
James Lovendusky RHAPSODY ON A WINDY NIGHT
vln, vc, pf
James Lovendusky SEXTET
vln, vc, 2perc, pf, elec harmonium
James Lovendusky SILENT WARS, SECRET HEROES
Pf
James Lovendusky SONATA FOR PIANO
pf
James Lovendusky WATER, WIND perc ens: bells, xyl, 2vib, 4mrmba
percussion ensemble
James Lovendusky WIND EMBRACE
fl, cl. bsn

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