Collection: Carlsen, Philip
Born in Coulee Dam, Washington, in 1951, Philip Carlsen studied at the University of Washington, Brooklyn College, and the CUNY Graduate Center, working principally with Robert Suderburg and Jacob Druckman, as well as with Stuart Dempster, William Bergsma, Mario Davidovsky, and Charles Dodge. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the Maine Arts Commission; a residency at the MacDowell Colony; and the 1989 American Composers Alliance/Town Hall Commission.
The National Symphony Orchestra, in connection with its nationwide residency program, chose Carlsen to represent Maine in writing a new chamber work for premiere at the Kennedy Center that would “express the spirit of Maine’s people.” Other commissions have come from the Portland Symphony Orchestra, the Bossov Ballet Theatre, the Sebago-Long Lakes Region Chamber Music Festival, the trio Penumbra, etc. Carlsen’s solo piano piece “October,” recorded by his son Melsen, is available from Navona Records on the SCI CD series.
In addition to his orchestral, chamber, and vocal music for traditional Western musicians, Carlsen has also composed for Javanese and Sundanese gamelan, for Laotian khean, and for his own original instruments. He has written and premiered five pieces for automobile orchestra in Farmington, Maine. One of them, “ReinCARnation,” was encored in October 2015 in the courtyard of Schloss Mirabell in Salzburg.
Carlsen is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Maine at Farmington, where he conducted the orchestra and taught other music courses for 33 years. He lives in South Portland, Maine, with his wife, the poet Jeri Theriault.
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Frederic Chopin
Étude Op. 10, No. 6
Two Marimbas
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Philip Carlsen
Fair Seed-Time
Tenor and Orch: 2,2,2,2 / 2,1,1,0 / 1 perc / pf / str
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Philip Carlsen
Fantazy A6
6 Trombones 5 Tenor Trombones, 1 Bass Trombone
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Philip Carlsen
Far Psalteries - For Piano Trio
Piano Trio
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Philip Carlsen
Far Psalteries Of Summer
violin, cello, marimba, piano
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Philip Carlsen
Four Journeys In Maine
Soprano and Chamber Orchestra 2(2+picc)12(1+asax, 2+bcl)2 - 1110 - perc - soprano solo - strings
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Philip Carlsen
Frangipani Blossoms
Solo Khaen
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Philip Carlsen
Glass Night
Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus, and Piano
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Philip Carlsen
Grandmother As Scylla
SATB Chorus
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Philip Carlsen
Grandsire Triples
Vibraphone and Marimba
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Philip Carlsen
I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died
Women's Chorus
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Philip Carlsen
I'm Nobody
Women's Chorus
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Philip Carlsen
Imaginary Numbers
Bass Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Cello, and Tabla
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Philip Carlsen
Implications Of Melissa
S, Mz, T, cl, vln, vc, pf
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Philip Carlsen
In Search Of Holly
3 Marimbas and 1 Snare Drum
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Philip Carlsen
Incarnation For Automobile Orchestra
32-Automobile orchestra, conductor
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Philip Carlsen
Landscape With Ladyslipper
fl(pic), ob(ca), cl(bcl), vln, vla, vc, db
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