Leading orchestras and chamber ensembles have recorded his music for New World, CRI, Albany, Innova, Capstone and other labels. Honors and awards for his compositions include the Gaudeamus Foundation (Netherlands), the Rockefeller Foundation (two Bellagio residencies), and the National Endowment for the Arts. Over the course of his career he has served as president of The College Music Society, president of the Society of Composers, Inc, vice-president of the American Music Center, and board member of the American Composers Alliance.
Schwartz wrote or edited a number of books on musical subjects. These include Music: Ways of Listening, Electronic Music: A Listener’s Guide, Music since 1945 (co-author with Daniel Godfrey) and the anthology Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music (co-editor with Barney Childs). Schwartz’s 70th and 80th birthdays were celebrated with concerts and guest lectures at Oxford, the Royal Academy of Music (London), Butler University, Concordia College, the University of Minnesota, the ACA Festival (NYC) and the Library of Congress. His music is published by ACA, Associated Music Publishers, and Lauren Keiser Music, and is preserved at archives including the Library of Congress and Special Collections in Performing Arts at the University of Maryland. He passed away December 7, 2016 in Brunswick.
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Elliott Schwartz | DREAM OF BELLS & BEATS |
pf,11 audience performers with radios,metronomes, music |
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Elliott Schwartz | DREAMSCAPE | solo theremin, theremin choir, ob, vcl, pf
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Elliott Schwartz | ELEVATOR MUSIC | various pitched or non-pitched instruments as available
12 groups of students on different floors of an elevator building |
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Elliott Schwartz | ESSAYS for TRUMPET AND TROMBONE | tpt, tbn
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Elliott Schwartz | EXTENDED OBOE | ob,tape
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Elliott Schwartz | FACEBOOK CHRONICLES |
sop, guit, tpt, trb, 2 perc, pno |
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Elliott Schwartz | FOUR MOBILES FOR DAVID |
solo percussionist, plus 2 audio playback tracks |
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Elliott Schwartz | GARDEN FOR RKB (In Memoriam, Robert K. Beckwith) | cl/bcl, vln, pf
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Elliott Schwartz | HALL OF MIRRORS | Saxophone quartet S/A,A,T,B, piano, portable radios
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Elliott Schwartz | HALO | bcl
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Elliott Schwartz | HEARING DAVID |
solo instrument with audio playback |
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Elliott Schwartz | IN MEMORIAM WBW |
flute, piano |
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Elliott Schwartz | INAUGURAL FANFARE | 2 trumpets, 1 percussion
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Elliott Schwartz | INSIDE AND OUT | Eb cl., pf.
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Elliott Schwartz | JACK O'LANTERN | chamber orchestra and lights
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Elliott Schwartz | JEFFERSON CADENZA: SOLILOQUY AND REMEMBRANCE |
violin |
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Elliott Schwartz | JET PIECE | pf/elec pf/drms & any 3 melodic instr
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Elliott Schwartz | Kaleidoscope |
Contrabassoon, violin, piano |
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Elliott Schwartz | MEHITABEL'S SERINADE | Eb solo alto sax, Fl1,2; Ob1,2-EH;Cl1,2-BsCl; Bsn1,2-CB; 4HN; 2 TPT; 2 TBN; BSTBN; TBA; TIMP; PERC (3); HP; PIANO; STRINGS: 87665
alto saxophone and orchestra |
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Elliott Schwartz | MEMORABILIA for piano | pianist, singer, narrator, other instrumentalist
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Elliott Schwartz | MEMORIAL IN TWO PARTS | vln, pf
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Elliott Schwartz | MIRRORS AND BRANCHES |
piano solo, with two pre-recorded piano tracks, created by the performer |
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Elliott Schwartz | MIRRORS FOR BARNEY & ARNEY | cl, self-prepared tp(or 2cl)
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Elliott Schwartz | MOBILE & DREAM | 1-6pf, audience, optional tape
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Elliott Schwartz | MUSIC FOR AUDIENCE & SOLOIST | soloist, audience, 4 conductors
Any instrument small enough to walk around with; |