Harold Oliver

Biography

Harold Oliver has composed music that  has received high praise from discerning musicians and listeners.  Oliver was born in 1942, studied music and performed at an early age.  He continued advanced studies at the Peabody Conservatory, the Yale School of Music, the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, the Arnold Schoenberg Institute, and Princeton University and has studied with many distinguished American composers, including: Donald Martino, Mel Powell, Gunther Schuller and Milton Babbitt.

His works include chamber operas, cantatas, orchestral compositions, concertos, choral compositions, woodwind quintets, string quartets, works for percussion ensemble, and
numerous other chamber and vocal works which have been performed throughout
the United States and internationally.
Oliver is the recipient of over thirty fellowships, grants and awards, including: the Berkshire Music Center, the Vermont Composer's Conference, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Music Center, Arts Councils in New York and New Jersey and Meet The Composer, and the League/ISCM.

His music has been published by Music Sales Corporation/G.Schirmer, Inc. (BMI), Carl Fischer Facsimile Editions (ASCAP), the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the Association for the Promotion of New Music (APNM-BMI).
Oliver has taught composition and theory at Duke University, Queens College CUNY, Geneseo College SUNY, Southern Methodist University and is Professor of Composition/Theory at Rowan University , where he
teaches composition, theory and directs the Contemporary Music Ensemble.

ACE Publications

33 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Harold Oliver AIR BOURNE Picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, eng horn, 2 cl, bass cl, 2 bassoon, contrabassoon, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 2 tbn, bass tbn, tba, perc, marimba, vibraphone, harp, str
Harold Oliver AIR BOURNE
Picc, 2 fl, ob, eng hn, 2 bassoon, 3 cl, bass cl, sop sax, alto sax, ten sax, 2 tpt, 4 hn, 2tbn, bass tbn, Euph, tba, bass, perc, Marimba, vibraphone, harp
Harold Oliver AND THEN...
cl
Harold Oliver BANDFARE
Picc, fl, 2 ob, bassoon, contrabassoon, 3 cl, alto cl, bass cl, sop sax, alto sax, ten sax, bar sax, 3 tpt, 4 hn, 2tbn, bass tbn, baritone, Euph, tba, bass, perc, Timp, vibraphone
Harold Oliver CANTOS ARCHIPELAGOS
Eng. Horn (or Bass Fl.) Marimba, Cello
Harold Oliver COLLISION
2-1-1
Harold Oliver COMING FROM THE LIGHT
Baritone Voice, Counter Tenor (or alto, boy sop) C Tpt, Perc Ensemble
Harold Oliver CONVERGENCE
picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, eng horn, 2 bassoon, 3 cl, bass cl, sop sax, alto sax, ten sax, 2 tpt, 4 hn, 2 tbn, bass tbn, euph, tba, bass, timp, perc, vibraphone, harp
Harold Oliver DIGRESSIONS
Flute (Picc., Alto Fl.) Cello, and Piano
Harold Oliver DUO
Tpt, bass
Harold Oliver EXTENSIONS
Sop Sax, Alto Sax, Ten Sax, Bar Sax
Harold Oliver FANTASIA FOR GUITAR
guitar
Harold Oliver FLOWERS AND BRANCHES
Clarinet, cello, piano
Harold Oliver FOUND OBJECTS Picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, eng horn, 2 cl, bass cl, 2 bassoon, contrabassoon, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 2 tbn, bass tbn, tba, timp, perc, marimba, vibraphone, harp, str
Harold Oliver GLIMMERINGS
guitar, vibraphone
Harold Oliver GOING ON GOING
Solo Koto, 3 Koto, Bass Koto
Harold Oliver HIDDEN DIMENSIONS
Cl (Bass Cl), Guit, 2 vn, vla, cello, bass, perc, marimba, pno
Harold Oliver IN A DARK TIME
Clarinet, Horn, Cello, Piano
Harold Oliver ISOMORPHIC PLENUM
fl, cl, pno
Harold Oliver KOETSU SETTINGS
Soprano, Shakuhachi, Bass Koto
Harold Oliver LAPIDARY NIMBUS
violin, marimba
Harold Oliver ODE ON A GRECIAN URN
2 vin
Harold Oliver PASSAGES
3/pic-3/Eh-3b-3cbn;4-2-3/b-1;per(2);hp;str
Harold Oliver QUANTUM FOAM
two guitars or solo marimba

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