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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