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.
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Composer | Title | SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION | Year | |
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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
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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 |
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Harold Oliver | AND THEN... |
cl |
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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 |
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Harold Oliver | CANTOS ARCHIPELAGOS |
Eng. Horn (or Bass Fl.) Marimba, Cello |
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Harold Oliver | COLLISION |
2-1-1 |
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Harold Oliver | COMING FROM THE LIGHT |
Baritone Voice, Counter Tenor (or alto, boy sop) C Tpt, Perc Ensemble |
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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 |
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Harold Oliver | DIGRESSIONS |
Flute (Picc., Alto Fl.) Cello, and Piano |
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Harold Oliver | DUO |
Tpt, bass |
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Harold Oliver | EXTENSIONS |
Sop Sax, Alto Sax, Ten Sax, Bar Sax |
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Harold Oliver | FANTASIA FOR GUITAR |
guitar |
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Harold Oliver | FLOWERS AND BRANCHES |
Clarinet, cello, piano |
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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
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Harold Oliver | GLIMMERINGS |
guitar, vibraphone |
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Harold Oliver | GOING ON GOING |
Solo Koto, 3 Koto, Bass Koto |
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Harold Oliver | HIDDEN DIMENSIONS |
Cl (Bass Cl), Guit, 2 vn, vla, cello, bass, perc, marimba, pno |
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Harold Oliver | IN A DARK TIME |
Clarinet, Horn, Cello, Piano |
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Harold Oliver | ISOMORPHIC PLENUM |
fl, cl, pno |
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Harold Oliver | KOETSU SETTINGS |
Soprano, Shakuhachi, Bass Koto |
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Harold Oliver | LAPIDARY NIMBUS |
violin, marimba |
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Harold Oliver | ODE ON A GRECIAN URN |
2 vin |
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Harold Oliver | PASSAGES |
3/pic-3/Eh-3b-3cbn;4-2-3/b-1;per(2);hp;str |
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Harold Oliver | QUANTUM FOAM |
two guitars or solo marimba |