Lansing McLoskey

Biography

The proverbial "Three B's" for Lansing McLoskey were not Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, but rather The Beatles, Bauhaus, and Black Flag. His first experiences at writing music were not exercises in counterpoint, but as the guitarist/songwriter for punk bands in the 1980s. It was during these years in punk-rock that he first developed a love for classical music (but that's another story).

Described as "a major talent and a deep thinker with a great ear" by the American Composers Orchestra, "an engaging, gifted composer writing smart, compelling and fascinating music" by Gramophone Magazine, and "a distinctive voice in American music,” his music has been performed to critical acclaim in 21 countries on six continents. He has won more than two dozen national & international awards, including The 2016 American Prize, the 2018 Copland House Award and commission, the 2018 Boston Choral Ensemble’s Composition Competition, the 2016 Robert Avalon International Composition Competition, and two awards from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. Most recently he was a 2019 Bogliasco Foundation Fellow, and the CD of his oratorio "Zealot Canticles" won a 2019 GRAMMY.

Recent performances include at the 2017  Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK), 2018 Dark Music Days Festival (Iceland), the 2018 Festival de Musica Contemporànea Habana (Cuba), the Alba Music Festival (Italy), the 2018 Contrasti Festival (Trento, Italy), the 2018 International Clarinet Conference (Belgium), and the premiere of a new piano work at Carnegie Hall in June of 2018. He has been commissioned by the Fromm Foundation, NEA, Barlow Endowment, Meet The Composer, Pew Charitable Trusts, the Int’l Joint Wind Quintet Project, and numerous ensembles. Recent commissions include a Barlow Commission for an 80-minute oratorio for The Crossing; a full-length opera for Guerilla Opera (Boston) for 2019/20; ensemberlino vocale (Berlin); Kammerkoret NOVA (Oslo, Norway); New Spectrum Foundation for violinist Miranda Cuckson; Berlin PianoPercussion; and Passepartout Duo (Berlin). His music is released on 16 CDs on Albany, Innova, Centaur, WergoSchallplatten, LAWO Classics, Capstone, Tantara, Equilibrium/Soundset, and Beauport Classics. Professor at the University of Miami Frost School of Music, McLoskey is an avid surfer, cyclist, and skateboarder. www.lansingmcloskey.com 

ACE Publications

35 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Lansing McLoskey zambaah
fl/picc/alto, cl/bcl, vln, vcl, pno
Lansing McLoskey Yellow
fl, cl, vln, vcl, perc
Lansing McLoskey WHIRL - clarinet and alto saxophone Bb clarinet, alto saxophone
Lansing McLoskey UNREAL CITY Soprano, Piano, and Percussion
Lansing McLoskey TWO Solo Violin
Lansing McLoskey Tinted
vln, vcl, pno
Lansing McLoskey Theft piano, spoken word
Lansing McLoskey Task Ahead Is Enormous, and There Is Not Much Time piccolo, violin, piano and percussion
Lansing McLoskey Symphoniae Sacrae 2222/ 4221/ 3 perc/ strings
Lansing McLoskey Suite hypnagogique Solo Piano
Lansing McLoskey Sudden Music Soprano and Piano
Lansing McLoskey Star Chamber
vln
Lansing McLoskey Solsange
SAT solo voices
Lansing McLoskey Sikurtawa Saxophone Quartet
Lansing McLoskey Shout in the Street Mezzo-Soprano, Flute, and Piano
Lansing McLoskey Sette grime på natta mixed choir SATB
Lansing McLoskey Rosetta Stone alt version: fl/picc, cl, vln, vcl, perc, pno
fl/picc, cl, vla, vcl, perc, pno
Lansing McLoskey Riddle ATTB, four solo mens voices
Lansing McLoskey Qumran Psalms SATB triple-choir
Lansing McLoskey ...que la tierra se partio por su sonido Solo Flute and Flute Ensemble
Solo Flute, 6 Piccolos, 2 Alto Flutes, and 2 Bass Flutes
Lansing McLoskey #playlist Reed Quintet
English Horn, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, and Bassoon
Lansing McLoskey Plaindance
ob/eng, cl, vla, vcl, cb
Lansing McLoskey Piano Sonata No 1 Natural Man
pno
Lansing McLoskey Occam's Razor solo vcl/3110/2221/2 perc/2 vln/4 cb
Lansing McLoskey O mira novitas
SSA solo voices

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