Joyce Solomon Moorman
Joyce Solomon Moorman (born May 11, 1946) is an American composer and educator.
Biography[edit]
Moorman was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on May 11, 1946, and grew up in Columbia, South Carolina.[1][2] She attended segregated public schools through high school.[1] Moorman earned a bachelor's degree from Vassar College in 1968 and in 1971, a masters of arts from Rutgers University.[2] She earned a masters of fine arts from Sarah Lawrence College in 1975.[3] In 1982, she earned her doctorate from Columbia University.[2]
She taught at the Brooklyn Music School starting in 1982 and leaving in 1993.[2] She has also taught at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, St. John's University, York College, LaGuardia Community College, NYC College and at Brooklyn College.[2]
In 1976, she received a jazz study grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).[4] In 1998, she was the winner of the Vienna Modern Masters Millennium Commission Competition.[5]
Works[edit]
Moorman's work, "The Soul of Nature" premiered with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1990.[6] She composed Race Riot, a work based on Andy Warhol's piece of the same name.[7] It premiered in 2000 at the Pennsylvania Academy.[7] In 2016, the world premiere of Cape Coast Castle was played the Richmond County Orchestra.[8] Cape Coast Castle describes The Door of No Return in Ghana.[8]
Her opera, Elegies for the Fallen, is based on the poetry of Rashidah Ismaili and is a commemoration of the Soweto Massacre.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Joyce Solomon Moorman Scores". Black Metropolis Research Consortium. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ a b c d e Kuhn, Laura; McIntire, Dennis. "Moorman, Joyce Solomon". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ "Notable Alumni". Sarah Lawrence College. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ a b McVicker, Mary F. (2016). Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-4766-2361-0.
- ^ "Afro-American Chamber Music Society Concert of Afro-Cuban Music Sunday April 15, 2012 1–2 PM, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach CA". AfriClassical. 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ Guinn, John (1990-02-11). "Piece of Mind". Detroit Free Press. p. 139. Retrieved 2020-02-02 – via Newspapers.com. and "Black Composers Listen in as Symphony Brings Their Works to Life". Detroit Free Press. 1990-02-11. p. 146. Retrieved 2020-02-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Dobrin, Peter (2000-09-16). "In Honor of Andy Warhol, Pop Go the Composers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 53. Retrieved 2020-02-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Richmond County Orchestra Presents A NEW WORLD". Broadway World. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
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