ROBERT CAPANNA
ROBERT CAPANNA
Robert Capanna was born in 1952 in Camden, New Jersey, and spent his early musical life commuting to Philadelphia for music lessons. Originally a trombonist, he received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in composition from the Philadelphia Music Academy where he studied with Joseph Castaldo and Theodore Antoniou. In 1974, he was the Bruno Maderna Fellow in Composition at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood where he worked with Jacob Druckman and was awarded the Koussevitsky Prize in composition.
Mr. Capanna's works have been performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, Penn Contemporary Players, Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, Amherst Music Center Orchestra, Dallas Civic Symphony, the Berkshire Music Center Orchestra, Network for New Music, the Trio di Milano, Colorado String Quartet, Mendelssohn Quartet, Concerto Soloists, Orchestra 2001 and the Philadelphia Singers
Since 1982, Mr. Capanna has served as executive director of the Settlement Music School, a community school of the arts serving over 9,000 students at six locations throughout the greater Philadelphia region. |
 | 2000-2001: ASCAP Standard Award | | 1999-2000: ASCAP Standard Award | | 1998-99: ASCAP Standard Award | | 1997-98: ASCAP Standard Award | | 1997: Distinguished Alumni Award, University of the Arts, College of Performing Arts | | 1993-94: ASCAP Standard Award | | 1992-93: ASCAP Standard Award | | 1976: Koss/MTNA National Bicentennial Composition Award | | 1974: Bruno Maderna Memorial Fellowship, Berkshire Music Center | | 1974: Koussevitsky Composition Prize, Berkshire Music Center |
Duo for Two Guitars (1982)
Published: #114-40495
Five Serenades for Woodwind Quintet (1999) -- 11'
Fl., Ob., Cl., Hn., Bsn.
Published: #114-41109
Commission Information: Board of Directors of the Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA
Available Separately:Set of parts (11441109P)
Full Score - Large (11441109S)
Phorminx for Harp
Available From Publisher (G. Schirmer, 1975)
Phorminx for Two Guitars
Available From Composer
Quartet for SATB Saxophones
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Remembrance for Bassoon Solo (1977)
Published: #114-40525
Remembrance 2 for Cello
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Rota for Percussion Quartet
Available From Publisher (G. Schirmer, 1975)
Sextet for Clarinet, Trombone, Viola, Cello, Harp and Piano
Available From Composer
Sonata for Piano Solo (1996) -- 17'
Published: #110-40734
Premiere Information: Jerome Lowenthal, piano; Curtis institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA; December 16, 1997
Stria for Flute
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String Quartet No. 1 (1996) -- 7' 45"
Published: #114-41017
Commission Information: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society for the Colorado String Quartet with funds from the William Penn Foundation
The Blue Guitar for Speaker, Guitar, Flute, Viola, Cello and Percussion
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Trio for Clarinet, Tuba and Piano
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Trio 2 for Flute, Oboe and Harp
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Trio 3 for Guitar, Marimba and Harp
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Trio 4 for Flute, Oboe and Cello
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Trio 5 for Violin, Cello and Piano
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Trio 6 for Violin, Cello and Piano (1990)
Published: #114-40626
Commission Information: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society for the Trio di Milano, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts
Available Separately:Set of parts (11440626P)
Full Score - Large (11440626S)
Variations for Flute and Harp
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Three Pieces for String Orchestra (1996) -- 13'
Published: #116-40039
Commission Information: Settlement Music School Board of Directors
Premiere Information: Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra; Philadelphia, PA; February 1998
Available Separately:Full Score - Large (11640039S)
Day a Secular Cantata for Chorus and Chamber Orchestra (1997) -- 30'
SATB Chorus (min. 6-6-6-6); 1(Picc., A.Fl.)-1(E.Hn.)-1(B.Cl.)-1; 1-0-0-0; 1Perc., Hp., Str. (min. 4-4-4-3-3-1)
Available from the Presser Rental Library
Commission Information: The Philadelphia Singers
Premiere Information: The Philadelphia Singers, Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra, David Hayes, conductor; Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA; April 27, 1999
Four Blake Songs for Soprano and Piano
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Reliquaries I and II (1985 & 1989) -- 13' ea. (26' total)
Soprano Solo; 1-1-1-1; 1-1-1-1; Gtr., 2Perc., Pno., Hp., Str. (9-3-3-1)
Available from the Presser Rental Library
Commission Information: Samuel S. Fels Fund
Six Significant Landscapes for Soprano, Two Guitars, Marimba and Harp
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Songs of an Ancient Mariner, Book One for Baritone and String Quartet (1998) -- 21'
Published: #111-40179
Commission Information: Network for New Music
Premiere Information: Colorado String Quartet, Randall Scarlata, baritone; Trinity Center for Urban Life, Philadelphia, PA; October 8, 2000
Movements:
• A feathered token
• Butterflies
• Claw clutched in net
• Dragonflies
• Elegant and poised
• Grey shadows cast
• High Seas, they said
• Phosphorescent and twinkling
Available Separately:Set of parts (11140179P)
Full Score - Large (11140179S)
Three Psalms for SATB, a cappella
Available From Composer
Three Songs
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Two Blake Songs for Soprano,Two Guitars, Marimba and Harp
Available From Composer
Two Songs for Tenor and Piano
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"This brightly paced reading of music for 12 players made its cheerful effect through shifting alliances, as each instrumentalist found new collaborators with whom to build clouds of changing sonic color. Europeans complain that Americans always smile - but it helps with programming."-Daniel Webster, Philadelphia Inquirer
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