Carl Schroeder is an American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

based in

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

. His works include the

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

elegy An elegy is a poem of serious reflection, and in English literature usually a lament for the dead. However, according to ''The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy'', "for all of its pervasiveness ... the 'elegy' remains remarkably ill defined: sometime ...

"Christine's Lullaby"; "The Minnesota Portraits," a three-movement suite for

concert band A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion famil ...

; "88 Keys," a composition for solo

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

using the instrument's 88 keys once each; "Two December Carols," a set of two holiday carols for accompanied

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

; "Birmingham," a work for orchestra and narrator inspired by the Letter from Birmingham Jail of Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...

; "Remembrance," a concert band tribute to soldiers who served in the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

; "Spin," a concert band work inspired by biking trips on the

Root River State Trail Root River State Trail and Harmony-Preston State Trail (collectively called the Blufflands State Trail) are a paved multi-use rail trail system in the driftless area of southeast Minnesota. The trail system consists of two main segments, the Root ...

in southeastern

; and "Lake Harriet Bandshell Blues," a concert band work that celebrates the outdoor bandshell performance venue at

Lake Harriet (Minnesota) Lake Harriet (Dakota: ''Bdé Umáŋ'', "Other Lake") is a lake in the southwest part of Minneapolis, just south of Bde Maka Ska and north of Minnehaha Creek. The lake is surrounded by parkland as part of Minneapolis’ Chain of Lakes. The lake ha ...

References

External links

Carl Schroeder official web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schroeder, Carl Living people American male composers 21st-century American composers 21st-century American male musicians Year of birth missing (living people)