Carter Pann (born February 21, 1972 in

La Grange, Illinois ''(the barn)'' , nickname = , motto = ''Tradition & Pride – Moving Forward'' , anthem = ''My La Grange'' by Jimmy Dunne , image_map = File:Cook County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas La Grange Highlighted.svg , mapsize = 26 ...

) 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 ...

. He studied composition and piano at the

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman. It offers Bachelor of Music (B.M ...

and the

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

, where he earned a

Doctor of Musical Arts The Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) is a doctoral academic degree in music. The DMA combines advanced studies in an applied area of specialization (usually music performance, music composition, or conducting) with graduate-level academic study in ...

degree. His teachers include Samuel Adler, William Albright, Warren Benson,

William Bolcom William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. He ...

David Liptak David Liptak (born December 18, 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) is a composer and music teacher living in Rochester, New York. Music career Since 1987, Liptak has been a member of the composition faculty of the Eastman School of Music of ...

Joseph Schwantner Joseph Clyde Schwantner (born March 22, 1943, Chicago, Illinois) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, educator and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 2002. He was awarded the 1970 Charles Ives Prize. Schwantner ...

, and

Bright Sheng Bright Sheng ( Chinese: 盛宗亮 pinyin: ''Shèng Zōngliàng''; born December 6, 1955) is a Chinese-born American composer, pianist and conductor. Sheng has earned many honors for his music and compositions, including a MacArthur Fellowship in ...

, and piano with

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. His works have been performed by the

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, City of Birmingham Symphony,

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National Repertory Orchestra The National Repertory Orchestra (NRO) is an American summer symphony orchestra that offers full fellowships to train young professional musicians for careers in music through performances, masterclasses and workshops. Based in Breckenridge, Colo ...

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, Syracuse Symphony,

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, Chicago Youth Symphony, Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Haddonfield Symphony,

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, and many other college orchestras and bands, among others. He has also received awards and recognition from the

American Academy of Arts and Letters The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 300-member honor society whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art. Its fixed number membership is elected for lifetime appointments. Its headqu ...

, Masterprize, the

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, the K. Serocki Competition in

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, the Zoltan Kodaly and Francois d'Albert Concours Internationales de Composition, and a concerto commission for clarinettist

Richard Stoltzman Richard Leslie Stoltzman (born July 12, 1942) is an American clarinetist. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he spent his early years in San Francisco, California, and Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating from Woodward High School in 1960. Today, Stoltzman is part ...

. Pann currently teaches composition and theory at the

University of Colorado Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado syst ...

Selected recorded works

*''Antares'' *''Dance Partita'' *''Deux séjours'' *''Differences'' for cello and piano *''Factories: Locomotive/Gothic/Mercurial/At Peace'', for wind ensemble *''Hold This Boy and Listen'' *''Love Letters'' (2000) *''Piano Concerto'' *''Slalom'', for symphony orchestra *''Soiree Macabre: with demons on the dance floor'' *''Symphony for Winds "My Brother's Brain" *''The Bills'', for piano *''The Cheese Grater – A Mean Two-Step'' *''The High Songs'' *''The Mechanics'', for saxophone quartet *''The Piano's 12 Sides'' *''The Three Embraces'' *''Two Portraits of Barcelona'' *''Wrangler'', for wind ensemble

External links

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Carter Pann's page at Theodore Presser Company
* *

July 16, 2000 1972 births Eastman School of Music alumni Living people People from La Grange, Illinois Ragtime composers University of Colorado Boulder faculty University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni Pupils of Samuel Adler (composer) 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers 21st-century American composers American male classical composers American classical composers 20th-century American composers Classical musicians from Illinois 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians Pupils of Joseph Schwantner {{US-composer-20thC-stub