Eric Sessler is an American composer and educator. Among his collaborations are works written for Grammy Award winner

Jason Vieaux Jason Vieaux (born July 17, 1973, in Buffalo, New York) is an American classical guitarist. He began his musical training in Buffalo, New York at the age of eight, after which he continued his studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 1992, ...

; Philadelphia Orchestra principal flutist

Jeffrey Khaner Jeffrey Khaner (born December 22, 1958) is the principal flutist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has also served as principal flutist with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony. Khaner teaches at the Curtis Institute of Music, ...

; organist Alan Morrison; the

Dover Quartet The Dover Quartet is an American string quartet. It was formed at the Curtis Institute of Music in 2008 and its members are graduates of both the Curtis Institute of Music and the Rice University Shepherd School of Music. Its name is taken from ...

; and the flute & guitar duo of Bonita Boyd &

Nicholas Goluses Nicholas Goluses is a professor of classical guitar at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. Goluses has held the Andrés Segovia Chair at the Manhattan School of Music, as the founder and chair of that school's guitar departm ...

. Also a composer of educational works, he has written music for youth orchestra, wind ensemble, narration and voice for young minds and musicians. Sessler teaches at the

Curtis Institute of Music The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. All students attend on full scholarship. Hi ...

and the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most el ...

, Pre-College and he is a trained classical guitarist.

Reception

"Sessler's 2013 String Quartet, whose first movement was full of reverberations and refractions on optimism and sincerity, and the same kind of American vibe that infused Barber" was written by Peter Dobrin in ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. While Victor L. Schermer added, "Sessler achieved a delicate balance between the rounded romantic development of mood and motif and a post-modern sense of music that’s paradoxically linear in its non-linearity and constant in its change— a song without a singer." For the release of the recording of Organ Concerto, Phil Muse of Sequenza 21 wrote, "The main reason for excitement on the release of this new album is that it is the recording debut of Eric Sessler’s scintillating new (2006) Organ concerto. The work itself is a stunning conception, being both a display piece for the organ and a solid concert work for the orchestra, which remains an equal partner with the soloist throughout the 18-minute piece, so that it is an organ concerto in every sense of the word"

Selected works

*Flute Concerto for Jeffrey Khaner & the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra *Organ Concerto for Alan Morrison & the Curtis Symphony Orchestra *String Quartet for the Dover Quartet *''Sawmill Sunshine'' (flute & piano) *Fantasy'' (organ) *''Gold'' (variations for string orchestra) *Piano Quartet *Duo for Harp & Oboe

Selected guitar works

*''Rhapsody & Afterglow'' for Jason Vieaux (solo guitar) *Sonata No. 1 for Jason Vieaux (solo guitar) *''Shift and Riff'' (guitar quartet) *''Hammerhead'' for Bonita Boyd & Nicholas Goluses (flute & guitar) *Sonata for Harp & Guitar *''Good Words to You'' (voice & guitar) *''Bombadiliana'' (solo guitar)

Selected educational works

*''Beyond Earth'' (wind ensemble) *''Toward a Bright Future'' (youth orchestra) *''Loughran's Lark'' (gala work combining the forces of symphonic & band instruments in a large collaborative celebration) *''Jack & the Beanstalk'' (narrator, violin & cello) *''What You will Learn About the Brobinyak'' (children's chorus with adult mixed chorus)

Selected vocal works

*''Songs of the King'' (soprano solo, mixed chorus, five obbligato instruments & strong orchestra) *''The Inquisitive Prince'' (one-act opera) *''The Angel Bride'' (soprano solo, mixed chorus & piano) *''In Excelsis Gloria'' (mixed chorus)

Selected recordings

*''Opus 76'' features Alan Morrison performing Organ Concerto in Verizon Hall with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia *''American Voyage'' Alan Morrison performs ''Fantasy'' *''Musica Magica'' Maximilan Mangold and Mirjam Schröder perform ''Sonata for Harp & Guitar''
"Toronto Public Library: Sessler, Eric." retrieved July 15, 2016. *''Fairy Tales, Folklore & Fables'' Auricolae performs Jack & the Beanstalk

References

External links

Sessler at www.curtis.edu
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