Eugénie Ricau Rocherolle is an American
composer,
pianist
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,
lyricist
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Royalties
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, and
teacher
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who began her composing career with choral and band music.
[Hal Leonard Corporatio]
''Eugenie Rocherolle Series''
Biography
Rocherolle grew up in
New Orleans, Louisiana, New Orleans. She graduated from
St. Martin's Episcopal School and graduated with a
BA in music from the
Newcomb College of
Tulane University
Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pub ...
.
She spent her Junior Year of college in Paris where she also had a class with
Nadia Boulanger
Juliette Nadia Boulanger (; 16 September 188722 October 1979) was a French music teacher and conductor. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist.
From a ...
.
She released her first piano solo collection in 1978 with great success and soon established herself as one of the leading American composers of piano repertoire.
Throughout her lifetime she has composed works for solo voice, chorus, and orchestra, musical theater, as well as chamber music for a variety of instruments.
She was one of seven composer members of the National League of American Pen Women whose works were chosen to be presented in concert at the Terrace Theater in the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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.
Awards from the Pen Women include first place for both piano and choral in biennial national competitions.
She is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, (ASCAP), Connecticut Composers Inc., and the National Federation of Music Clubs and Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).
Rocherolle's various pieces and arrangements for piano have been performed by Julie Rivers and released on independent label Aureus Recordings: Spinning Gold (1996), Tidings of Joy (1996), Romancing the Piano (1998), and Touch of Blue (2008),.
For many years she maintained a private music studio where she taught piano and composition. She and her husband, whom she met while returning home from her Junior Year in Paris, are long-time residents of Connecticut and have four children.
[Neil A. Kjos Music Company (1992) '' Souvenirs du Château'' (GP369), About the Composer p.2]
Works
The following works are published at
Neil A. Kjos Music Company and are succeeded by their edition number:
Piano solo
*''A Creative Christmas'' (GP359)
*''American Sampler'' (GP322)
*''Bayou Reflections'' (GP338)
*''Blockbuster'' (GP346)
*''Boogie Bonanaza'' (GP373)
*''Christmas Anew'' (GP367)
*''Christmas Around the Piano'' (GP337)
*''Christmas Joy'' (GP404)
*''Classical Theme and Variations'' (GP370)
*''Cuatro Rumores Hispanicos'' (GP418)
*''Discoveries'' (GP361)
*''Extravaganza'' (GP364)
*''Frisky Business'' (GP377)
*''Hands Separately'' (GP358)
*''Instrumental Inspirations'' (GP339)
*''Just For Friends'' (GP365)
*''Keepsakes'' (GP355)
*''Miniatures'' (GP327)
*''New Orleans Remembered'' (GP353)
*''Pages From A Scrapbook'' (GP344)
*''Parisian Promenade'' (WP391)
*''Past Times'' (GP368)
*''Rainbow's End, Level 2'' (GP416)
*''Rainbow's End, Level 3'' (GP417)
*''Romancing in Style, Music of the 21st Century, Level 7'' (GP419)
*''Seven Scenes'' (GP335)
*''Shall We Gather'' (GP400)
*''Simple Pleasures'' (GP348)
*''Six Moods For Piano'' (WP36)
*''Sonata No. 2'' (GP363)
*''Sonatina in C'' (GP351)
*''
Souvenirs du château'' (GP369)
**including ''Une matinée au lavoir'', ''La chapelle'', ''Déjeuner dans la cour'', ''Le donjon'', and ''Le salon de musique''
*''Vintage Favorites'' (GP350)
*''Westwinds'' (GP372)
Piano duet
*''Christmas Side By Side'' for one piano, four hands (GP345)
*''Headin' South...'' for one piano, four hands (GP326)
*''Let's Duet, Level 4'' for one piano, four hands (GP403)
*''Rapsodie des Pyrénées'' for two pianos (GP375)
*''Twice Blessed'' for one piano, four hands (GP362)
*''Waltz'' for two pianos (GP349)
Piano trios (Violin, Cello and Piano)
*''A Tableau of Piano Trios'' (GP374)
*''A Christmas Tableau of Piano Trios'' (GP376)
*''Century Music Piano Trio No.3'' (GP438)
References
External links
Composer's Website
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20th-century classical composers
American women classical composers
American classical composers
Living people
Tulane University alumni
1939 births
20th-century American composers
20th-century American women composers
21st-century American women