Friends of Today’s Music

Friends of Today’s Music Commissioned Composer
Courtney Bryan
Courtney Bryan has composed a work for a Solo Piano.
Join us on July 2023 during the MTAC Convention for the World Premiere.
Composer and pianist COURTNEY BRYAN‘s music is in conversation with various musical genres, including jazz and experimental music, as well as traditional gospel, spirituals, and hymns. With degrees from Oberlin Conservatory (BM), Rutgers University (MM), and Columbia University (DMA) with advisor George Lewis, Bryan completed postdoctoral studies in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. Bryan is the Albert and Linda Mintz Professor of Music at Newcomb College in the School of Liberal Arts, Tulane University and a Creative Partner with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. She was the 2018 music recipient of the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, a 2019 Bard College Freehand Fellow, a 2019-20 recipient of the Samuel Barber Rome Prize in Music Composition, and a 2020 United States Artists Fellow.
For more information, please visit www.courtneybryan.com.
Friends of Today’s Music Commissioned Works are made possible through the generous support of the Beyster Family Fund at the San Diego Foundation, and individual donations. The Beyster Family Fund has been a supporter of Friends of Today’s Music program since 1996. Anonymous, individual, and MTAC member contributions are accepted throughout the year. To donate, please visit the MTAC Foundation page.
Year |
Composer |
Title |
Publisher |
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2022 |
Reena Esmail |
Dhire-Dhire |
A Piece of Sky Music |
2020/2021 |
Augusta Read Thomas |
The Beads of Sunlight |
Augusta Read Thomas |
2019 |
Daniel Felsenfeld |
Hue & Cry |
BCP Music |
2018 |
Bruce Stark |
Three Dances |
Belle-Kane Publishing |
2017 |
Lei Liang |
Tree Rings |
Schott |
2016 |
Michael Daugherty |
The Old Man and the Sea |
Peermusic Classical/Boosey and Hawkes |
2015 |
Joan Tower |
Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman |
AMP/G. Schirmer Rental Library |
2014 |
Derek Bermel |
Four Homages for Piano |
Peermusic Classical |
2013 |
Katrina Wreede |
I-5 |
Vlazville Publishing |
2012 |
David Amram |
Cancion de Verano |
C.F. Peters Corporation |
2011 |
Robert Aldridge |
Three Waltzes |
C.F. Peters Corporation |
2010 |
David Rakowski |
Étude-Fantasies |
C.F. Peters Corporation |
2009 |
Chen Yi |
From Old Peking Folklore |
Theodore Presser |
2008 |
Paul Chihara |
Fantasy |
C.F. Peters Corporation |
2007 |
Gabriela Lena Frank |
Danza de los Saqsampillos |
G. Schirmer |
2006 |
William Bolcom |
*Nine New Bagatelles |
E. B. Marks Music, Hal Leonard |
2005 |
Libby Larsen |
PentaMetrics |
Oxford University Press |
2004 |
Steven Stucky |
*Meditation and Dance |
Theodore Presser |
2003 |
Judith Lang Zaimont |
In My Lunchbox |
Vivace Press |
2002 |
Melissa Hui |
*and blue sparks burn |
Available through MTAC |
2001 |
Robert Maggio |
Dreams from Childhood |
Theodore Presser |
2000 |
Bruce Adolphe |
Well, It’s Not exactly Beethoven |
PollyRhythm Productions |
1999 |
Martin Rokeach |
*can’t wait |
Roncorp Publications |
1998 |
Vivian Fung |
Scherzo |
Available through MTAC |
1997 |
Samuel Adler |
*Concerto No. 2 |
Theodore Presser |
1996 |
Samuel Zyman |
Two Motions in One Movement |
Theodore Presser |
1995 |
Seymour Bernstein |
Fantasy on a Theme by Francisco |
G. Schirmer |
1994 |
Stephen Hartke |
The Piano Dreams of Empire |
MMB Music, Inc. |
1993 |
Donald Waxman |
Arabesques and Ostinato |
Galaxy Music Corp. (ECS) |
1992 |
Emma Lou Diemer |
Three Piano Pieces |
Plymouth Music/Elkin Music |
1991 |
Gunther Schuller |
Music For Young People |
AMP/Schirmer |
1990 |
David Ott |
*Sinfonia for Cello and Piano |
Park Music Press |
1989 |
Samuel Adler |
*The Road to Terpsichore |
G. Schirmer |
1988 |
William Albright |
*The Machine Age |
C.F. Peters Corporation |
1987 |
Leslie Bassett |
*Configurations |
C.F. Peters Corporation |
1986 |
Richard Felciano |
Five Short Piano Pieces |
Available through MTAC |
For more information, contact the MTAC State Office.