Ellen Taaffe Zwilich*

Premieres

Quartet for Oboe and Strings was introduced August 22, 2004, by oboist Richard Woodhams, violinist Chantal Juilliet, violist Che-Hung Chen, and cellist John Koen at the Saratoga Chamber Music Festival, while Zwilich was Composer-in-Residence.

Performances

Symphony No. 3 was performed August 13, 2004, by the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Charles Dutoit; it also received performances April 9-11, 2005, from the Norddeutsche Philharmonie conducted by Peter Leonard. Episodes for Violin and Piano was presented on a concert tour by Itzhak Perlman and Rohan DiSilva, including an April performance at Symphony Hall, Boston, MA, and a May performance at Lincoln Center, New York, NY. Millennium Fantasy for piano and orchestra was heard April 8-9 in a performance by soloist Jeffrey Biegel with the American Symphony Orchestra led by Leon Botstein. Rituals for 5 Percussionist and Orchestra was presented October 22 by the Nexus Percussion Ensemble and the Florida State University Orchestra conducted by Alex Jimenez.

Publications

Episodes for Violin and Piano; Partita, violin and piano (or violin and string orchestra); Quartet for Oboe and Strings; Rituals for 5 Percussionists and Orchestra; all by Merion Music/Theodore Presser.

Recordings

Naxos American Classics: “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,” violinist Pamela Frank, Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Stern; “Rituals for 5 Percussionists and Orchestra,” Nexus Percussion Ensemble, IRIS Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Stern; Naxos 8.559268.

*Sigma Alpha Iota Member

Further Information

• 2002-2003 American Composers Update
• 1998-1999 American Composers Update
• 1997-1998 American Composers Update
• SAI's Composers Bureau Online
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's website at Theodore Presser Co