William Doppman

William Doppmann continues his dual career as recitalist and composer. The Doppmanns have recently returned to the Northwest where they are living in Gig Harbor, WA. Doppmann was the recipient of a Composer Assistance Grant from the American Music Center in 2004. Two works have recently been premiered: Seven Duets for Two Violins, by Ron Patterson and Ella Gray from Seattle, and Swordplay, tone poem for full orchestra, by Pacific Lutheran University Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Bell-Hanson. These works are published by Divers Publishing Inc. Since the release of Four American Piano Sonatas, Doppmann has added two recordings to his discography: a two-piano program performed with his wife Willa (a commemorative album sponsored by Second City Chamber Series) and the Divers Inc. release Goldberg Variations: A View From the 21st Century (“A marvelous explanation of this great work,” says Maurice Hinson, senior professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s School of Church Music in Louisville, Kentucky). Transitions to the Twentieth Century, a CD featuring music by Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Liszt and Bartók, will be recorded in January 2006 and released later in the year by Divers Inc. with help from a generous grant by the Mosaic Foundation, Ann Arbor, MI. A complete catalogue of works is available online at www.DiversINK.com, along with sound-bites of live performances.

Further Information

• 1998-1999 American Composers Update