Carter Pann is one of the most versatile talents among composers of his generation. His music has been performed around the world by ensembles and soloists including the London Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Budapest Symphony, Irish National Symphony, New York and Chicago Youth Symphonies; the Radio Symphonies of Berlin, Stockholm, and Finland; the National Repertory Orchestra; Richard Stoltzman, the Ying Quartet, pianists Barry Snyder and Winston Choi, and the Antares Ensemble.
Honors include the K. Serocki Competition for his Piano Concerto (premiered by the Polish Radio Symphony in Lutoslawski Hall, Warsaw 1998), a Charles Ives Scholarship from the Academy of Arts and Letters, and five ASCAP awards including the Leo Kaplan award. In 2000 his Piano Concerto was nominated for a Grammy Award.
In the last decade, SLALOM has been performed extensively by American and European orchestras. For a complete list of works by the composer, click here.
Carter is currently on faculty at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Featured Piece in Wind Band Select Series:
Hold This Boy and Listen (7:30) -
Carter Pann (115-40202M - $95-set, 115-40202F - $25-score)
Recording - University of Colorado Symphonic Band, Matthew Roeder, Conductor
Hold This Boy and Listen (2008) is an unusually soft and subdued song for band, written for my third nephew, David Paulus, Jr. I sat down at the piano and wrote a lyrical work where the melodies and harmonies return, creating a structure not unlike standard song structure. The sentiment is at times innocent or wistful and at other times haunted and serene. The players should really be allowed to sing through their instruments in this piece. Recently added to the Texas UIL required music list.
Serenade for Winds (10:00) - Carter Pann
Carter Pamm (115-40203M - $95-set, 115-40203F - $25-score)
Recording - University of Colorado Wind Symphony, Allan MacMurray, Conductor
Serenade for Winds (2008) is dedicated to Allan McMurray as a tribute to both his uncompromising artistry and nurturing friendship with me from the moment I arrived at the University of Colorado. The piece is an exploration into the kind of melodic writing usually equated with Schumann or Brahms. Nearly every gesture in this work was placed with the hope that the performers who play them would attain their highest echelon of musical expression. I had very recently written a soft, subdued work called Hold this Boy and Listen (2008) for winds. That work represented a departure from the fast and brilliantly technical works I had written for bands in the past, and wanted to be under the spell of the molto espressivo for more than one wind piece. Hence this work is a grand expression of harmony and melody (equally so) for wind symphony.
Other Pieces Available on Rental:
(Score available for purchase)
The Wrangler - ( Score 415-41136 - $30.00)
Recording - The University of Colorado Wind Symphony, Allan McMurray, Conductor
SLALOM
Four Factories - (Score 415-41134 - $55.00)
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Wind Ensemble, Kevin M. Geraldi, Conductor
Concerto Logic - ( Score 415-41135 - $50.00)
Michigan State University Wind Symphony, Kevin Sedatole, Conductor with Carter Pann, piano
