Daniel Sonenberg
Daniel Sonenberg has written extensively for chamber and orchestral
ensembles, and has recently gained notice for his art songs and theater
compositions. His Baseball Songs, described by James Oestreich as “touching” in
the New York Times, won the Robert Starer Competition Prize of the City
University of New York.
His music has been presented by the Da Capo Chamber Players, Friends and Enemies of New Music, the Momenta String Quartet, the New York Singing Teachers Association, the American Composers Alliance, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, The Woodstock Chamber Orchestra and others. Portions of his opera, The Summer King, have been presented by American Opera Projects (September 2003, April 2005), the Manhattan School of Music (March 2004) and as part of New York City Opera’s Vox and Friends festival at Symphony Space (May 2004).
Dr. Sonenberg is a founding member of the New York-based composers collective South Oxford Six, who have presented concerts of new music at Symphony Space and the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, and will present a new evening of original music in October 2006. He has received grants and fellowships from Meet The Composer, The Corporation of Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He has also gained national and international recognition for his scholarly work on singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell.
Dr. Sonenberg holds a BA from Bard College, an MA from Queens College, and a DMA
from the City University of New York, and his principal teachers have included
Joan Tower, Daron Hagen and David Del Tredici. Since September 2005, he has been
Assistant Professor and Resident Composer at the University of Southern Maine
School of Music.
Visit Dr. Sonenberg's comprehensive Web site at www.danielsonenberg.com.
Contact:
Daniel Sonenberg
University of Southern Maine School
of Music
37 College Avenue
Gorham, ME 04038
207-780-5153
dsonenberg@usm.maine.edu
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