Eugénie Rocherolle Explained

Eugénie Rocherolle
Birth Date:1936
Birth Place:New Orleans
Education:BA in Music
Alma Mater:Tulane University
Occupation:Composer, piano and composition teacher
Spouse:Didier Rocherolle
Children:4
Parents:5
Nationality:American

Eugénie Ricau Rocherolle is an American composer, pianist, lyricist, and teacher who began her composing career with choral and band music.[1]

Biography

Rocherolle grew up in New Orleans. She graduated from St. Martin's Episcopal School and graduated with a BA in music from the Newcomb College of Tulane University.[1] She spent her Junior Year of college in Paris where she also had a class with Nadia Boulanger.[1] She released her first piano solo collection in 1978 with great success and soon established herself as one of the leading American composers of piano repertoire.[1] Throughout her lifetime she has composed works for solo voice, chorus, and orchestra, musical theater, as well as chamber music for a variety of instruments.

She was one of seven composer members of the National League of American Pen Women whose works were chosen to be presented in concert at the Terrace Theater in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.[1] Awards from the Pen Women include first place for both piano and choral in biennial national competitions.[1] She is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, (ASCAP), Connecticut Composers Inc., and the National Federation of Music Clubs and Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).[1]

Rocherolle's various pieces and arrangements for piano have been performed by Julie Rivers and released on independent label Aureus Recordings: Spinning Gold (1996),[2] Tidings of Joy (1996),[3] Romancing the Piano (1998),[4] and Touch of Blue (2008),.[5]

For many years she maintained a private music studio where she taught piano and composition. She and her husband, whom she met while returning home from her Junior Year in Paris,[6] are long-time residents of Connecticut and have four children.[7]

Works

The following works are published at Neil A. Kjos Music Company and are succeeded by their edition number:

Piano solo

Piano duet

Piano trios (Violin, Cello and Piano)

References

  1. Hal Leonard Corporation http://www.halleonard.com/search/search.do?menuid=900&seriesfeature=ROCHER&subsiteid=64 Eugenie Rocherolle Series
  2. Web site: Spinning Gold: Piano Music of Eugenie Rocherolle - Julie Rivers - Releases - AllMusic. AllMusic. 3 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Tidings of Joy - Julie Rivers - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic. AllMusic. 3 February 2018.
  4. Web site: Romancing the Piano: The Music of Eugenie Rocherolle - Julie Rivers - Releases - AllMusic. AllMusic. 3 February 2018.
  5. Web site: ♫ Touch of Blue...and Other Colors - Eugenie Rocherolle Played By Julie Rivers. Listen @cdbaby. 3 February 2018.
  6. Tulane University https://tulane.edu/newcomb-alumnae/profiles/eugenie-ricau-rocherolle.cfm Eugenie Ricau Rocherolle
  7. Neil A. Kjos Music Company (1992) Souvenirs du Château (GP369), About the Composer p.2

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