Gregory T.S. Walker Explained

Gregory T.S. Walker (born October 19, 1961) is an American composer, violinist, and guitarist. He was the recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Charles Ives Fellowship in 2000,[1] and has performed with major orchestras around the world.

Biography

Walker is the son of music historian Helen Walker-Hill[2] and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Walker.[3] He studied with violinist Yuval Yaron[4] and received a master's degree in computer music from the University of California at San Diego, and a doctorate in musical composition from the University of Colorado. Walker currently serves as a professor at the University of Colorado Denver.[5] An accomplished composer and violinist, he performed his Concerto No. 1 for Orchestra and Synthesizer with the Oakland Sinfonietta[6] and earned a second master's in composition from Mills College in 1987. In 1993, the Colorado Symphony commissioned Walker to compose what has been acknowledged as the first "rap symphony", Dream N. the Hood.[7]

Walker has been featured in soloist engagements with the Philadelphia Orchestra,[8] Oberlin Orchestra,[9] the Encuentro Musical de los Americas in Havana, Cuba,[10] the Detroit Symphony, the Colorado Symphony,[11] Poland's Filharmonia Sudecka,[12] and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, as well as at the Library of Congress,[10] England's Lake District Music Festival,[13] Centro Mexicano para la Musica y las Artes Sonoras, Peking University, and the Cork Orchestral Society Concert Series in Ireland.[14] For 25 years, Walker served as concertmaster for the Boulder Philharmonic.[15]

Walker's work as a multimedia performance artist has been showcased at the Sonic Circuits International Festival and the New West Electronic Arts & Media Organization Festival (NWEAMO),[16] and he is featured on the cover of the April 2007 International Musician magazine.[17] He is currently the Artistic Director of the Colorado NeXt Music Festival.[18]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Artsandletters.org Awards, Web site: American Academy of Arts and Letters - Award Winners . 2015-10-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160131113705/http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Ives . 2016-01-31 .,
  2. Web site: CD bios, Gregory Walker, Helen Walker-Hill . Leonarda.com . 21 January 2016.
  3. Walker, George (2009) Reminiscences of an American Composer and Pianist, Scarecrow Press, p. 153
  4. Web site: Yuval Yaron. Iwalker.scriptmania.com. 21 January 2016. 1 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160301112439/http://www.music.ucsb.edu/people/yuval-yaron. dead.
  5. UC Denver Faculty, http://www.ucdenver.edu/faculty-staff/gwalker/Pages/default.aspx
  6. Westword Magazine, http://www.westword.com/event/stratus-chamber-orchestra-7792325
  7. Book: African American Music. 9781317934431. 21 January 2016. Burnim. Mellonee V.. Maultsby. Portia K.. 13 November 2014. Routledge .
  8. Philadelphia Orchestra, https://philorch.org/pdfs/2009-10%20Season%20Announcement.pdf
  9. Clevelandclassical.com, http://clevelandclassical.com/violinist-gregory-walker-to-join-oberlin-orchestra-in-performance-of-his-fathers-poeme/
  10. Library of Congress, http://blogs.loc.gov/music/files/2015/05/LOC-1213-George-Walker-Bleu.pdf
  11. Colorado Symphony, http://www.coloradosymphony.org/About/The-Musicians/Detail?musician=Cooper&fn=Peter&in=Oboe
  12. Golden Music, http://goldenmusic.co/blogs/culture/17783340-gregory-walker-guest-conductor-works-with-our-chamber-orchestra
  13. Afri-Classical, http://africlassical.blogspot.com/2010/12/gregory-walker-violin-soloist-in-all.html
  14. This Reviewer, http://thisreviewer.blogspot.com/2007/08/gregory-walker-cos-cmc-presents.html
  15. News: Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra names Charles Wetherbee concertmaster. CU-Boulder College of Music Press Release. 2014-03-12. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141014084334/http://www.colorado.edu/music/about-us/news/boulder-philharmonic-orchestra-names-charles-wetherbee-concertmaster. 2014-10-14.
  16. San Diego Tribune, http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/apr/05/nweamo-2016-festival-preview/
  17. Web site: Voyaging beyond the Classical. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220221313/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1272001591.html. dead. 20 February 2016. 21 January 2016.
  18. Web site: NeXt. 2 September 2015 .
  19. Stratus Chamber Orchestra, http://stratusco.org/samurai
  20. Opus Colorado, https://opuscolorado.com/2013/03/page/3/
  21. Denver Post, http://www.denverpost.com/2009/04/08/best-bets-58/
  22. Biz West, http://bizwest.com/life-in-the-boulder-phil/
  23. Broomfield Enterprise, http://www.broomfieldenterprise.com/broomfield-entertainment/ci_28964833/broomfield-symphony-orchestra-opener-little-eclectic-little-electric
  24. Web site: 2014-2015 Rental Catalog . Laurenkeisermusic.com . 2016-01-21.
  25. Koskoff, Ellen (2005) Musical Cultures in the United States: An Introduction, Routledge, pg 322

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