James Dorsa Explained

James Dorsa is a composer and harpsichordist who is currently a member of the faculty at California State University Northridge's Music Department.^[1] He is most recognized for his award-winning composition of "Jupiter's Moons".^[2]

Debut Album

In 2016, Dorsa released his debut album, Io,^[3] which featured "Jupiter's Moons", "Martinique", "The Tea Party", and "Melting Away to Nothing". He won the Aliénor Harpsichord Composition Competition for "Jupiter's Moons".^[4]

Educational Background

Dorsa has a Bachelor of Music in Composition from California State University, Northridge in 2001, Master of Music in Harpsichord Performance at Cal State Northridge in 2004, and a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2008.^[4]

Sources

• Past Winners | Historical Keyboard Society of North America
• http://www.historicalkeyboardsociety.org/alienor/_docs/fall_2009.pdf
• http://www.mtacoc.org/newsletters/Newsletter-april2013web.pdf
• http://www.csus.edu/music/fenam/pdf/poster.14.pdf
• http://www.harpsichord.org.uk/sounding-board-archive/
• Sonia Lee | Pianist, Harpsichordist, Educator, Scholar
• http://www.music.umich.edu/research/stearns_collection/documents/Stearns19-1.pdf
• http://performingarts.uncg.edu/forms/news-item-files/2015-Fall---V2.pdf
• http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Mariana-Ramirez-CYAN-Ensemble
• http://www.orgelpark.nl/nl/archief/item/eerste-ronde-interpretatieconcours
• http://www.linguitar.com/documents/SteveLin_Resume.pdf
• Historical Keyboard Society 2012 Joint Meeting & Festival

Notes and References

1. Web site: James Dorsa | California State University, Northridge. 24 September 2013 .
2. Web site: James Dorsa - Io from Jupiter's Moons, for harpsichord - Classical Archives. www.classicalarchives.com.
3. Web site: Prominent Harpsichordist James Dorsa Gains International Recognition as Composer and Performer . 2017-09-07 . 2017-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170908020941/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/prominent-harpsichordist-james-dorsa-gains-050000426.html . dead .
4. http://smtd.umich.edu/alumni_donors/documents/alumninotes_003.pdf