Martha Callison Horst
Education
Musical career
Born1967 (age 56–57)
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)composer
LabelsAzica, SNOtone

Martha Callison Horst is an American composer. Her music has been performed by Earplay, Alea III, the Empyrean Ensemble, the Fromm Players, Left Coast Ensemble,[1] Dal Niente, Composers, Inc., members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Composers Consortium,[2] and Music Beyond Performance: SoundImageSound V.[3] Horst studied composition at Stanford University and the University of California, Davis.[4] She is currently Professor of Composition and Music Theory in the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts at Illinois State University.[5] Furthermore, she serves as an Academic Senator representing the College of Fine Arts. In the fall of 2020, she was elected Secretary of the Academic Senate placing her on the Executive Committee with the University administration.[6]

Partial list of works

  • Adagio for orchestra[7]
  • Cloister Songs[8]
  • Cloud Gate[9]
  • Creature Studies[10]
  • Giant Variations[11]
  • Night Songs[12]
  • Sonata No. 1 for piano[13][14]
  • Straussian Landscapes[15][16][17]
  • Threads
  • Three Meditations on Van Gogh
  • Widening Gyre

Discography

Title Recording Artist Album Info Label
Approaching Symphony Number One Released: November 2017
Format: CD
Producer: Dan Rorke, Jordan Randall Smith		 SNOtone
Reform: Solo Piano[18] Laura Downes Released: 2003
Format: CD		 Azica Records
Chamber Music of Women Composers. Volume 1[19] Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Released: 1997
Format: Cassette


References

  1. ↑ San Francisco Bay Guardian (1999). San Francisco Bay Guardian Issue 34.32.
  2. ↑ "History | c3 composers". c3composers.org. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  3. ↑ Nordschow, Randy (2008-01-15). "Love is in the Air". NewMusicBox. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  4. ↑ "Martha Callison Horst | The Program in Science, Technology, and Society". sts.stanford.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. ↑ "Faculty & Staff | Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts - Illinois State".
  6. ↑ "Current membership".
  7. ↑ OCLC 64065078
  8. ↑ Dyer, Richard. "Festival spotlights female composers - The Boston Globe". archive.boston.com. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  9. ↑ Witczak, Karen (April 19, 2017). "Martha Horst's Orchestral Palindrome". Puzzle Canon. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  10. ↑ "Earplay Archives" (PDF). 2008.
  11. ↑ "New Music Café Presents a Night of Diverse Performances". www.iwu.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  12. ↑ "Entries | Contemporary Music Index". Contemporary Music Archive. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  13. ↑ "WQXR - New York's Classical Music Radio Station". WQXR. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  14. ↑ "Choice Classical CDs". www.angelfire.com. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  15. ↑ "Rep Hub: Martha Horst, Straussian Landscapes". Symphony Number One. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  16. ↑ "Symphony Number One Opened September 23 and 24 with Wealth of Winds". The Peabody Post. 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  17. ↑ BWW News Desk. "SNO's 4th Album APPROACHING Features 80 Minutes Of New Music". Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  18. ↑ OCLC 789127856
  19. ↑ OCLC 325229579
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