Carl Strommen

Carl Strommen
Carl Strommen
Born	May 7, 1939
Nationality	United States
Known for	composer, music teacher and conductor
Style	symphonic music, HaFaBra music
Website	http://www.carlstrommen.com/

Carlos "Carl" Strommen (born May 7, 1939) is an American composer, music pedagogue and conductor.

Biography

Strommen first studied English literature at Long Island University in Brookville, New York, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts . Subsequently he studied music at the City College of New York (CUNY) in New York, where he obtained his Master of Music . He completed his studies at the famed Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.

Initially he was conductor of the wind orchestras at the Mamaroneck Public Schools in Mamaroneck, New York, on the coast of Westchester County. He then became professor for orchestration, composition and arrangement at the C.W. Post College from the Long Island University in Brookville, New York.

He is known in the United States as a leading composer of instrumental and vocal music and especially his pedagogical works play a major role in the training of young musicians. From the 'American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' (ASCAP) he was awarded several times for his compositions. He also works as a teacher at workshops and courses for conductors of wind orchestras and is a sought-after guest conductor.

As a composer he mainly writes works for wind orchestras, orchestras, jazz bands and vocal music.

Compositions

Works for orchestra

Bluegrass Blowout , for string orchestra
Festive Dance
Go for Baroque , for string orchestra
Good News Blues , for string orchestra
Irish Song
Stone Mountain Stomp , for string orchestra and piano
Prairie song , for orchestra

Works for concert band

2002 Ramsgate March
2005 Elegy
2005 Fanfare for a Festival
2006 Nalukataq (guarantee of the Education through Cultural and Historic Organizations (ECHO) for the Barrow High School Band in Barrow, Alaska)
Afton Variations
Annie Laurie
All About the Blues
Back to School Blues
Ballymore Down
Barnum Woods (March)
Blues Machine
Bourrée
Canterbury Walk
Centennial
Chelsea Bridge
Chorale and Dance
Cielo De Oro (Golden Sky)
Cloud Splitter
Country March
Cumberland cross
Dawnswood Overture
Dedication
Devon Point
Do not Feed the Drummers
Eagle Lake March
Edgemont Festival Overture
Flight of the Phoenix
Flourish for a Celebration
French Country Dance
2011 Fuego del Alma
Gigue Française
Glengarry Way
Haleakala (House of the Sun)
Harlequins Court March
Highbridge Way
Highlander
In Their Honor
Into the Wind
Invocation and Dance
King's Row
Los Matadores
Mazatlan
Mountain Celebrations
Pacifica
Paths Of Glory
Prairie Song
Quaere Verum (Seek the Truth)
Ravensgate
Roscommon Way
Scenes from the Peconic
Scrimshaw Tales
Shivaree
Skywalker
Sleighing Song
Storm Mountain Jubilee
Suo Gân
The Grand Tetons , overture
To a Distant Place
Tir Na Nog (A Celtic Legend)
Tribute
Variations On A Sailing Song

Works for choirs

1982 Coventry Carol , for mixed choir
1984 Like an Eagle , for mixed choir (TOP MEGA HIT)
1984 Summer Wind , for mixed choir
1987 Together we Stand , for mixed choir
1997 Aura Lee , for mixed choir
2004 Setting Sail (Freedom of the Spirit) , for mixed choir, wind orchestra and piano - text: Walt Whitman s Leaves of Grass »(On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the CW Post College of the Long Island University in Brookville (New York))
A Christmas Promise , for mixed choir, guitar and drums
A New Tomorrow , for mixed choir
American Hymn , for mixed choir and piano
Ash Grove

External links

Alfred Biography Carl Fischer Biography Choral article in JSTOR