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Robert Honstein (b.1980) is an American composer based in Irvington, New York. He was the recipient of the 2023 Andrew Imbrie Award in Music, presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters[1]. He is Program Director and Faculty of Concert Music Composition at NYU, Steinhardt.[2]

Selected Works

Orchestra

  • Juvenalia (2019) for solo percussion and orchestra[3]
  • Rise (2014) for orchestra
  • Night Scenes from the Ospedale (2011)[4]

Chamber Music

  • Love Me While I'm Here (2023), a ballet for seven instruments
  • Continuous Interior (2022) for vibraphone and string quartet
  • Evergreen (2020) for percussion duo
  • Soul House (2017) for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello
  • Down Down Baby (2016) for percussion duo or percussion quartet
  • The Great Marsh (2016) for string quartet
  • Conduit (2014) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
  • Arctic (2013) for string quartet
  • We Choose to Go to the Moon (2011) for soprano and cello or viola
  • Patter (2009) for violin, cello, and percussion (Versions for piano and marimba OR version for marimba trio)

Solo Works

  • Lost and Found (2018) for prepared marimba
  • Middle Ground (2016) for violin and live processing
  • Hymning (2016) for solo marimba
  • An Economy of Means (2016) for prepared vibraphone[5]
  • Orison (2015) for cello and electronics

Discography

  • The Real Charlie Chaplin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2023) - [Up in the Attic Records]
  • Lost and Found (2023), featuring New Morse Code, Michael Compitello, and Tigue - [New Focus Recordings]
  • Middle Ground (2021), featuring Kate Stenberg - [ Other Minds (organization) ]
  • Soul House (2020), featuring Hub New Music - [ New Amsterdam Records ]
  • An Economy of Means (2018), featuring Doug Perkins and Karl Larson - [New Focus Recordings]
  • Night Scenes from the Ospedale (2015), featuring the Sebastians - [Soundspells Productions]
  • RE:you (2014) - [New Focus Recordings]

References

  1. ^ "Andrew Imbrie Award in Music – Citation". artsandletters.org.
  2. ^ "Robert Honstein Composition (Concert Music), Program Director – Citation". steinhardt.nyu.edu.
  3. ^ "Albany Symphony Premieres Juvenalia – Citation". wamc.org. 7 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Vivaldi After Dark: The Sebastians Night Scenes from the Ospedale – Citation". icareifyoulisten.com. 11 February 2015.
  5. ^ "A Vibraphone Workout With A Tinfoil Twist – Citation". npr.org.