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Robert Honstein (b.1980) is an American composer based in Irvington, New York. A composer of orchestra works, percussion music chamber music, and vocal music, He is Program Director and Faculty of Concert Music Composition at NYU, Steinhardt.[1]
Honstein has received commissions from the Albany Symphony, eighth blackbird[2], BalletCollective, Mivos Quartet, No Exit New Music, Arx Duo, Hub New Music, New Morse Code, and percussionists Michael Burritt, Michael Compitello, and Doug Perkins. Honstein is a founding member of the New York-based composer collective Sleeping Giant, which was comprised of Christopher Cerrone, Andrew Norman, Timo Andres, Ted Hearne, and Jacob Cooper.
NPR listed his composition "Conduit II. Pulse" from Eighth Blackbird’s Hand Eye album on their list of top 100 songs of 2016.[3] His original film score for The Real Charlie Chaplin was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy in 2023.[4] He was the recipient of the 2023 Andrew Imbrie Award in Music[5], presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Selected Works
Orchestra
- Juvenalia (2019) for solo percussion and orchestra[6]
- Rise (2014) for orchestra
- Night Scenes from the Ospedale (2011)[7]
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[8]
- 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[9]
- 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][9]
- Night Scenes from the Ospedale (2015), featuring the Sebastians - [Soundspells Productions]
- RE:you (2014) - [New Focus Recordings]
Awards and nominations
American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 2023 Music Award Winners: Awarded the Andrew Imbrie Award in Music[10]
News and Documentary Emmy Awards
- 43rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards: Nominated for Outstanding Music Composition for Showtime’s ‘’The Real Charlie Chaplin’’[11]
References
- ^ "Robert Honstein Composition (Concert Music), Program Director – Citation". steinhardt.nyu.edu.
- ^ "Sleeping Giant's 'Hand Eye' to Have New York Premiere by Eighth Blackbird". nytimes.com.
- ^ "Top 100 Songs of 2016 – Citation". npr.org.
- ^ "43rd News and Documentary Emmy Nominations". theemmys.tv.
- ^ "Andrew Imbrie Award in Music – Citation". artsandletters.org.
- ^ "Albany Symphony Premieres Juvenalia – Citation". wamc.org. 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Vivaldi After Dark: The Sebastians Night Scenes from the Ospedale – Citation". icareifyoulisten.com. 11 February 2015.
- ^ "Ambient Resonances by Arx Duo, Featuring Evergreen – Citation". originarts.com. 20 January 2023.
- ^ a b "A Vibraphone Workout With A Tinfoil Twist – Citation". npr.org.
- ^ "2023 Music Award Winners Press Release". 28 February 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "News and Documentary Emmy Awards Nomination Announced". 28 July 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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