Adolphus Hailstork
American composer and educator (born 1941) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III (born April 17, 1941) is an American composer and educator.[1] He was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up in Albany, New York, where he studied violin, piano, organ, and voice. He currently resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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| Born | Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III April 17, 1941 |
| Education | Michigan State University (PhD) |
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Career
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Hailstork began his musical career in 1963, when he studied composition with Mark Fax at Howard University, Washington, DC (BMus 1963).[2] In the summer of 1963 he attended the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, France, where he studied with Nadia Boulanger.[3] In 1965, Hailstork received a Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied under Vittorio Giannini and David Diamond, and in 1966 received a Master of Music at the same institution.[3] After studying under H. Owen Reed, Hailstork received his PhD in composition from Michigan State University in 1971.[3]
From 1969 to 1971, Hailstork taught at Michigan State University. He then served as professor at Youngstown State University in Ohio from 1971 to 1976, and in 1977 accepted a post as professor of music and Composer-in-Residence at Virginia's Norfolk State University.[2] He also taught as professor of music and Composer-in-Residence at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.[3]
Hailstork is of African American, Native American and European ancestry[citation needed] and his works blend musical ideas from the African, American and European traditions.[4]
In October 2022, he was featured as "Composer of the Week" on BBC Radio 3.[5]
Hailstork married in 2007.[5]
Awards and publications
- 1971: Ernest Bloch Award for choral composition
- Mourn Not the Dead[6]
- 1977: Belwin-Mills Max Winkler Award, presented by the Band Directors National Association
- Out of Depths[6]
- 1983: First Prize, Virginia College Band Directors
- Guernica[7]
- 1987: Fulbright fellowship for study in Guyana[8]
- 1992: named a Cultural Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia[6]
- 1995: First Prize, University of Delaware Festival of Contemporary Music
- Consort Piece[9]
- 1999: Brock Commission from the American Choral Directors Association[10]
- 2001: Doctor of Humane Letters honorary doctorate from the College of William & Mary[11]
Hailstork is published by Theodore Presser Company[12] and Carl Fischer Music.[13] Old Dominion University holds several archival documents of Adolphus Hailstork in the special collections area of the F. Ludwig Diehn Composers Room, in the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center.[14]
Selected works
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Works for Solo Instruments
- 2 Scherzos for solo piano[15]
- Bassoon Set for solo bassoon[16]
- Eight Variations On "Shalom Chaverim" for solo piano[17]
- Five Friends for solo piano[18]
- Flute Set for solo flute[19]
- Four Preludes for solo harp[20]
- Great Day (That Great Gittin' Up Mornin') for solo carillon[21]
- Ignis Fatuus (Mysterious Fires) for solo piano[22]
- Piano Sonata No. 2 for solo piano[23]
- Piano Sonata No. 3 for solo piano[24]
- The Surprising Thing Is for solo violin[25]
- Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer" for solo Cello[26]
- Sonata for Solo Cello
- Three Smiles for Tracy for solo clarinet[27]
- Trio Sonata for solo piano[28]
- Two Studies on Chant Melodies" for solo organ[29]
- Variations for solo trumpet[30]
Toccata on Veni Emmanuel for Organ/E.C.Schirmer 1996
Works for Chamber Ensemble
- American Fanfare for 3Tpt. 4Hn. 3Tbn. Tu. 3Perc. Timp.[31]
- American Landscape for string duet[32]
- Armegeddon for organ and two percussion[33]
- As Falling Leaves[34]
- Baroque Suite for violin and piano[35]
- The Blue Bag for clarinet and piano[36]
- Consort Piece for septet[37]
- Divertimento for violin and viola[38]
- Evensong for violin and cello[39]
- Fanfare on Amazing Grace for brass quintet, timpani, and organ[40]
- "Fantasy, Elegy & Caprice" for cello and piano
- Fantasy Piece for viola and piano[41]
- Four Hymns Without Words for trumpet and piano[42]
- Guest Suite for four hands on one piano[43]
- Ghosts in Grey and Blue for trumpet, horn, and trombone[44]
- I Am Only One for SATB choir[45]
- John Henry's Big (Man vs. Machine) for trombone and piano[46]
- Little Diversions for Lord Byron's Court for two violins or string duet[47]
- Sanctum for clarinet and piano or viola and piano[48]
- A Simple Caprice for clarinet and piano[49]
- Sonata for trumpet and piano[50]
- Sonata for two pianos[51]
- Springtime for Elephants for two tubas[52]
- String Quartet No. 1[53]
- String Quartet No. 2 - Variations on "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"[54]
- Three Meditations for viola and organ[55]
- Two by Two for horn and trombone[56]
- Variations on a Guyanese Folk Song for violin and piano[57]
- Ventriloquist Acts of God for soprano and piano[58]
- Violin Concerto for violin and piano[59]
- Who is Sylvia? For Coloratura Soprano, Violin, and Piano[60]
Works for Chorus and Orchestra
- Break Forth for Chorus and Orchestra[61]
- Crispus Attucks - American Patriot for mezzo, tenor, bass-bariton, large chorus, and orchestra[61]
- Done Made My Vow for narrator, soloists, mixed chorus, and orchestra[61]
- EarthRise (A Song of Healing) for two choirs and orchestra[61]
- Four Spirituals for two sopranos, mixed chorus and orchestra[61]
- The Gift of the Magi A “Choral Ballet” for dancers, chamber orchestra and children's chorus[61]
- I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes, cantata for tenor, choir, and orchestra[61]
- Serenade “To Hearts Which Near Each Other Move” for SATB choir and orchestra[61]
- Songs of Innocence for three soloists, chorus and orchestra[61]
- Within Our Gates for solo soprano, solo tenor, SATB chorus and string orchestra[61]
- The World Called for solo soprano, SATB chorus and orchestra[62]
Works for Chorus
- Shout for Joy (The Bank Street Festival Anthem)[63]
Works for Wind Ensemble
- American Guernica[64]
Works for Orchestra
- An American Port of Call[61]
- Baroque Suite for String Orchestra (with optional Harpsichord)[61]
- Church Street Serenade for String Orchestra[61]
- Concertino for Trumpet and Orchestra[65]
- Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed In memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)[66]
- Essay for Strings[61]
- Fanfare on Amazing Grace for Orchestra[61]
- Hercules"[61]
- Intrada[61]
- Lachrymosa: 1919[61]
- Sonata for Trumpet (or Clarinet) and String Orchestra[61]
- Symphony No. 3[61]
- Celebration![61]
- Three Spirituals[61]
- Two Romances for Viola and Chamber Orchestra[61]
- Violin Concerto[61]
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