Sentence examples for versatile composer from inspiring English sources

At the New England Conservatory he played in a ragtime ensemble led by the versatile composer Gunther Schuller.

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Sun The latest of the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Total Immersion days focuses on the music of the wonderfully versatile composer and pianist.

Lukas Foss, a prolific and versatile composer who was also a respected pianist and conductor, died at his home in Manhattan on Sunday.

A highlight is the American stage premiere of Morton Feldman's eerie "Neither," with text by Samuel Beckett, but there is also the stage premiere of "La Machine de l'?re" by the fascinatingly versatile composer John Zorn and Schoenberg's "Erwartung".

Also featured are a new piece by the dizzyingly versatile composer Lev Zhurbin, known as Ljova, and the opening movement of Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony, which the orchestra is parceling out among the three neighborhoods it visits this season.

They join the neo-soul singer-songwriter Erykah Badu and the versatile composer Ted Hearne — as well as the concert's host, Yasiin Bey — for two nights of classical/hip-hop fusion at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Tuesday's program pairs the versatile composers Sxip Shirey and Angélica Negrón; on Wednesday, the chamber ensemble yMusic plays with Richard Reed Parry (of Arcade Fire) and Son Lux.

Carpenter is one of the most winningly and thrillingly versatile composers: he's worked on the score for The Wicker Man, has written musicals admired by Stephen Sondheim, and has composed an impressive catalogue of orchestral, chamber, and vocal works.

I asked Holdridge -- one of Hollywood's most successful and versatile composers and a frequent collaborator with LA Opera for the past two decades -- what we could expect from the score.

In November the Detroit Symphony Orchestra gave a prestigious award and commission to Du Yun, a versatile New York composer and performer.

An impossibly versatile vocalist, composer, lyricist and instrumental arranger, Eade also happened to be delicately attractive and blond.