Tom Flaherty

Biography

Tom Flaherty has received grants, prizes, awards, and residencies from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Music Center, the Pasadena Arts Council, the Massachusetts Council for the Arts and Humanities, the Delius Society, the University of Southern California, "Meet the Composer", and Yaddo. Published by Margun Music, Inc. and American Composers Editions, his music has been performed throughout Europe and North America, and is recorded on the Klavier, Bridge, SEAMUS, Capstone, and Advance labels. He earned degrees at Brandeis University, S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, and the University of Southern California; his primary teachers in composition include Martin Boykan, Bülent Arel, Robert Linn, and Frederick Lesemann. A founding member of the Almont Ensemble, he currently holds the John P. and Magdalena R. Dexter Professorship in Music and is Director of the Electronic Studio at Pomona College. He is an active cellist in the Los Angeles area.

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  • ACE Publications

    34 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Tom Flaherty CELLIST'S VARIATIONS ON "HOME ON THE RANGE" 4 cellos
    Tom Flaherty CHRISTMAS QUODLIBET - 4 cellos 4 cellos
    Tom Flaherty CLAVE FOR KATHERINE
    mandolin, cello, xylophone
    Tom Flaherty CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA - Cello and Piano reduc cello, piano
    Tom Flaherty Dancing With Gravity violin, viola, cello, piano
    Tom Flaherty Dear Lieder Soprano, Baritone, Mandola (or Guitar), Viola, Cello, and Piano
    Tom Flaherty DUO vln, vcl
    Tom Flaherty Five Chorale Preludes (JS Bach) for cello quartet, Arr. Four Cellos
    Tom Flaherty Lamp Unto Thy Tweet soprano, bass (voice), mandola, viola, cello, and piano
    Tom Flaherty Looking for Answers Piano Trio and Fixed Media
    Tom Flaherty QUODLIBET AND CHORALE 4 cellos
    Tom Flaherty REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PRESENT solo cello
    Tom Flaherty SCENES FROM SARAJEVO
    Soprano, viola, cello
    Tom Flaherty SEMI-SUITE Solo Cello
    Tom Flaherty SONG AND DANCE cello quartet

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