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.

ACE Publications

104 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Tom Flaherty Invention Extension Piano (Or Other Keyboard Instrument)
Tom Flaherty Dear Lieder Soprano, Baritone, Mandola (or Guitar), Viola, Cello, and Piano
Tom Flaherty Die Schöne Muellerin Report soprano, baritone, mandola (or guitar), viola, cello, piano
Tom Flaherty CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA - Cello and Piano reduc cello, piano
Tom Flaherty STEPS AND LEAPS guitar, electronics
Tom Flaherty SONGS OF THE VIOLA Soprano, viola, cello, piano
Tom Flaherty SONG AND DANCE cello quartet
Tom Flaherty REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PRESENT solo cello
Tom Flaherty Time's Up 2 pianos six-hands, 4 percussion
Tom Flaherty IGOR TO PLEASE - version for 6 players 6 players: Two pianos 4-hands; two toy pianos, and electronic playback
Tom Flaherty AFTERMATH solo violin
Tom Flaherty QUODLIBET AND CHORALE 4 cellos
Tom Flaherty Lamp Unto Thy Tweet soprano, bass (voice), mandola, viola, cello, and piano
Tom Flaherty CHRISTMAS QUODLIBET - 4 cellos 4 cellos
Tom Flaherty CELLIST'S VARIATIONS ON "HOME ON THE RANGE" 4 cellos
Tom Flaherty SILVER PRIME HARMONY 2 vln, 2 vla, vcl, pf 4-hands, audience participation
Tom Flaherty Triphoria Violin, Viola, and Cello
Tom Flaherty MANDOLIN SONGS Sop, mandolin
Tom Flaherty TITANIC DESCENT
Fixed media audio recording, audience participation with flashlights
Tom Flaherty PART SUITE-A
Piano
Tom Flaherty WAGON-WHEELING Duo for piano and percussionist
piano, percussion (1)

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