Andrew List, Composer

Andrew List Bio

Andrew List
11 Asticou Road
Boston, Massachusetts 02130

(617) 524-3101
alist@berklee.edu

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Composition and Theory (1996 - present)
Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts

Composition Instruction: instrumentation, orchestration, harmony, species and
18th Century counterpoint, fugue, Contemporary Techniques
Music History: Analysis in the Romantic Style, Techniques of Tonal Writing

Private Instruction (1985 – present)
Boston, Massachusetts

Composition Instruction
Harmony
Counterpoint Analysis

Teaching Fellow (1986 – 1990)
School for the Arts, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Instruction included sight-singing, solfege, ear training, keyboard harmony, counterpoint, theory for majors and non-majors

Teaching Fellow (1981 – 1984)
New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts

Instruction included sight-singing, music theory, 20th Century compositional practices

EDUCATION

Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)
Doctorate of Musical Arts in Composition, 1990
Principal teachers: Bernard Rands, Nicolas Maw, Samuel Headrick New England

Conservatory of Music (Boston, Massachusetts)
Master of Music in Composition, 1984
Bachelor of Music in Composition, 1981
Principal teacher: William Thomas McKinley

SELECT RECENT PERFORMANCES AND COMMISSIONS

"Cello Concerto" commission for the Nashville Symphony (2008)

"Ballet score" commissioned by Rebecca Rice Dance (NYC 2007)

“Quartetto Alto-Basso,” recorded by Sta-Mane Clarinet Quartet Venice It. (2006).

“Blast (Orchestral work), commissioned by The Civic Symphony of Boston (2006)

“Millennial Interlude for 14 Instruments,” performed by North South Consonance
(New York, NY, 2006).

“Oh My Beloved: Three Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Orchestra,” performed
by Quadrivium Ensemble Venice It. (2006).

“Violin Concerto,” recorded by Prague Radio Symphony, with Eva Szekely, violin solo,
and released on Albany Records (2005).

“String Quartet No.4,” commissioned and performed by The Da Vinci String Quartet
(2005).

“Eros Dialogues: Songs for Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor and String Quartet,” performed by
Esterhazy Quartet, D’Anna Fortunato, Michael Calmes (2005).

“Violin Concerto,” performed by the Kalistos Chamber Orchestra, with Eva Szekely,
violin solo (2005).

“Starting from Atlantis: Poem for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra,” commissioned and
performed by the Metrowest Symphony Orchestra, with Mezzo-Soprano
D’Anna Fortunato (2004).

"Six Bagatelles for String Trio" (Warebrook Festival of Contemporary Music, 2003)

"Piano Sonata No.2" (Daniel Schene, Webster University, St. Louis, 2002)

“Magical Dreamscape,” orchestral performance by The Metamorphosen Chamber
Orchestra (Jordan Hall, Boston, MA, 2001).

“List and Friends,” a four-concert series of my chamber music and commissions of new
works sponsored by Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst and the American
Embassy (The Netherlands, 2000 – 2001).

FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Residency, 2000 –
2001). An eight-month composer-in-residence grant sponsored by the city of
Amsterdam to present concerts of my music and workshops at major conservatories.

Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France (Residency, 1998). To work on a chamber
opera based on William Shakespeare's King Lear.

MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH (Fellow; 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998).

Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL (Residency, 1995).

Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, CO (Fellow, 1995). Concert of chamber music and
commission of a new work performed by the Aspen Music Festival
Contemporary Ensemble.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Denver: Guest Composer, with performance of “String Quartet No. 4” (2005).

University of Missouri (Columbia, MO): Guest Composer, with performance of ”Eros
Dialogues” (2005).

De Paul University: Guest Composer, with performance of “Fantasy for Violin and
Piano” (2005).

International Bass Clarinet Convention (Rotterdam, The Netherlands): Guest Composer,
with world premiere performance of “Quartetto Alto-basso” (2005).

Royal Conservatories (Utrecht, Rotterdam and Den Haag ,The Netherlands): Guest
Composer (2001).

Guest lecturer and composer at numerous universities throughout the USA with performances of new works (on-going).

Member of Just In Time Composers and Players, a composer/performer collective with threeconcerts annually (1997 – 2000).

Washington Institute for Creative Activity Concert: Guest Composer, with chamber music
presented by the Phantom Arts Ensemble (2000).

“Five Miniatures for Clarinet Solo,” published by Earnestly Music Publishing ,
West Newton, MA (1999).

HONORS

American Music Center, New York, NY (Cap Grant, 2005)
Handel & Haydn Society, Boston, MA (Grant, 2003)
St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA (Artist Grant, 2002)
Massachusetts Cultural Council (Professional Development Grant, 2001)
Alea III International Composition Competition (Finalist, 1991)

AFFILIATIONS

American Composers Forum
American Music Center
Broadcast Music Association
College Music Society
St. Botolph Club (Arts Associate Member)