Gregory Wanamaker

composer

new disc

Glint features Timothy McAllister’s definitive recording of my Duo Sonata with Robert Spring. See more in my discography. »

“An impressive and rewarding unaccompanied work” – – Philip Sinder referring to TubaSuite in the Guide to the Tuba Repertoire: The New Tuba Source Book ©2006 Indiana University Press.

biography

Gregory Wanamaker’s (b. 1968) music has recently been described as “compelling,” “outstanding,” “cutting-edge” “skillful,” and “a technical tour de force” by reviewers for Fanfare Magazine, American Record Guide, and Audiophile Audition.

The 2011 Commissioned Composer for the Syracuse-based Society for New Music, Wanamaker’s upcoming collaboration with visual artist Carrie Mae Weems is supported in part by National Endowment for the Arts 2011 Access to Artistic Excellence Grant. He also is the recipient of 16 consecutive standard awards from ASCAP and received awards from the National Association of Composers/USA and Britten-On-The-Bay.

Wanamaker’s music has been commissioned and performed throughout the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia by groups such as the PRISM Quartet, Trujillo Symphony Orchestra, Capitol Quartet, The Western Plains Wind Band Consortium, The MAVerick Ensemble, The West Point Saxophone Quartet, The Gregg Smith Singers, The Mana Trio and Quartet, Timothy McAllister, Robert Spring, Deborah Bish, Ensemble Radieuse, Noah Getz, The Society for New Music and Lynn McGrath.

In demand as a composer of solo and chamber music, Wanamaker has several recorded works on the Innova, Albany, KCM, Mark Custom and Summit labels.

Currently Professor of Composition and Theory at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, Wanamaker studied composition with William Averitt and Thomas Albert at Shenandoah University, and with Ladislav Kubík at The Florida State University School of Music.

Gregory Wanamaker publishes his own works, which are available exclusively through his website: www.gregorywanamaker.com.