Edwin Penhorwood
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Dr. Edwin Penhorwood is an American
composer
and currently assistant professor at the Jacobs School of Music
at Indiana University
.
, and studied music at the University of Iowa
. He has taught at the International School of Zurich
, Switzerland, at the Church Music Conservatory in Berlin
, the University of Missouri
, and Indiana University
, and has accompanied singers and instrumentalists in North America and in Europe for many years. Penhorwood joined the faculty of Indiana University in 1993. He is the musical director of the Graduate Opera Workshop and has taught Accompanying.
Dr. Penhorwood is the composer of many choral and vocal compositions. Penhorwood's songs have been broadcast by NPR
, the Paris
and Berlin
radio networks and have been featured at Glimmerglass Opera, The Chautauqua Opera, the National NATS Convention, and Marilyn Horne
's 70th Birthday Celebration. In 1999, the Indianapolis Symphonic Chorus, through the Lilly Foundation, presented Penhorwood with a commission for a choral work, The Christmas Story. Penhorwood's compositions have been published by Carl Fischer, Abingdon, Hinshaw Music, and T.I.S. Publications. In 2000, T.I.S., Inc. published his songs and song cycles.
T.I.S. also published Penhorwood's comic opera
Too Many Sopranos
, commissioned by the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre and premiered in June 2000. The opera, now in its fourth printing, has been presented at the NATS Convention and The National Opera Association National Convention in New York City
. It has received over 30 productions, most recently at The Baltimore Opera and Light Opera Oklahoma. In March 2008, the Hunter College Opera will stage a new production of the opera, to be performed at the Danny Kaye Playhouse in New York City.
Penhorwood has edited two volumes of Vincenzo Righini
's vocal works for Southern Music. Many of these compositions received their American premières at the 2nd International Congress of Voice Teachers held in Philadelphia.
He is married to soprano Costanza Cuccaro.
United States
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composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and currently assistant professor at the Jacobs School of Music
Jacobs School of Music
The Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, is a music conservatory established in 1921. Until 2005, it was known as the Indiana University School of Music...
at Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
.
Biography
Penhorwood is a native of Toledo, OhioToledo, Ohio
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, and studied music at the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
. He has taught at the International School of Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, Switzerland, at the Church Music Conservatory in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
, and Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
, and has accompanied singers and instrumentalists in North America and in Europe for many years. Penhorwood joined the faculty of Indiana University in 1993. He is the musical director of the Graduate Opera Workshop and has taught Accompanying.
Dr. Penhorwood is the composer of many choral and vocal compositions. Penhorwood's songs have been broadcast by NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
, the Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
radio networks and have been featured at Glimmerglass Opera, The Chautauqua Opera, the National NATS Convention, and Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring a large sound, beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages....
's 70th Birthday Celebration. In 1999, the Indianapolis Symphonic Chorus, through the Lilly Foundation, presented Penhorwood with a commission for a choral work, The Christmas Story. Penhorwood's compositions have been published by Carl Fischer, Abingdon, Hinshaw Music, and T.I.S. Publications. In 2000, T.I.S., Inc. published his songs and song cycles.
T.I.S. also published Penhorwood's comic opera
Comic opera
Comic opera denotes a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending.Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a new operatic genre, opera buffa, emerged as an alternative to opera seria...
Too Many Sopranos
Too Many Sopranos
Too Many Sopranos is an opera by Indiana University Jacobs School of Music faculty member Edwin Penhorwood. Too Many Sopranos is a two-act opera in English with a pastiche of song from opera's various periods. A group of sopranos is trying to get into heaven, but there is no more room in the...
, commissioned by the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre and premiered in June 2000. The opera, now in its fourth printing, has been presented at the NATS Convention and The National Opera Association National Convention in New York City
New York City
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. It has received over 30 productions, most recently at The Baltimore Opera and Light Opera Oklahoma. In March 2008, the Hunter College Opera will stage a new production of the opera, to be performed at the Danny Kaye Playhouse in New York City.
Penhorwood has edited two volumes of Vincenzo Righini
Vincenzo Righini
Vincenzo Maria Righini was an Italian composer, singer and kapellmeister.- Biography :Righini was born at Bologna and studied singing and composition with Padre Martini in his home town. Initially he performed as a singer in Florence and Rome , however, according to Fétis he made his debut as a...
's vocal works for Southern Music. Many of these compositions received their American premières at the 2nd International Congress of Voice Teachers held in Philadelphia.
He is married to soprano Costanza Cuccaro.