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Eric Banks (composer)
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Eric Banks is a Seattle-based composer
, choral conductor, and ethnomusicologist, as well as a faculty member at Cornish College of the Arts
.
Banks was born in Roscoe, New York
, United States
in 1969. He is the founding director of the vocal ensembles, The Esoterics
and Ædonis. As a composer, Banks writes primarily for a cappella
chorus. He is a polyglot and frequently sets texts in languages other than his native English
, including dead languages such as Epic Greek and Avestan
.
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...
, choral conductor, and ethnomusicologist, as well as a faculty member at Cornish College of the Arts
Cornish College of the Arts
-Library:The library at Cornish College specializes in art, dance, design, music, performance production, and theatre. As of 2011 it holds 4700 CDs, 40,000 books, has 2,200 videos, and subscribes to 154 periodicals...
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Banks was born in Roscoe, New York
Roscoe, New York
Roscoe is a hamlet in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 597 at the 2000 census.Roscoe is in the southwest part of the Town of Rockland, adjacent to New York State Route 17....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 1969. He is the founding director of the vocal ensembles, The Esoterics
The Esoterics (ensemble)
The Esoterics is a vocal ensemble based in Seattle, Washington, that performs contemporary a cappella choral settings of poetry, philosophy, and spiritual writings from around the world....
and Ædonis. As a composer, Banks writes primarily for a cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
chorus. He is a polyglot and frequently sets texts in languages other than his native English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, including dead languages such as Epic Greek and Avestan
Avestan language
Avestan is an East Iranian language known only from its use as the language of Zoroastrian scripture, i.e. the Avesta, from which it derives its name...
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