James Dorsa
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James Dorsa is a composer and harpsichordist who is currently a member of the faculty at California State University Northridge's Music Department.[1] He is most recognized for his award-winning composition of "Jupiter's Moons".[2]
Debut Album
[edit]In 2016, Dorsa released his debut album, Io,[3] which featured "Jupiter's Moons", "Martinique", "The Tea Party", and "Melting Away to Nothing". He won the Aliénor Harpsichord Composition Competition for "Jupiter's Moons".[4]
Educational Background
[edit]Dorsa has a Bachelor of Music in Composition from California State University, Northridge in 2001, Master of Music in Harpsichord Performance at Cal State Northridge in 2004, and a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2008.[4]
Sources
[edit]- Past Winners | Historical Keyboard Society of North America
- http://www.historicalkeyboardsociety.org/alienor/_docs/fall_2009.pdf
- http://www.mtacoc.org/newsletters/Newsletter-april2013web.pdf
- [2]
- http://www.harpsichord.org.uk/sounding-board-archive/
- Sonia Lee | Pianist, Harpsichordist, Educator, Scholar
- http://www.music.umich.edu/research/stearns_collection/documents/Stearns19-1.pdf
- [3]
- http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Mariana-Ramirez-CYAN-Ensemble
- [4]
- http://www.linguitar.com/documents/SteveLin_Resume.pdf
- Historical Keyboard Society 2012 Joint Meeting & Festival
References
[edit]- ^ "James Dorsa | California State University, Northridge". 24 September 2013.
- ^ "James Dorsa - Io from Jupiter's Moons, for harpsichord - Classical Archives". www.classicalarchives.com.
- ^ "Prominent Harpsichordist James Dorsa Gains International Recognition as Composer and Performer". Archived from the original on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ a b [1][dead link]