Joel Feigin, one of the composers on this album, studied with Nadia Boulanger and Roger Sessions and received a Guggenheim Fellowship to write his first opera.
Instruments
The piano used for this recording is a Hamburg Steinway 9-foot Concert Grand.
Compositional Technique
Gloria Coates's Sonata No. 1: Tones in Overtones was written while she was experimenting with overtones and extensions of various instruments, aiming to reinforce piano overtones with ground tones.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at the Lotte Lehmann Recital Hall at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in April 2009.
Performer Biography
Margaret Mills, the pianist on this album, has performed internationally and made her Carnegie Recital Hall debut in 1974.
Composer Biography
Ruth Schonthal, a composer featured on this album, started composing at age five and was the youngest student at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin.
Performer Biography
Pianist Margaret Mills is a strong advocate for contemporary American music and works by women composers, often presenting lecture-recitals on these topics.
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