Brian T. Field

Brian T. Field (born December 1, 1967) is an American composer of music for chamber groups, choirs and orchestras. He was also an adjunct professor of music at Columbia University from 1995 to 1997,[1] Seton Hall University in 1997, and American University in 2019.

Not to be confused with Brian Field.
Brian T. Field
Born (1967-12-01) December 1, 1967
United States
OccupationComposer

Life

Brian Field was raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Toledo, Ohio beginning his musical training at age eight; his first serious compositional efforts at age sixteen. He received his undergraduate degree from Connecticut College, where he was a student of Noel Zahler, graduating Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa. At Connecticut he received the Rosemary Park Fellowship and was awarded the Mahan Music Prize for Highest Attainment in Music[2]

He earned a M.M. in composition at the Juilliard School in New York, where he was a student of Milton Babbitt, subsequently earning his doctorate in composition as a President's Fellow at Columbia University as a student of Mario Davidovsky and George Edwards. His doctoral composition and analysis was a work for violoncello quartet, Metamorphoses Messianiques.[3]

Field's self-described musical style is an "eclectic fusion of lyricism and driving rhythm that brings together elements of post-romanticism, minimalism and jazz."[4]

Reviews & Recognition

First public reviews of Field's work emerged with the release of his String Quartet #1 (2019) on a compilation of string quartets performed by the New York based Sirius Quartet. Gramophone took note of the work, and wrote that "[Field’s] First Quartet makes me want to hear more. Its four very rhythmic movements are models of concision, real dialogues between the four musicians."[5] The American Record Guide took particular focus on the second, lyrical movement of the quartet, commenting that "Field's Quartet #1 has a true gem of a second movement: here we get that delicious sense of longing, of needing, as the strings climb higher and higher on their fingerboards: almost like they're attempting to touch heaven."

In 2021, Field released a compilation of his vocal music on the Navona label, which attracted additional attention once again from Gramophone, that wrote "Field’s music has a winning melodic flow and harmonic translucency that make it easy to appreciate."[6] The bi-monthly Fanfare Magazine further commented that "Field’s versatility is both striking and impressive and stretches tonality to and beyond its limits, but always in a soaring, lyrical manner.”[7] The music monthly The Whole Note noted that the recording is "an important disc, no doubt, often dripping with sardonicism and bitterness, shrouded in the music’s frequent dissonance. Gorgeous songs complemented by great choral and solo singing, however, triumph over these feelings, in a program selected and sequenced with uncommon care, with Field drawing on his consummate musicianship fueled by hopefulness."[8]

Awards
  • 2003 First Prize, Shoreline Arts Alliance
  • 2003 First Prize, Briar Cliff Choral Music Competition
  • 2005 Artist Fellowship, Connecticut Commission for the Arts[9]
  • 2018 Vienna International Music Competition for orchestral dance suite Shiva Tandava.[10]
  • 2018 Benenti Foundation Recording Prize[11]
  • 2018 Alvarez Chamber Orchestra, Mullord Award, for "A Letter from Camp" for soprano and orchestra[12]
  • 2018 Third Prize, Busan MARU International Music Festival[13]
  • 2018 First Prize, Phinney Ridge Youth Orchestra[14]
  • 2019 First Prize, Malta International Composition Competition[15]
  • 2019 McKnight Foundation/Minnesota Sinfonia Award[16]
  • 2019 Special Mention, Concours de composition Les Musicales du Centre
  • 2019 Most Distinguished Musician, Special Mention – IBLA Grand Prize[17]
  • 2019 Second Prize, Academia Musica Vienna
  • 2020 First Degree Award, Golden Key of Vienna International Music Festival
  • 2020 First Prize, Ithaca College Composition Contest
  • 2020 Second Prize, New Vienna Symphony International Composer Competition
  • 2020 First Prize, Malta International Composition Competition[18]
  • 2020 First Prize, Associazione Amici della Musica "Guido Albanese"[19]
  • 2020 Second Prize, Franz Schubert Konservatorium
  • 2020 Special Mention, ORIENT / OCCIDENT Competition[20]
  • 2020 Award of Distinction, Warsaw Wind Ensemble Composition Contest 2020[21]
  • 2020 Third Prize, Franz Schubert Konservatorium
  • 2020 Most Distinguished Musician – IBLA Grand Prize[22]
  • 2021 Honorable Mention, 7° Concorso di Composizione “Città di Albenga”[23]
  • 2021 Second Prize, Golden Key of Vienna International Music Festival[24]
  • 2021 First Prize & Special Prize, Franz Schubert Konservatorium
  • 2021 Second Prize, Voice2Choir, Diaphonia Edizioni[25]
  • 2021 Second Place, VIII International Piano Competition Smederev[26]
  • 2021 Second Prize, 21st Century Talents Music Competition, Ottawa, Canada
  • 2021 Third Prize, Franz Schubert Konservatorium
  • 2021 Grand Prize, International Youth Music Competitions
  • 2021 First Prize & Audience Prize, Rocky Mountain Composition Summer Festival[27]
  • 2021 First Prize, Vienna Academia Musica, 2nd International Music Competition
  • 2021 Silver Medal, Global Music Awards[28]
  • 2021 First Prize, Pianos Créneau Composition Prize
  • 2021 First Prize, ChoralArt Carol Contest
  • 2021 Second Prize, 21st Century Talents Composition Competition[29]
  • 2021 Second Prize, Associazione Cultura e Musica - G. Curci’s International Competition “Città di Barletta”[30]
  • 2021 Second Prize, European Composer Competition, jazz/big band section
  • 2021 First Prize & Audience Prize, Royal Sound Music Composition[31]
  • 2021 Platinum Award, LIT Talent Awards[32]
  • 2021 First Prize, Red Maple Music Competition[33]
  • 2021 First Prize, Constellation: Power of Music[34]
  • 2021 Special Mention, Amsonia International Composition Contest 2021
  • 2021 First Prize & Audience Prize, Royal Sound Music New Year's Competition[35]
  • 2021 Second Prize & Audience Prize, 21st Century Talents New Year's Composition Competition[36]
  • 2021 First Prize & Audience Prize, Rocky Mountain Music Competition New Year's Competition[37]
  • 2021 Grand Prize, Red Maple Music Competition New Year's Competition[38]
  • 2021 Third Prize, Vienna Academia Musica
  • 2021 Gold Medal, Trinity International Music Competition[39]
  • 2021 Silver Medal, International Youth Music Awards, Artist of the Year[40]
  • 2022 First Prize, Golden Key of Vienna International Music Festival[41]
  • 2022 Silver Medal, Global Music Awards[42]
  • 2022 First Prize, VIII Odin International Music Competition[43]
  • 2022 Special Mention, London Classical Music Competition[44]
  • 2022 First Prize, XI Amigdala International Music Competition memorial "Giuseppe Raciti"[45]
  • 2022 Third Prize, Franz Schubert Konservatorium
  • 2022 Platinum Award, 2 Gold Awards, LIT Talent Awards[46]
  • 2022 Third Prize, MaestrosVision International Composition Competition[47]
  • 2022 Grand Prize, Vivaldi International Music Competition[48]
  • 2022 Second Prize, Franz Schubert Music Conservatory
  • 2022 Second Prize, 32nd International Music Competition "Città di Barletta"[49]
  • 2022 Gold Medal, 2022 Quebec Music Competition
  • 2022 Special Prize, Third Prize, Busan MARU International Music Festival[50]
  • 2022 First Prize, Malta International Composition Competition[51]

Discography

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