Joseph Schwantner

Joseph Schwantner (born March 22, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American composer and educator.

In 1970 he joined the faculty of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.

Schwantner is prolific, with many orchestral works to his credit. His style is accessible, coloristic and eclectic, drawing on such diverse elements as French impressionism, African drumming, and minimalism. His orchestral work Aftertones of Infinity received the Pulitzer Prize in 1979.

Works

Orchestra and wind ensemble
Morning's Embrace
Recoil
New Morning for the World "Daybreak of Freedom"
September Canticle "Fantasy" (In Memoriam)
Angelfire "Fantasy" for Amplified Violin and Orchestra
Beyond Autumn "Poem" for Horn and Orchestra
"Evening Land" Symphony
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra
Percussion Concerto (wind ensemble version)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Distant Runes and Incantations for Piano solo (amplified) and Orchestra
Dreamcaller: Three Songs for Soprano, Violin solo, and Orchestra
Freeflight "Fanfares" & "Fantasy"
From Afar..."A Fantasy for Guitar and Orchestra"
Magabunda (Witchnomad) "four Poems of Agueda Pizarro" for Soprano and Orchestra
A Play of Shadows for Flute and Chamber Orchestra
A Sudden Rainbow
Toward Light
Aftertones of Infinity
In evening's stillness...
...and the mountains rising nowhere
From a Dark Millennium
Modus Caelestis

Chamber ensemble
Rhiannon's Blackbirds
Soaring, for flute and piano
Black Anemones, for flute and piano
Consortium II, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
Distant Runes and Incantations
In Aeternum (Consortium IV)
Music of Amber
Canticle of the Evening Bells
Chronicon, for bassoon and piano
Consortium (I)
Diaphonia Intervallum
Elixir

Notable students
Eric Ewazen
Daniel Kellogg
Marc Mellits
Kevin Puts
Michael Torke
Ye Xiaogang