Joel P. Friedman
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- School: Georgetown University
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- Department: Music
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Location:
3700 O St NW
Washington, DC - 20057 - Dates at Georgetown University: December 2014 - May 2015
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Biography
Georgetown University - Music
Composer/Catholic University Faculty/Speaker
Music
Joel
Friedman
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Composer of concert, theater, film, and dance music. Constructing Thought One Note At A Time.
Selected Reviews
Viola Concerto
"The program took a distinct upswing when Paul Neubauer soloed in the longest and by far best work on the program: Joel Phillip Friedman's Concerto for Viola and Orchestra. This is a magnificent work of tremendous expressive force, often poignant and threnodic, yet always inspiring in its fecundity of ideas and assured development." Bill Zakariasen, Daily News
"…a poetic, beautiful, and intelligent exploration of a long, eloquent melody, through variations that are at first musing and gentle, then passionate, finally simple, confident, and serene. The work is a dramatic scena for the soloist; the orchestra provides at once a setting and a cast of conversants and commentators." Andrew Porter, The New Yorker
Elastic Band
“...Joel Phillip Friedman's “Elastic Band,'' a work of serious fun, which also draws on pop and jazz… [Friedman] has ingeniously transformed popular themes in a chamber setting. He even cops (his admission) Ringo Starr's famous, thudding drum solo from the Beatles' “Abbey Road'' and turns it into a motif. The second movement takes on Duke Ellington's “jungle music'' of the '20s when the great Sonny Greer sat behind the traps. “ Richard Scheinin, The Mercury News
Personals, the musical
"PERSONALS is a winner!...The brightest revue of the year, and indeed of many a year." Clive Barnes, New York Post
"The most effective songs are by Seth and Joel Friedman. Their 'I Think You Should Know', 'A Little Happiness', and 'Picking Up The Pieces' leave the other five composers in oblivion." Larry Ledford, Christian Science Monitor
Let Freedom Sing
"…there is room for one serious number and it is a knockout. Called 'Knock on the Door' by Joel Phillip Friedman (music) and Seth Friedman (lyrics)...the retelling is haunting." Hap Erstein, Washington Times
Experience
Composer (Grey Bird Music)
Composer of concert, theater, film, and dance music
As the title suggests. What I do: Constructing Thought, One Note At A Time. Audio tracks are available at www.joelfriedman.com and https://soundcloud.com/joelfriedman/tracks
Montalvo Arts Center
Lucas Arts Fellow - composer
Composition Fellow (currently working on a string orchestra consortium commission with the San Jose Chamber Orchestra/Takoma Ensemble/SONYC, and the music theater piece Fallings with Seth Friedman). Next residency: August 2015.
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Host of "And In Closing..." a post-concert series
"And in Closing…" is the new informal series of post-concert conversations about the arts. Join us after FSO's concerts at the Harris Theater, George Mason University, for lively conversation and questions from the audience. Music Director Chris Zimmerman and I will be joined by not just musicians, but by artists and thinkers from varied disciplines.
Joel Phillip Friedman/Grey Bird Music
Writer
Writer on various musical topics. Latest piece: an interview of Pulitzer Prize winning composer Stephen Stucky for the Washington Choral Arts Society: http://www.choralarts.org/data/files/performances/singing%20stucky%20by%20joel%20friedman.pdf
Levine School of Music
Pre-concert Lecturer Symphonic Explorations (Levine Music/Baltimore Symphony)
I present Levine Music's "Symphonic Explorations" preconcert talks for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Strathmore Music Center Saturday Series Concerts. [Most recently I hosted a panel discussion on "Art & Destruction" in conjunct with the BSO's performances of Britten's War requiem with BSO Music Director Marin Alsop and Hirshhorn Museum's Interim-Director/Chief Curator Kerry Brougher.]
Education
Columbia University in the City of New York
DMA
Composition
Presidents Fellow
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