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John Luther Adams is a composer whose life and work are deeply rooted in the natural world. Adams was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his symphonic work Become Ocean, as well as a Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary Classical Composition" (2014). Inuksuit, his outdoor work for up to 99 percussionists, is regularly performed all over the world. Columbia University has honored Adams with the William Schuman Award ‘to recognize the lifetime achievement of an American composer whose works have been widely performed and generally acknowledged to be of lasting significance.’ A recipient of the Heinz Award for his contributions to raising environmental awareness, JLA has also been honored with the Nemmers Prize from Northwestern University ‘for melding the physical and musical worlds into a unique artistic vision that transcends stylistic boundaries.’ Born in 1953, JLA grew up in the South and in the suburbs of New York City. He studied composition with James Tenney at the California Institute of the Arts, where he was in the first graduating class (in 1973). In the mid-1970s he became active in the campaign for the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, and subsequently served as executive director of the Northern Alaska Environmental Center. Adams has taught at Harvard University, the Oberlin Conservatory, Bennington College, and the University of Alaska. He has also served as composer in residence with the Anchorage Symphony, Anchorage Opera, Fairbanks Symphony, Arctic Chamber Orchestra, and the Alaska Public Radio Network. The music of John Luther Adams is recorded on Cantaloupe, Cold Blue, New World, Mode, and New Albion, and his books are published by Wesleyan University Press. (Image © Donald Lee)
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Little Cosmic Dust Poem
John Luther Adams
Voice & Piano
Chester Music
"magic song for one who wishes to live" & "the dead who climb up to the sky"
John Luther Adams
Voice & Piano
Chester Music
Five Athabascan Dances
John Luther Adams
Harp & Percussion
Chester Music
Canticles of the Sky
John Luther Adams
String Quartet
Chester Music
Poem of the Forgotten
John Luther Adams
Voice & Piano
Chester Music
Dark Wind
John Luther Adams
Wind
Chester Music
Five Percussion Quartets
John Luther Adams
Percussion Quartet
Chester Music
The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies
John Luther Adams
Percussion & Recording
Chester Music
Three Drum Quartets from Earth and the Great Weather
John Luther Adams
Percussion Quartet
Chester Music
The Wind In High Places
John Luther Adams
String Quartet
Chester Music
Tukiliit
John Luther Adams
Piano
Chester Music
Three High Places
John Luther Adams
Violin
Chester Music
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