Garth Hangartner, composer and hornist, has received commissions and performances from the Nieuw Ensemble Amsterdam, Conundrum, the New York Miniaturist Ensemble, Ensemble Sirius, Alaska Pro Musica, North Presbyterian Church, Arpi Anderson and Josh Nemith, the Seven Hills Sinfonietta, Harrie Starreveld (Nieuw Ensemble), Hans Wesseling (Nieuw Ensemble), Christopher Chaffee, the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Peter Neubert, Michael Larson, Geoff Trotier, Randolph-Macon College, and the Out North Theater Company among others.

He completed his graduate studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (Doctor of Musical Arts,  2001; Master of Arts, 1998), and undergraduate work at the University of Alaska Anchorage (Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education, 1996). Composition teachers include Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Darrell Handel, George Belden, Eric Graham, and Craig Corray. He has also studied with  George Rochberg, John Harbison, and John Corigliano at the International Center for American Music, with Brian Ferneyhough at Summer Arts 1998, and Royaumont 2002, Theo Leovendie and Jonathan Harvey at Royaumont, and Julio Martin Viera at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in 2004. In April of 2006, he was Composer/Artist-in-Residence at Randolph College (Formerly Randolph-Macon Woman's College).

Faculty affiliations include Wright State University, Cincinnati Christian University, the College of Mount Saint Joseph, Raymond Walters College, and Miami University; where he has taught composition, theory, orchestration, history and literature, technology, and fine arts, and served as the Director of Music at St. John's Westminster Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. In August of 2007, he assumed the post of Director of Music and Worship at Central Presbyterian Church, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. 

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• Psalm 23: for Tenor Voice, Horn, and Organ. Premiered by Lee Merriman (tenor), Garth Hangartner (horn), and Helen Wingert (organ). (Premiere: Concerts at Central, Central Presbyterian Church, Chambersburg, PA)
  

• Shunyata (Nocturnes IV): flute (doubling on tingsha and singing bowl) and bassoon (doubling on prayer stones), commissioned by Christopher Chaffee for the Hayner Center (Premiere: Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio)

• Moon Hidden by Veils for A Clarinet, and Dawn in New York  for violin and bass clarinet, New York Miniaturist ensemble (Premiere: Makor, 92nd Street and Y, New York City, New York)

• glazed tulip: for solo violin, Erik Carlson/New York Miniaturist Ensemble (Premiere: Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, New York)

• lost poems: for viola and prepared piano, Peter Neubert, Viola and Cole Burger, Piano (Performance: Camp Encore/Coda, Lane Sweden, Maine)
  

• before all things: soprano, chorus, trombone, and organ (Kirnberger III), commissioned by North Presbyterian Church (Premiere: Cincinnati, Ohio)

• Composer-in-Residence, Department of Music, Randolph-Macon College (was Randolph-Macon Woman's College), Lynchburg, Virginia. Seminars on composition, pre-concert lecture, Hangartner concert: premiere of two commissions, and performances of two recent works.
  

• Stained Glass: Images of the Altemeier Chapel, electronic music and video by Garth Hangartner (Lynchburg, Viginia)

• Nocturnes of Ashen Silence (Nocturnes I): for flute/piccolo (finger cymbals), horn (tam-tam), and piano (claves) (Performance: Lynchburg, Virginia)

• break into light (Nocturnes VIII): for soprano (maracas), tenor (vibratones), oboe (woodblock), horn (tam-tam), and piano, commissioned by Randolph-Macon Woman's College[A setting of Etudes by poet Don Bogen, from his latest book, Luster](Premiere: Lynchburg, Virginia)

• tangle of emerald (Nocturnes V): for horn and piano, commissioned by Randolph-Macon Woman's College  (Premiere Lynchburg, Virginia)

• silence of the night: solo horn, Garth Hangartner, Horn (Premiere: Cincinnati, Ohio)
  

• Stationary Point (Nocturnes II), Delicato Ensemble, (Premiere: Cincinnati, Ohio)

• Stained Glass: Images of the Altemeier Chapel, electronic music and video by Garth Hangartner (Premiere, Delhi, Ohio)

• Psalm 23, for soprano, horn, and piano. Jennifer Leone, Garth Hangartner, and Josh Nemith, (Premiere, Delhi, Ohio)

In symposia with George Crumb, Brian Ferneyhough, Joël Bons, George Rochberg, Donald Erb, Sonus Imaginorem, William Bolcom, Yehudi Wyner, Lou Harrison, John Harbison, John Corigliano, Frederic Rzewski, Harvey Solberger, Chinary Ung, Rand Steiger, Steve Reich, Aaron Jay Kernis, Augusta Read Thomas, Milton Babbitt, Michael Torke, Jonathan Harvey, and Theo Loevendie.

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COMMISSIONS

Christopher Chaffee, Shunyata, for flute and bassoon (doubling on Tibetan instruments), 2006.

North Presbyterian Church, before all things, for soprano solo, chorus, organ, and trombone, 2005.

Randolph College, break into light, for soprano, tenor, oboe, horn, and piano, 2005.

Randolph College, Lynchburg Sonata, for horn and piano, 2004.

Conundrum, Stationary Point, for piccolo, clarinet, and piano, 2003.

Hans Wesseling (Nieuw Ensemble), Royaumont Fragments, for quarter-tone mandolin, 2002.

Seven Hills Sinfonietta, Cathedral, for chamber orchestra with cello and horn obliggato, 2002.

Ensemble Sirius, without changing the silence, for piano and percussion, 2001.

Arpi Anderson and Josh Nemith, cathedral, for piccolo and piano, 2001.

Alaska Pro Musica, in dark mountain hollows, for violin, clarinet, and piano, 2000.

Peter Neubert, lost poems for viola and prepared piano, 2000.

Harrie Starreveld (Nieuw Ensemble), vulture of the wilderness, owl of the waste places for
        quarter-tone flute and percussion, 2000.

Nieuw Ensemble-Amsterdam, owl of the waste places, for quarter-tone flute and
        chamber ensemble, 1999.

Geoff Trotier, in the hollow places of the wall, for soprano, horn, and string quartet, 1998.

Michael Lynn Larson, in the late cold touch of night for trombone quartet, 1997.

Out North Theater, Rain Dance , for electronic media, Anchorage, Alaska, 1994.

Alaska Dance Theater, Suite for electronic media, 1994.

Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Purgatory Dance for electronic media, 1993.
 

Works for Residencies and Specific Events

Concerts at Central, Psalm 23, 2008.

New York Miniaturist Ensemble, glazed tulip, flumet, and the day languishes, 2006.

St. John's Westminster Concert Series, Stained Glass: Images of Altemeier Chapel,
             for video and electronic music, 2005.

Atlantic Center for the Arts, Las Cosas Rotas, for flute, cello, percussion, and piano, 2004.

Atlantic Center for the Arts, ACA Variation, for clarinet and piano, 2004.

St. John's Westminster Concert Series, Nocturnes of Ashen Silence, for flute, horn, and piano, 2003.

Royaumont/Voix Nouvelles 2002, Nocturne of Emptied Spaces, for quarter-tone flute,
            percussion, mandolin/banjo, viola, and contrabass, for the Nieuw Ensemble-Amsterdam.

Summer Arts, California State University Long Beach, 1998, by people in the crowded street,
           piano quartet, for the Nieuw Ensemble-Amsterdam.
 

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August 2006, glazed tulip, for solo violin, Erik Carlson, violin, Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, New York.

August 2006, lost poems, for viola and prepared piano, Peter Neubert, viola, Maine.

May 2006, before all things, for soprano, chorus, trombone, and Organ (Kirnberger III), Janet Van Hoyen, Soprano, Chad Arnow, Bass Trombone, Combined Choruses of North Presbyterian and St. John's Westminster, Chris Wahlhauser, Organ, Garth Hangartner, Conducting, North Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio.

April 2006, Nocturnes of Ashen Silence, Stained Glass: Images of Altemeier Chapel, break into light, and Lynchburg Sonata, Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, Virginia.

November 2005, Stained Glass: Images of Altemeier Chapel for multimedia, Cincinnati, Ohio.

May 2005, Las Cosas Rotas, premiered at St. John's Westminster Union Church, Cincinnati, Ohio by Arpi Anderson (Flute and Piccolo), Andra Lunde Padrichelli (Cello), Josh Nemith (Piano), and Rusty Burge (Percussion).

May 2004, nocturnes of ashen silence, Arpi Anderson, Garth Hangartner, and Josh Nemith, Cincinnati, Ohio.

June 2003, cathedral, for orchestra, Seven Hills Sinfonietta Orchestra, Cincinnati, Ohio.

June 2003, Nocturne of Emptied Spaces, Nieuw Ensemble, Amsterdam, Broadcast on Dutch Radio 4.

February, 2003, Nocturne of Emptied Spaces, Nieuw Ensemble, Amsterdam, and Utrecht,
The Netherlands.

January 2003, in dark mountain hollows, for clarinet, violin, and piano, Alaska Pro Musica, University of Alaska, Anchorage.

October 2002, cathedral, for piccolo and piano, premiere by Arpi Anderson and Josh Nemith, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

September, 2002, Nocturne of Emptied Spaces, Nieuw Ensemble, Royaumont Abbey, France.

June 2002, without changing the silence, premiere by Ensemble Sirius, University of Cincinnati, Music '02 Concert Series.

December 2001, Stained Glass, electronic media, three performances with video by Debbie Haines,College Hill Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio.

June 2001, in dark mountain hollows for violin, clarinet, and piano. Music 2001 concert series,University of Cincinnati, Jason Bell, violin, Ralph Skiano, Clarinet, Josh Nemith, piano.

April 2001, lost poems for viola and prepared piano, recital performance at the University of Cincinnati, by Peter Neubert, viola, and Nozomi Yamaguchi, piano.

April 2001, especially for that . . . electronic media, recital performance at the University of Cincinnati, Chris Watts, technician.

April 2001, owl of the waste places for horn and percussion, recital premiere at the University of Cincinnati, by Garth Hangartner, horn, Taryn Cunha, percussion.

April 2001, Stained Glass for electronic media, recital premiere at the University of Cincinnati, Chris Watts, technician.

April 2001, An Evening at the Symphony for electronic media, recital premiere at the University of Cincinnati, Chris Watts, technician.

June 2000, lost poems for viola and prepared piano, premiered during Music 2000 concert series, University of Cincinnati, by Peter Neubert, viola and Josh Nemith, piano.

May, 2000, vulture of the wilderness, owl of the waste places for quarter-tone flute and percussion, premiered at the Moscow Conservatory, Russia, by Harrie Starreveld and Ekaterina Asano.

April 2000, especially for that . . . electronic media, premiered at the University of Cincinnati, Sonic Explorations concert series.

January, 2000, owl of the waste places for quarter-tone flute and chamber ensemble, premiered at the Paradiso, Amsterdam. Subsequent performances at the Hague Conservatory, and the Grand Theater, Groningen. Later featured on Dutch National Radio 4.

December 1999, stilled, by the blue for chamber winds, premiered by the University of Alaska Wind Ensemble, Anchorage, Alaska, Dr. Mark Wolbers director.

July 1999, by people in the crowed street, for piano quartet, performed during the Festival Institute at Round Top, Texas.

June 1999, in the hollow places of the wall, for soprano, horn and string quartet, premiered during
Music NinetyNine Festival, Cincinnati, Ohio by Suzi Diaz, voice, and Geoff Trotier, Horn.

August 1999, by the late cold touch of night, for trombone quartet, recital performance by Michael Larson, at the University of Cincinnati.

November 1998, by people in the crowded street, featured in a documentary on the Nieuw Ensemble. Performance by the Nieuw Ensemble, broadcast on Dutch Television.

July  1998, by people in the crowded street, premiered during Summer Arts, Long Beach California, by members of the Nieuw Ensemble Amsterdam. Later featured in a documentary of the ensemble. Broadcast on Dutch Television in 1999.

November 1997, Wanderings, for solo clarinet, recital performance at the University of Cincinnati.

November 1997, Meshes of the Net . . . Dead Memories, for oboe, viola, and piano., recital performance at the University of Cincinnati.

November 1997, Spring Can Never Be, for horn and flute, recital performance at the University of Cincinnati.

November 1997, Passing out of Sight, for horn and piano, recital performance, University ofCincinnati.

November 1997, by the late cold touch of night, recital performance at the University of Cincinnati.

October 1997, Passing out of Sight, recital performance at the University of Cincinnati.

July 1997, A River of Crystal Mingled with Fire, piano trio, Ernest Bloch Music Festival, Newport, Oregon, performed by Sonus Imaginorem of San Francisco.

June 1997, Lo, I Come Like a Thief, for woodwind quintet, premiered, during the Music NinetySeven Festival, Cincinnati.

April 1997, Passing out of Sight, for horn and piano, department recital at the University of Cincinnati.

June 1996, A River of Crystal Mingled with Fire, piano trio, Music NinetySix Festival, University of Cincinnati.

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Orchestra
Cathedral, orchestra with cello and horn obliggato, (2002), 7'
owl of the waste places, quarter-tone flute and orchestra, (1999), 18’
Jane Marie Died at 10, orchestra, (1996), 8’
 

Wind Ensemble
The Lemon Tree, symphonic band, (1999), 15’
stilled, by the blue, wind ensemble, (1999), 4’
Alien Dance, chamber winds, (1995), 7’
 

Chamber Ensemble (trios—sextets)
String Quartet No. 2, (2006), 3'
Las Cosas Rotas (Nocturnes III), flute, cello, percussion, and piano, (2005), 17'
Stationary Point (Nocturnes II), piccolo, clarinet, and prepared piano, (2005), 13'
Nocturnes of Ashen Silence (Nocturnes I), flute/piccolo (finger cymbals), horn (tam-tam), and piano    
        (claves), (2004), 25’
Nocturne for Emptied Space, for quarter-tone flute, mandolin/banjo, percussion,
        viola, and bass, (2002), 17’.
in dark mountain hollows, violin, clarinet, piano, (2001), 22’
owl of the waste places, vulture of the wilderness, quarter-tone flute and percussion, (2000) 12’
by people in the crowded street, piano quartet, (1998), 12’
Meshes of the Net...Dead Memories, oboe, viola, and piano, (1997), 11’
Lo, I Come Like a Thief, woodwind quintet, (1997), 15’
In the Late Cold Touch of Night, trombone quartet, (1996), 18’
A River of Crystal Mingled with Fire, piano trio, (1995), 18’
String Quartet, string quartet, (1994), 6’
capture, clarinet, horn, and piano, (1993), 5’
 

Chamber Ensemble (duos)
Dawn in New York, for violin and bass clarinet, (2007), 3'
the day languishes, for cello and percussion (cowbell, three woodblocks, bongos, and a gong), (2006), 2'
Shunyata, flute (tingsha and singing bowl) and bassoon (prayer stones), 12'
Lynchburg Sonata: tangle of emerald, horn and prepared piano (2006), 15'
ACA Variation, clarinet and piano, (2004), 2'.
cathedral, piccolo and piano, (2002), 10'.
without changing the silence, piano and percussion, (2002), 12'.
owl of the waste places, horn and percussion, (2001), 17’
lost poems, viola and prepared piano, (2000), 12’
Duo, horn duet, (1997), 3’
Spring Can Never Be, horn and flute, (1996), 12’
Passing Out of Sight, horn and piano, (1996), 10’

Voice
Psalm 23, for tenor voice, horn, and organ, (2008), 15'
flumet, for violin and soprano, (2006), 2'
break into light, soprano, tenor, oboe, horn, and piano, (2006), 15'
Psalm 23, soprano, horn, and piano, (2005), 2'
in the hollow places of the wall, soprano, horn, string quartet, (1998-1999), 12’

Chorus
before all things, for soprano, chorus, organ, and trombone, 10'

Solo
glazed tulip, violin, (2006), 3'
Royaumont Fragments II, horn, (2006), in progress
silence of the night, horn, (2005), 4'
Royaumont Fragments, microtonal mandolin, (2004), 7'
interlude: moon hidden by veils, clarinet in A (2001), 2'
Wanderings, clarinet, (1997), 7’
Thread, piano, (1994), 10’

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ABOUT MY MUSIC

I compose post-modernist music in a variety of styles, idioms, and harmonic languages. The degree of which, depends on the performer(s) commissioning the work and the venue/audience of the premiere. I have written works for all types and sizes of ensembles.

Literature and musical allusion are important elements of my compositional vocabulary. You will find the music of Gesulado, Lassus, Mahler, Poulenc, Crumb, Feneyhough, Rochberg, and Boulez, and the poetry of Montale, Bogen, Lorca, Rimbaud, and Neruda in my works. 

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EMAIL: gjhpublic@earthlink.net

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