Judith Lang Zaimont's "Spirals" for String Trio Featured Score in December
2005 Issue of Chamber Music Magazine
New York, NY - "The Rose" movement from Judith Lang Zaimont's "Spirals"
for violin, viola and cello is the featured CMA Score in the December
2005 issue of Chamber Music magazine. Each month, the magazine chooses
an important score by an American composer and "The Rose", the fifth of
six movements from Ms. Zaimont's string trio, has been published in
this issue.
"Spirals" was a millennium commission from Chamber Music America and was
first performed in April 2000 by the Ensemble Capriccio at the Walker
Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was inspired by the composer's
observations of nature while visiting a local park and represents the
curves and coils found in mathematics, art and nature
The six movements are titled, "The Spiral (Ancient Song)", "Whirligig",
"A Closed Fist", "Entropy", "The Rose" and "Chambered Nautilus". The
complete work is about 30 minutes. "A Closed Fist" was previously
reproduced in the College Music Society's publication Reflections on
American Music - The Twentieth Century and The New Millennium, Pendragon
Press, November 2000.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press wrote of the work, "Based on the image of
movement inherent in the spiral, the music coils and uncoils through six
movements. The serpentine motif winds its way through tonal movements
that are juxtaposed with a wealth of tone clusters and chromatic
inflections. It is not easy music, but it held the audience captivated."
"Spirals" is published by MMB Music. Visit them online at
http://www.mmbmusic.com/.
Composer Judith Lang Zaimont is internationally recognized for her
distinctive style, characterized by its expressive strength and dynamism.
Recent accolades include a 2003 Aaron Copland Award, and a 2005-6 Artists
Fellowship from the Bush Foundation, and the 2006-7 Kaplan Foundation
wind ensemble commission; appointments as Commissioned Composer of the
California Music Teachers Association, Commissioned Composer for the
International San Antonio Piano Competition, and Honored Composer at the
11th Van Cliburn International Competition (2001). Among her many earlier
honors are a Guggenheim Fellowship, artist's grants from both National
Endowments (Arts and Humanities), and First Prize in the international
1995 McCollin Competition for Composers (for "Symphony No. 1", performed
by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1996). Her music is widely performed
throughout the U.S. and Europe and has been recorded for the Naxos,
Koch International Classics, Arabesque, Milken Family Foundation, Albany,
Jeanne, Leonarda, Northeastern, and 4Tay labels. Her principal publishers
are MMB Music, Inc., Galaxy/ECS, Vivace, Jeanne, C. F. Peters, Lyra
and Walton.
Her music has been widely documented (12 doctoral papers to date),
and her biography is found in most standard reference works (e.g., New
Grove's). Zaimont works are cited on two "Best of the 20th Century
lists" (Chamber Music America; Piano & Keyboard Magazine), and she is
the subject both of individual chapters in specialist volumes and major
articles in professional journals. Judith Zaimont also brings outstanding
academic credentials to her musical activities, having served for many
years as a distinguished composition teacher at New York's Queens College
and Adelphi University, Baltimore's Peabody Conservatory, and Minneapolis's
University of Minnesota School of Music. More information about Ms.
Zaimont, including sound clips of many of her compositions, is available
at her website http://www.jzaimont.com/.
She is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting, who can be
contacted at 516-797-9166 or at [log in to unmask]
Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
Tel: 516-586-3433
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com
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