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Donald Reid Womack is the composer of more than 90 works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo instruments, and voice. His music has been performed and broadcast throughout the United States, Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Italy, Germany, France, Russia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Argentina, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and Puerto Rico, and is published by Akamai Music, and C.F. Peters. Dr. Womack holds Doctoral and Masters degrees in composition from Northwestern University, Bachelors degrees in philosophy and music theory from Furman University, and has participated in such festivals as the Conservatoire Americain in Fontainebleau, France, the June in Buffalo Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival. The many organizations that have honored his work include ASCAP, Meet the Composer, the American Music Center, Sigma Alpha Iota, the Japan Foundation, the National Center for the Korean Traditional Performing Arts (National Gugak Center) in Seoul, the Viola da Gamba Society of America, Arts Midwest, the Society of Composers, the National Association of Composers, the National Association for Advancement in the Arts, the Oahu Choral Society, the Tampa Bay Composers' Forum, Northwestern University, the Music Teachers' National Association, and the American String Teachers Association. He was the recipient of a Fulbright Research Fellowship to Japan in 2007-08, where he served as guest composer-in-residence with the Tokyo-based Japanese instrumental ensemble AURA-J, and was also a guest lecturer and composer in residence with the Korean Music Composition Program of Seoul National University in 2014.
His work with Japanese, Korean and Chinese instruments has placed him at the vanguard of intercultural composition, and has enabled him to make a significant contribution to the body of new literature for East Asian instruments. Dr. Womack's interests lie in developing a compositional approach that merges elements of East Asia and the West in a uniquely personal way that neither entirely derives from nor ignores their respective traditions. Inspired by the fertile possibilities of cultural interchange found in his long-time home of Hawai‘i, his music employs both Western and East Asian instruments, combining a rich and linear tonal language, an intricate use of color and texture, and an exploration of multiple layers of rhythm, with the goal of reaching audiences on an intuitive and emotional level. A prime example is his After, a large-scale concerto for shakuhachi, koto, and orchestra. Commissioned and premiered by the Honolulu Symphony in 2006, the piece received its Japan premiere in 2010 by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra to critical praise.
The recipient of more than 100 grants, commissions and awards, Dr. Womack received First Prizes in the Sigma Alpha Iota Inter-American Music Awards, the Leo M. Traynor Competition, and the Oahu Choral Society Composition Competition. He has also been honored with an Excellence in Scholarship Award from the University of Hawai‘i College of Arts and Humanities, and was awarded Individual Artist Fellowships from the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts in 1997 and again in 2002, becoming the only artist in any field to receive the award twice.
His major works include a symphony, a violin concerto, the aforementioned double concerto for shakuhachi, koto, and orchestra, a concerto for gayageum and orchestra, an oratorio for chorus and chamber orchestra, a triple concerto for shakuhachi, biwa and koto with ensemble of Japanese instruments, and a concerto for haegeum and orchestra. Performers of his music include the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, the Russia Ulan Ude Symphony, the National Orchestra of Korea, the KBS Orchestra (Korea), the Changwon Philharmonic, the Louisville Orchestra, the Honolulu Symphony, the Honolulu Symphony Chorus, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Kyo-Shin-An Arts, the Cassatt Quartet, Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea, the Busan National Gugak Center Orchestra, the Gimhae (Korea) Gayageum Orchestra, Pro Musica Nipponia, AURA-J, the Chinese Music Virtuosi (Hong Kong), AsianArt Ensemble (Berlin), the Salzburg Mozarteum String Quartet, conductors Naoto Otomo, Kazuhiro Koizumi and David Stock, and renowned virtuosi Jiyoung Yi (gayageum), Yang Jing (pipa), Seizan Sakata (shakuhachi), Reiko Kimura (koto), Parry Karp (cello), I-Bei Lin (cello), Ignace Jang (violin), Thomas Rosenkranz (piano), and soprano Tony Arnold. A longtime collaboration with the Honolulu Symphony (now Hawai‘i Symphony) has produced five commissions, including three large-scale works.
Dr. Womack’s music can be heard on a dozen releases on the Albany, Equilibrium, AkdangIban, Synnara, Tokyo CMC and other labels in the U.S., Korea and Japan. The Albany Records release Walk Across the Surface of the Sun (2008) features eight of his works for Japanese and Western instruments. Elements 五行 (2013) and Breaking Heaven 破天 (2014) feature seven more of his works for Chinese and Japanese instruments respectively. The latter was chosen one of the year’s top 10 releases by the influential New Music Box website of New Music USA. The upcoming recording Intertwined will feature six more of his works for Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Western string instruments.
The subject of critical acclaim, his work has been described as “moments of raw energy alternating with a brooding potentiality” by the Honolulu Advertiser, and his work has been hailed as “original, creative, and ingenious” by the Shimbun Akahata (Tokyo), “wonderfully mellow” by the Buffalo (NY) Daily News, and “distinctive, stirring, and exciting” by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, which also described his Violin Concerto as “a powerful work, impressively crafted, that impacts listeners on a visceral level.”
The German periodical Neue Musikzeitung placed Dr. Womack among a group of American composers who "justify hopes that America should be capable of providing stimulus for a new century." As an active supporter of contemporary music and chamber music nationally and in the Hawai‘i community, he has directed numerous festivals and concerts of contemporary music. A faculty member at the University of Hawai‘i since 1994, Dr. Womack has chaired the music department and presently serves as professor of composition and theory, as well as a faculty member of the Center for Japanese Studies and an associate member of the Center for Korean Studies. (www.donaldwomack.com)
—updated July 2017
ABBREVIATED BIO
Donald Reid Womack is the composer of more than 90 works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo instruments, and voice. His music has been performed and broadcast throughout the United States, Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Italy, Germany, France, Russia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Argentina, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and Puerto Rico, and is published by Akamai Music, and C.F. Peters. Dr. Womack holds Doctoral and Masters degrees in composition from Northwestern University, Bachelors degrees in philosophy and music theory from Furman University, and has participated in such festivals as the Conservatoire Americain in Fontainebleau, France, the June in Buffalo Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival. The many organizations that have honored his work include ASCAP, Meet the Composer, the American Music Center, the Japan Foundation, and the National Center for the Korean Traditional Performing Arts (National Gugak Center) in Seoul, among others. He was the recipient of a Fulbright Research Fellowship to Japan in 2007-08, where he served as guest composer-in-residence with the Tokyo-based Japanese instrumental ensemble AURA-J, and was also a guest lecturer and composer in residence with the Korean Music Composition Program of Seoul National University in 2014.
His work with Japanese and other Asian instruments has placed him at the vanguard of intercultural composition, and has enabled him to make a significant contribution to the body of new literature for East Asian instruments. A prime example is his After, a double concerto for shakuhachi, koto, and orchestra. Commissioned and premiered by the Honolulu Symphony in 2006, the piece received its Japan premiere in 2010 by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra to critical praise.
The recipient of more than 100 grants, commissions and awards, Dr. Womack received First Prizes in the Sigma Alpha Iota Inter-American Music Awards, the Leo M. Traynor Competition, and the Oahu Choral Society Composition Competition. He has also been honored with an Excellence in Scholarship Award from the University of Hawai‘i College of Arts and Humanities, and was awarded Individual Artist Fellowships from the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts in 1997 and again in 2002, becoming the only artist in any field to receive the award twice.
His major works include a symphony, a violin concerto, the aforementioned double concerto for shakuhachi, koto, and orchestra, a concerto for gayageum and orchestra, an oratorio for chorus and chamber orchestra, a triple concerto for shakuhachi, biwa and koto with ensemble of Japanese instruments, and a concerto for haegeum and orchestra. Performers of his music include the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, the Russia Ulan Ude Symphony, the National Orchestra of Korea, the KBS Orchestra (Korea), the Changwon Philharmonic, the Louisville Orchestra, the Honolulu Symphony, the Honolulu Symphony Chorus, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Kyo-Shin-An Arts, the Cassatt Quartet, Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea, the Busan National Gugak Center Orchestra, the Gimhae (Korea) Gayageum Orchestra, Pro Musica Nipponia, AURA-J, the Chinese Music Virtuosi (Hong Kong), AsianArt Ensemble (Berlin), the Salzburg Mozarteum String Quartet, conductors Naoto Otomo, Kazuhiro Koizumi and David Stock, and renowned virtuosi Jiyoung Yi (gayageum), Yang Jing (pipa), Seizan Sakata (shakuhachi), Reiko Kimura (koto), Parry Karp (cello), I-Bei Lin (cello), Ignace Jang (violin), Thomas Rosenkranz (piano), and soprano Tony Arnold. A longtime collaboration with the Honolulu Symphony (now Hawai‘i Symphony) has produced five commissions, including three large-scale works.
The subject of critical acclaim, Dr. Womack’s work has been described as “moments of raw energy alternating with a brooding potentiality” by the Honolulu Advertiser, and his work has been hailed as “original, creative, and ingenious” by the Shimbun Akahata (Tokyo), “wonderfully mellow” by the Buffalo (NY) Daily News, and “distinctive, stirring, and exciting” by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, which also described his Violin Concerto as “a powerful work, impressively crafted, that impacts listeners on a visceral level.”
A faculty member at the University of Hawai‘i since 1994, Dr. Womack has chaired the music department and presently serves as professor of composition and theory, as well as a faculty member of the Center for Japanese Studies and an associate member of the Center for Korean Studies. (www.donaldwomack.com)
—updated July 2017
SHORT BIO
The music of Donald Reid Womack has been performed and broadcast on six continents, and honored by more than 100 grants, commissions and awards, including a Fulbright Research Fellowship to Japan, two Artist Fellowships from the State of Hawai‘i, and first prize in the Sigma Alpha Iota Inter-American Music Awards. His compositional output consists of more than 90 works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo instruments, chorus and voice, as well as for Japanese, Korean and Chinese instruments. His major works include a symphony, a violin concerto, a double concerto for shakuhachi, koto, and orchestra, a concerto for gayageum and orchestra, an oratorio for chorus and chamber orchestra, a triple concerto for shakuhachi, biwa and koto with ensemble of Japanese instruments, and a concerto for haegeum and orchestra.
Performers of his music include the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, the Russia Ulan Ude Symphony, the National Orchestra of Korea, the KBS Orchestra (Korea), the Changwon Philharmonic, the Louisville Orchestra, the Honolulu Symphony, the Honolulu Symphony Chorus, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Kyo-Shin-An Arts, the Cassatt Quartet, Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea, the Busan National Gugak Center Orchestra, the Gimhae (Korea) Gayageum Orchestra, Pro Musica Nipponia, AURA-J, the Chinese Music Virtuosi (Hong Kong), AsianArt Ensemble (Berlin), the Salzburg Mozarteum String Quartet, conductors Naoto Otomo, Kazuhiro Koizumi and David Stock, and renowned virtuosi Jiyoung Yi (gayageum), Yang Jing (pipa), Seizan Sakata (shakuhachi), Reiko Kimura (koto), Parry Karp (cello), I-Bei Lin (cello), Ignace Jang (violin), Thomas Rosenkranz (piano), and soprano Tony Arnold. A faculty member at the University of Hawai‘i since 1994, Dr. Womack has chaired the music department and presently serves as professor of composition and theory, as well as a faculty member of the Center for Japanese Studies and an associate member of the Center for Korean Studies. (www.donaldwomack.com)
—updated July 2017
For the past decade, Donald Reid Womack has been creating a fascinating body of chamber music utilizing both Western and Asian instruments. Breaking Heaven, Womack’s trio for cello, shakuhachi, and 21-string koto, is a great starting point for listeners eager to hear the exciting sonic result of this synthesis.Frank J. Oteri New Music USA New Music Box
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Womack's Line Drive, for shakuhachi, Chinese pipa, and 21-string koto was an original, creative, and ingenious workAkahata (Tokyo) Shimbun
Even at nearly ten minutes, A Glinting Edge of Sky sings intensely. Koto and shakuhachi play their own material at what seems like an illusion of each player’s independent pace. Yet the two strains fit each other. The score has the concentration of a haiku.classicalCDreview.com Review of the CD Walk Across the Surface of the Sun
In this well-structured work, with rhythmic and motivic motion and a Japanese emotional character, the continuing tension and moving sound and the gentle and quiet sections given to shakuhachi and koto are musically executed for 35 minutes, with the relation between motion and stillness skillfully handled. (On a concert featuring several of Japan’s most venerated composers) it was the most rewarding piece.Ongaku no Tomo Review of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony’s Japan premiere of After.
The score has no development in the classical sense, but it keeps listener interest for nearly 12 minutes with just two instruments. Pretty impressive.classicalCDreview.com Review of strung out, on the CD Walk Across the Surface of the Sun
Womack's Concerto is a powerful work, impressively crafted, that impacts listeners on a visceral level. It was striking even among familiar masterworks; among other contemporary premieres, it might have seemed extraordinary.Honolulu Star-Bulletin Review of the Honolulu Symphony's premiere of Violin Concerto – In questi tempi di Conflitto
Percussive cross-rhythms and syncopations drive the music along… with manic energy. It may well count as my favorite piece on the CD. It won’t let my fingers or toes keep from tapping.classicalCDreview.com Review of Walk Across the Surface of the Sun
The highlight of the evening was the world premiere of Donald Reid Womack's Na Iwi o Pele (The Bones of Pele). Womack's expressive language, drawing on techniques as diverse as Stravinsky's syncopated percussive rhythms and Reich's minimalist cells, is eclectic but also distinctive... a stirring, exciting work.Honolulu Star-Bulletin
An Infinite Moment reminds me a bit of Copland pastoral — slow, telling progressions of widely-spaced chords and terse melody, all trying to burrow inside you. Womack sets up interesting contrasts between consonance and dissonance. It seems shorter than it actually is, one clue to its quality.classicalCDreview.com Review of the CD Walk Across the Surface of the Sun
Perhaps it was the multi-metric, volcanic, seething passion of the fast section. Or perhaps the lush beauty of the slow, melancholy tutti theme near the end. Whatever the cause, by the end of the piece, the audience was listening intently and the pianissimo close capped by a bell rang undisturbed - at least until the audience erupted into enthusiastic applause.Honolulu Star-Bulletin Review of the Honolulu Symphony's premiere of On Fields of Frozen Fire
On Fields of Frozen Fire has moments of raw energy alternating with a brooding potentiality. There were several interesting passages that seemed to embody its title, and the work was met with genuine appreciation.Honolulu Advertiser
This morceau’s a bit of le jazz hot, à la the Copland piano concerto. It’s a quick delight.classicalCDreview.com Review of A Little Something Extra, on the CD Walk Across the Surface of the Sun
Wonderfully mellow, and spritely (sic) in its metrical incisiveness.Buffalo Daily News Review of Visceral
A country that could produce a Charles Ives should... be capable of providing stimulus for a new century. Among the developing composers present here who justified such hopes and whose names deserve notice, one should include Donald Womack.Neue Musikzeitung Review of the 1996 June in Buffalo Festival
The third concert was the most consistently enjoyable of the entire festival. Standout works were Georgiev's Dialogues for clarinet and cello, and Womack's Once the Sky Unfolds for viola and piano.American Record Guide September/October 1996 review of Florida State University's Eighth Biennial Festival of New Music
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Yi Jiyoung, gayageum soloist
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Yi Jiyoung, gayageum soloist
Lai Yi-Chieh, guzheng
Lai Yi-Chieh, guzheng
소리 Sori (haegeum, cello, janggu)
巫 무 Mu (gayageum and janggu)
줄타기 Highwire Act (gayageum)
太刀花 Sword Flower (version for 2 daegeum)
Concert Friday October 17, 2014 featuring "소리 (Sori)", "fff" and "The Sound of Drums Echoes Beyond the Heavens".
Vilian Ivantchev, guitar
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After
(extended excerpt)
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra 東京都交響楽団
Kazuhiro Koizumi, conductor 小泉和裕、指揮者
Seizan Sakata, shakuhachi 坂田誠山、尺八
Reiko Kimura, 21-string koto 木村玲子、二十絃箏
Reiko Kimura, 21-string koto 木村玲子、二十絃箏
January 26, 2010 ２０１０年１月２６日
Suntory Hall, Tokyo サントリーホール、東京
LISTENSplashed Ink 泼墨
(excerpt)
Sean Yung-Hsaing Wang, violin 王雍翔, 小提琴
Yi-Chieh Lai, guzheng 賴宜絜, 古箏
Yi-Chieh Lai, guzheng 賴宜絜, 古箏
2016
LISTENSpiral Toward the Center of the Sky
(excerpt)
Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea
Chiwan Park, piri 팍치완, 피리
Jiyoung Yi, gayageum 이지영, 가야금
Woongsik Kim, janggu 김웅식, 장구
LISTENJiyoung Yi, gayageum 이지영, 가야금
Woongsik Kim, janggu 김웅식, 장구
Out of the Blues
2. Scherzo
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
David Stock, conductor
George Willis, marimba
February 16, 1998
Levy Hall, Rodef Shalom, Pittsburgh
LISTEN
소리 (Sori)
Sooyeon Lyuh, haegeum I-Bei Lin, cello Donald Reid Womack, janggu
The Floating Bridge of Heaven 天の浮き橋
Yoko Reikano Kimura, shamisen
James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi
Cassatt String Quartet
Kyo-Shin-An Arts post-concert composer discussion
Splashed Ink 潑墨 world premiere, Houston, December 11, 2014
Highwire Act 줄타기
World premiere June 11, 2009
National Gugak Center, Umyeondang Hall
Seoul, Korea
Interview with ThinkTech Hawaii
Double Sided
‘Aina
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After
shakuhachi, 21-string koto & orchestra (3233 4221 Timp 3 Prc strings)
Violin Concerto – In questi tempi di Conflitto
violin and orchestra (2222 2221 timp 3 prc hp strings)
RUSH
Orchestra (3332 4331 timp 3 prc strings)
Blue Ridge
orchestra (3233 4221 timp 3 prc pno strings)
Bruner's Grove
orchestra (3233 4221 timp 3 prc strings)
Tennessee Crossroads
orchestra (3233 4221 timp 5 prc pno strings)
Voices of Kalaupapa
SATB choir (divided into full group and chamber choir) & chamber orchestra (fl, ob, cl, hn, 1 prc, strings)
Out of the Blues
solo marimba with chamber orchestra or large chamber ensemble with single strings (fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tp, tb, strings)
On Fields of Frozen Fire
orchestra (3333 4331 timp 3 prc strings)
Emerald Sparks
orchestra (3333 4331 timp 3 prc hp strings)
Three Trees 三木
triple concerto for shakuhachi, biwa, 21-string koto 尺八、琵琶、箏による協奏曲
Walk Across the Surface of the Sun
shinobue, sho, 2 shakuhachi, shamisen, biwa, prc, 2 21-string koto, 17-string koto篠笛、笙、尺八（二人）、三味線、琵琶、打楽器、二十絃箏（二人）、十七絃箏
Scattered Rhythms (version for Western orchestra)
Concerto for Gayageum and Orchestra
가야금과 오케스트라를 위한 협주곡
가야금과 오케스트라를 위한 협주곡
Scattered Rhythms (Gugak version)
concerto for gayageum and Gugak Orchestra 가야금과 오케스트라를 위한 협주곡
Dancing With Spirits 혼무
concerto for haegeum and Korean traditional orchestra 해금과 오케스트라를 위한 협주곡
The Sound of Drums Echoes Beyond the Heavens
Korean traditional orchestra 국악관현악
Winter Solstice
orchestra (3233 4321 timp 3 prc hp strings)
Pearl City
wind ensemble or concert band
Goulash
string orchestra or string sextet (4 vln, vla, vlc)
A Glinting Edge of Sky
shakuhachi (or cello) and 21-string koto or 13-string koto 尺八（またはチェロ）と21絃箏または13絃箏
fff (falling, floating, flying)
violoncello & piano
An Infinite Moment
violin and piano
A Little Something Extra
violin and piano
Blue Ridge Dreams
violin and contrabass or violin and violoncello
Three Blues
violin, violoncello, piano
3D
alto saxophone & piano
Blue Two
saxophone (alto and soprano) & piano
A Quiet Blue
any melodic instrument and piano (violin, viola, cello, clarinet, soprano saxophone, etc.)
Na Iwi o Pele (The Bones of Pele)
violin, viola, violoncello, clarinet, piano (four hands)
‘Aina
flute/bass or alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano
소리 (Sori)
haegeum, cello, janggu 해금, 첼로, 장구
Intertwined
gayageum, viola, janggu 가야금, 비올라, 장구
Intertwined (quintet version)
haegeum, viola, geomungo, janggu, piano 해금, 비올라, 거문고, 장구, 피아노
strung out
violin and koto ヴァイオリンと箏
Splashed Ink 泼墨
violin and guzheng 小提琴, 古箏
Breaking Heaven 破天
shakuhachi, violoncello, koto (13-string ) 尺八、チェロ、十三絃箏
太刀花 (Sword Flower)
Shakuhachi and violin 尺八のD-管とヴァイオリ
An Enveloping Rain
pipa, viola, guzheng 琵琶、中提琴、古箏
天の浮き橋 The Floating Bridge of Heaven
shakuhachi, shamisen, string quartet 尺八、三味線、弦楽四重奏
短歌 Tanka
shakuhachi, violin, violoncello 尺八、ヴァイオリン、チェロ
Slingshot
flute, bass clarinet, piano
O magnum mysterium (viola da gamba version)
viola da gamba quartet
Water
viola da gamba quartet
Once the Sky Unfolds
viola & piano
Visceral
viola, contrabass, bass clarinet, percussion
Visceral
saxophone quartet and percussion
Goulash
string orchestra or string sextet (4 vln, vla, vlc)
23 Chinese Proverbs
soprano, viola, piano
Voices of Kalaupapa
SATB choir (divided into full group and chamber choir) & chamber orchestra (fl, ob, cl, hn, 1 prc, strings)
O magnum mysterium
SATB choir
23 Chinese Proverbs
soprano, viola, piano
Three Psalms
soprano and piano (also exists in version for SATB choir and piano)
If You Love Beauty
mezzo-soprano and piano
Ode to My Socks
voice (medium-low range) and viola
I Corinthians 13
soprano/mezzo-soprano and piano (also exists in version for SATB choir and piano)
Only a Name
soprano, tenor, string quartet, piano
After
shakuhachi, 21-string koto & orchestra (3233 4221 Timp 3 Prc strings)
Three Trees 三木
triple concerto for shakuhachi, biwa, 21-string koto 尺八、琵琶、箏による協奏曲
Walk Across the Surface of the Sun
shinobue, sho, 2 shakuhachi, shamisen, biwa, prc, 2 21-string koto, 17-string koto篠笛、笙、尺八（二人）、三味線、琵琶、打楽器、二十絃箏（二人）、十七絃箏
Raijin 雷神
shinobue, shakuhachi, shamisen, biwa, perc, 21-string koto, 17-string koto
篠笛、尺八、三味線、琵琶、打楽器、二十絃箏、十七絃箏
篠笛、尺八、三味線、琵琶、打楽器、二十絃箏、十七絃箏
A Glinting Edge of Sky
shakuhachi (or cello) and 21-string koto or 13-string koto 尺八（またはチェロ）と21絃箏または13絃箏
太刀花 (Sword Flower)
shakuhachi duo 尺八のD-管と尺八のA-管
Koto Coloring Book
21-string koto 二十絃箏
Bend
shakuhachi, shamisen, 21-string koto 尺八、三味線, 二十絃箏
Off Balance
shamisen 三味線
strung out
violin and koto ヴァイオリンと箏
Breaking Heaven 破天
shakuhachi, violoncello, koto (13-string ) 尺八、チェロ、十三絃箏
太刀花 (Sword Flower)
Shakuhachi and violin 尺八のD-管とヴァイオリ
天の浮き橋 The Floating Bridge of Heaven
shakuhachi, shamisen, string quartet 尺八、三味線、弦楽四重奏
短歌 Tanka
shakuhachi, violin, violoncello 尺八、ヴァイオリン、チェロ
Glass Sparks ガラスの火花
21-string koto 二十絃箏
slink
shakuhachi quartet 尺八クオーテット
Line Drive
shakuhachi, pipa, 21-string koto 尺八、琵琶（中）、二十絃箏
Scattered Rhythms (version for Western orchestra)
Concerto for Gayageum and Orchestra
가야금과 오케스트라를 위한 협주곡
가야금과 오케스트라를 위한 협주곡
Scattered Rhythms (Gugak version)
concerto for gayageum and Gugak Orchestra 가야금과 오케스트라를 위한 협주곡
Dancing With Spirits 혼무
concerto for haegeum and Korean traditional orchestra 해금과 오케스트라를 위한 협주곡
The Sound of Drums Echoes Beyond the Heavens
Korean traditional orchestra 국악관현악
소리 (Sori)
haegeum, cello, janggu 해금, 첼로, 장구
Intertwined
gayageum, viola, janggu 가야금, 비올라, 장구
Intertwined (quintet version)
haegeum, viola, geomungo, janggu, piano 해금, 비올라, 거문고, 장구, 피아노
도깨비 Dokkaebi (Demons)
Gayageum 가야금
Ritual Resonance 굿 울림
Gayageum, Ajaeng, Percussion 가야금, 아쟁, 타악
巫 무 Mu
gayageum and janggu 산조가야금, 장구
Highwire Act 줄타기
Gayageum 산조가야금
Spiral Toward the Center of the Sky
piri, gayageum, janggu 피리, 가야금, 장구
금강 전도 Geumgang Jeondo
piri and janggu 피리, 장구
Weaving Sound 위빙 소리
Sanjo ajaeng and janggu 산조 아쟁, 장구
Crossed Wires 혼선
two 18-string gayageum
Liquid Metal
gayageum orchestra 가야금연주단
Labyrinth 미로
25-string gayageum quartet 25현 가야금사중주단
Violin Concerto – In questi tempi di Conflitto
violin and orchestra (2222 2221 timp 3 prc hp strings)
A Glinting Edge of Sky
shakuhachi (or cello) and 21-string koto or 13-string koto 尺八（またはチェロ）と21絃箏または13絃箏
Scherzophrenic
violoncello
fff (falling, floating, flying)
violoncello & piano
An Infinite Moment
violin and piano
A Little Something Extra
violin and piano
Blue Ridge Dreams
violin and contrabass or violin and violoncello
Three Blues
violin, violoncello, piano
A Quiet Blue
any melodic instrument and piano (violin, viola, cello, clarinet, soprano saxophone, etc.)
Na Iwi o Pele (The Bones of Pele)
violin, viola, violoncello, clarinet, piano (four hands)
Sonata
viola (also versions for violin or violoncello)
Appalachian Serenade
viola (also versions for violin or cello)
소리 (Sori)
haegeum, cello, janggu 해금, 첼로, 장구
Intertwined
gayageum, viola, janggu 가야금, 비올라, 장구
Intertwined (quintet version)
haegeum, viola, geomungo, janggu, piano 해금, 비올라, 거문고, 장구, 피아노
strung out
violin and koto ヴァイオリンと箏
Splashed Ink 泼墨
violin and guzheng 小提琴, 古箏
Breaking Heaven 破天
shakuhachi, violoncello, koto (13-string ) 尺八、チェロ、十三絃箏
太刀花 (Sword Flower)
Shakuhachi and violin 尺八のD-管とヴァイオリ
An Enveloping Rain
pipa, viola, guzheng 琵琶、中提琴、古箏
天の浮き橋 The Floating Bridge of Heaven
shakuhachi, shamisen, string quartet 尺八、三味線、弦楽四重奏
短歌 Tanka
shakuhachi, violin, violoncello 尺八、ヴァイオリン、チェロ
O magnum mysterium (viola da gamba version)
viola da gamba quartet
Water
viola da gamba quartet
Once the Sky Unfolds
viola & piano
Visceral
viola, contrabass, bass clarinet, percussion
23 Chinese Proverbs
soprano, viola, piano
Ode to My Socks
voice (medium-low range) and viola
Only a Name
soprano, tenor, string quartet, piano
3D
alto saxophone & piano
Blue Two
saxophone (alto and soprano) & piano
A Quiet Blue
any melodic instrument and piano (violin, viola, cello, clarinet, soprano saxophone, etc.)
Na Iwi o Pele (The Bones of Pele)
violin, viola, violoncello, clarinet, piano (four hands)
‘Aina
flute/bass or alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano
Slingshot
flute, bass clarinet, piano
Visceral
viola, contrabass, bass clarinet, percussion
Visceral
saxophone quartet and percussion
water (falls)
piano
Lunacy
piano
fff (falling, floating, flying)
violoncello & piano
An Infinite Moment
violin and piano
A Little Something Extra
violin and piano
Three Blues
violin, violoncello, piano
3D
alto saxophone & piano
Blue Two
saxophone (alto and soprano) & piano
A Quiet Blue
any melodic instrument and piano (violin, viola, cello, clarinet, soprano saxophone, etc.)
Na Iwi o Pele (The Bones of Pele)
violin, viola, violoncello, clarinet, piano (four hands)
‘Aina
flute/bass or alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano
Slingshot
flute, bass clarinet, piano
Once the Sky Unfolds
viola & piano
23 Chinese Proverbs
soprano, viola, piano
Out of the Blues
solo marimba with chamber orchestra or large chamber ensemble with single strings (fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tp, tb, strings)
Raijin 雷神
shinobue, shakuhachi, shamisen, biwa, perc, 21-string koto, 17-string koto
篠笛、尺八、三味線、琵琶、打楽器、二十絃箏、十七絃箏
篠笛、尺八、三味線、琵琶、打楽器、二十絃箏、十七絃箏
Visceral
viola, contrabass, bass clarinet, percussion
Visceral
saxophone quartet and percussion
Ritual Resonance 굿 울림
Gayageum, Ajaeng, Percussion 가야금, 아쟁, 타악
ドナルド・ウォマックは、作曲家として、オーケストラ、室内楽、独奏曲、そして声楽曲など8０以上の作品を作曲して きた。作品は、アメリカ国内をはじめ、日本、中国、香港、台湾、タイ、イタリア、ドイツ、フランス、ポーランド、アルゼンチン、ニュージーランド、そしてヴァージン諸島、グアム、プエルトリコ等、世界中で演奏、そして放送されてい る。また、Akamai出版、 C.F.Petersコーポレーションによって、楽譜の出版も行われている。哲学と音楽の学士号をFurman大学にて取得後、Northwestern大学で作曲の修士課程を修め、博士号を取 得した。また、フランス・フォンテェンヌブローでのConservatoire Americain、バッファロー・フェスティバル、アス ペン音楽祭などの音楽祭にも参加した経験をもつ。今までに、ASCAP、 Meet the Composer、アメリカ音楽センター、 国際交流基金、 Argosy財団、アメリカヴィオラダガンバ協会、作曲家ソサエティ、 Sigma Alpha Iota, 全国作曲家協会、 芸術助成協会、オアフ合唱団、Tampa Bay作曲家フォーラム、ノースウエスタン大学、全国音楽教師協会、アメリカ弦 楽教師協会 などをはじめ、多くの団体から表彰を受けている。
最近においては、フルブライトの助成を受け、特別研究員として２００７年より２００８年まで日本に滞在し、日本伝統 楽器のグループであるオーラJの招聘によりコンポーザー・イン・レジデンスとして作曲活動を行った。 日本楽器および アジア楽器による作品は、アジア楽器のみの作品及び西洋楽器との作品、両方において東西文化交流の先駆的位置を占め る。ウォマック氏の興味は、作品への伝統的なアプローチを豊かにすることである。それは、彼の住まいがあるハワイに よって感化されたものであり、多文化交流の可能性を深める可能性を秘めた作品である。豊かな音楽言語、凝った音色、 書法を組み合わせること、そしてリズムによる複合的知覚を探ることにより、彼の音楽は、伝統的な、そして非西洋的な 要素、両方を持ち合わせる。そして、聴衆の直感的、感情的レベルに訴える事を目的としている。
もっとも顕著な例は、尺八、箏、とオーケストラによる協奏曲、「After」である。この曲は、えひめ丸事件の追悼曲と して、ホノルル交響楽団によって委嘱され、２００６年に同楽団によって初演された。この作品は、２０１０年に、東京 都交響楽団により日本初演された。
今まで、５０を超える助成、賞、委嘱を受ける中で、ウォマック氏は、 Sigma Alpha Iota Inter-American Music Awards、 the Leo M. Traynor Competition、 the Oahu Choral Society Composition Competitionにて１位を受賞し ている。加えて、１９９７年と２００２年には、ハワイ州芸術文化財団により、個人に贈られる芸術フェローシップ Individual Artist Fellowshipsを受賞している。２度にわたって受賞した事は、あらゆる分野の芸術家の中で、初めての 快挙である。
過去に演奏された作品は以下のものを含む。
Tennessee Crossroads by the Louisville Orchestra
Violin Concerto – In questi tempi di Conflitto, by violinist Ignace Jang and the Honolulu Symphony
Emerald Sparks by the Honolulu Symphony
On Fields of Frozen Fire by the HonoluluSymphony
Out of the Blues by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
Voices of Kalaupapa by the Honolulu Symphony Choru
Double Sided by Asia Ensemble with the Salzburg Mozarteum String Quartet
Walk Across the Surface of the Sun by AURA-J
O magnum mysterium by the Hawai‘i Vocal Arts Ensemble
録音作品は、Albany, Equilibrium, AkdangIban, Tokyo CMC 各レーベルをはじめ、ハワイ大学からもリリースされている。最近の録音である Walk Across the Surface of the Sun (Albany Records, 2010)は、日本楽器及び西洋楽器による８つの作品を収録している。
批評家による賞賛は以下の通りである。「ウォマック氏の作品はオリジナリティがあり、創造的で、独創性に富むと喝采を受けている」（東京・赤旗新聞）、「素晴らしく円熟して豊かである」（the Buffalo [NY] Daily News)、「特徴的で感動的、そしてエキサイティング」 (The Honolulu Star-Bulletin)、ヴァイオリン協奏曲については「力強い作品、印象的に練り上げられた作品で、聴衆の心の奥底に深く響く 。」 (The Honolulu Star-Bulletin) また、１９９８年５月発行 のアイランド誌には、ハワイ島の溶岩フィールドから着想を得たオーケストラ作品 On Fields of Frozen Fire の作曲について、また初演についての記事が掲載された。
アメリカ国内、またハワイのコミュニティにおいて、現代音楽を積極的に推奨しつつ、今まで多くの現代音楽の音楽祭やコンサートを監督してきた。１９９４年より、ハワイ大学教員として、音楽学部長を務めた経験もある。現在は作曲と音楽理論の教授として指導にあたっている。 (ウエブサイトwww.donaldwomack.com)
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小さいプロフィール
ドナルド⋅リード⋅ウォマックの音楽は、五大陸で演奏または放送された他、
フルブライト⋅シニアリサーチフェローシップ、ハワイ州アーティストフェローシップ（二回受賞）、Sigma Alpha Iota Inter-American Music Awards 第１位などを含め、今までに約１００を超える助成、賞、委嘱を受けている。
作品は８０を越えるオーケストラ作品のほか、室内楽、独奏曲、合唱や声楽作品に加え、日本、韓国、中国の楽器の為にも作曲している。主な作品は、交響曲、ヴァイオリン協奏曲、尺八⋅箏とオーケストラの為の二重協奏曲などである。
作品は、東京都交響楽団、 the Louisville Orchestra, the Honolulu Symphony, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea, アジアアンサンブル、 大友直人氏(指揮)、小泉和裕氏(指揮)、 David Stock氏(指揮)、カヤグム奏者として名高いJi-young Yi 氏、Yang Jing氏 (中国琵琶)、坂田誠山氏（尺八）、木村玲子氏（箏）、 Parry Karp氏 (チェロ) そしてソプラノ歌手Tony Arnold氏を含む音楽家によって演奏されている。 １９９４年よりハワイ大学の教員であり、作曲理論プログラムの主任教授である。(ウエブサイトwww.donaldwomack.com)
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도널드 워맥은 관현악곡, 실내악곡, 독주곡 등 80편 이상의 다양한 곡을 써 온 작곡가이다. 그의 작품은 미국, 독일, 프랑스, 이탈리아는 물론 한국, 중국, 일본 등아시아권에서도 활발하게 연주되고 있다. 그는 노스웨스턴 대학에서 작곡 석, 박사 학위를, 퍼먼 대학교에서 철학과 음악이론 학사 학위를 받았다. 2007-8년 풀브라이트 연구 장학생으로 일본에 머무르며 동경에 기반을 둔 일본 전통음악 앙상블 아우라 제이 (AURA-J)와 함께 예술 레지던시 작곡가로 지냈고, 2014년에는 서울대학교의 국악 작곡 프로그램의 초빙 강사이자 레지던시 작곡가로 지내기도 했다. 주요 작업으로는 심포니, 바이올린 협주곡, 사쿠하치, 고토 그리고 관현악을위한 이중 협주곡, 가야금과 관현악 협주곡, 코러스와 챔버 오케스트라를 위한 오라토리오, 그리고 해금과 국악 관현악을 위한 협주곡 등이 있다.
협업 단체로는 도쿄 메트로폴리탄 심포니, 러시아 울란 우데 심포니, 미국 루이스빌 오케스트라, 호놀룰루 심포니, 피츠버그 뉴스쿨 앙상블, 더 카삿 콰르텟, 한국의 현대음악 앙상블, 부산국립국악원, 국립국악원, 그리고 일본의 아우라 제이, 아시아 앙상블, 잘츠브루크 모자르테움 스트링 콰르텟 등이다. 시그마알파오타 인터 아메리카 음악상, 레오 엠 트레이너 경연대회, 오하우 코럴 협회 작곡 경연대회에서 대상을 받은 바 있다.
2008년 가야금 연주자 이지영 (서울대 교수)과의 만남을 계기로 국악과 인연을 맺은 후, 한국 현대음악 앙상블, 부산국립국악원, 국립국악원과 협업하며 10여 편의 국악 작품을 썼다.
1994년부터 하와이 대학교에서 교편을 잡은 이래, 음악대학 학과장을 역임했고 현재는 작곡과 음악 이론을 가르치고 있다.