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Jack Gallagher is an American

United States

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Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

and college professor. His recording, Jack Gallagher: Orchestral Music, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...

conducted by JoAnn Falletta

JoAnn Falletta

JoAnn Falletta is an American classical musician and orchestral conductor.Falletta was educated at the Mannes College of Music and The Juilliard School in New York City...

, was released internationally on the Naxos Records

Naxos Records

Naxos Records is a record label specializing in classical music. Through a number of imprints, Naxos also releases genres including Chinese music, jazz, world music, and early rock & roll. The company was founded in 1987 by Klaus Heymann, a German-born resident of Hong Kong.Naxos is the largest...

label in 2010.

Life and career

Gallagher was born in Brooklyn, New York to John J. and Ethel L. Schaffeld Gallagher. At age 6, he moved with his family to Plainview, New York

Plainview, New York

Plainview is a hamlet located on Long Island in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA. The population of the CDP as of 2010 was 26,217. The Plainview post office has the ZIP code 11803....

, where he studied music in the public schools and, privately, accordion and trumpet. He earned the Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

degree cum laude from Hofstra University

Hofstra University

Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...

and Master of Fine Arts

Master of Fine Arts

A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...

and Doctor of Musical Arts

Doctor of Musical Arts

The Doctor of Musical Arts degree is a doctoral academic degree in music. The D.M.A. combines advanced studies in an applied area of specialization with graduate-level academic study in subjects such as music history, music theory, or music pedagogy. The D.M.A...

degrees from Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

.

Gallagher's principal composition teachers were Elie Siegmeister

Elie Siegmeister

Elie Siegmeister was an American composer, educator and author.His varied musical output showed his concern with the development of an authentic American musical vocabulary...

, Robert Palmer

Robert Palmer

Robert Palmer may refer to:*Robert Palmer , English singer-songwriter; known for "Bad Case of Loving You ", "Addicted to Love" and "Simply Irresistible"...

, and Burrill Phillips

Burrill Phillips

Burrill Phillips was an American composer, teacher, and pianist.-Biography:Phillips studied at the Denver College of Music with Edwin Stringham and at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers.In 1929 he married Alberta Phillips ; they had a daughter, Ann...

; his conducting teacher was Charles Gouse; his piano teachers were Lawrence Schubert, Malcolm Bilson

Malcolm Bilson

Malcolm Bilson is an American pianist specializing in performance on the fortepiano, which is the 18th century version of the piano. Bilson is the Frederick J...

and Noël Lee

Noël Lee

Noël Lee is an American classical pianist and composer living in Paris, France.He studied music in Lafayette, Indiana, then attended Harvard University, studying with Walter Piston, Irving Fine, and Tillman Merritt and was also a student at the Longy School of Music in the early 1940s...

; his trumpet teachers included Charles Gouse and Allan Dean

Allan Dean

Allan Dean is a notable American trumpeter who has spent much of his career working as one of the top chamber music players in the United States. Mr. Dean's career is particularly well established in the New York musical scene - primarily because of his long involvement with the New York Brass...

. Gallagher is the Olive Williams Kettering Professor of Music at The College of Wooster

The College of Wooster

The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college primarily known for its Independent study program. It has roughly 2,000 students and is located in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, United States . Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian church as the University of Wooster, it was from its creation...

in Wooster, Ohio

Wooster, Ohio

Wooster is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Wayne County. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio approximately SSW of Cleveland and SW of Akron. Wooster is noted as the location of The College of Wooster...

, where he was appointed to the faculty in 1977. He was Music Director of the Wooster Symphony in 1985-86.

Performances, Recordings and Broadcasts

Gallagher's works have been performed or recorded by orchestra

Orchestra

An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...

s including the London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

, Virginia Symphony Orchestra

Virginia Symphony Orchestra

The Virginia Symphony Orchestra is an American regional orchestra in the Hampton Roads metro area. The orchestra performs at several venues in Virginia, including Chrysler Hall in Norfolk and the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News....

, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Chamber Symphony

Cleveland Chamber Symphony

The Cleveland Chamber Symphony is an American chamber orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music, and has presented over 200 performance premieres.-History:...

, Utah Arts Festival Orchestra, Polish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of Krakow, Kiev Philharmonic, Contemporary Youth Orchestra

Contemporary Youth Orchestra

Founded in 1995, the award winning Contemporary Youth Orchestra is the first and only youth orchestra in the country dedicated to the study and performance of contemporary orchestral literature...

, and performers including the U.S. Air Force Band of Flight, pianist Angelin Chang

Angelin Chang

Angelin Chang is a Grammy® Award-winning classical pianist and professor of music at Cleveland State University. She heads the university's keyboard studies program and coordinates the university's chamber music program...

, Trio Terzetto, and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

As the fifth oldest orchestra in the United States, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has a legacy of fine music making as reflected in its performances in historic Music Hall, recordings, and international tours...

Principal Trumpet Robert Sullivan.

Gallagher's print editions are published by Editions Bim (Vuarmarens, Switzerland), Kalmus Masters Music Publications, Lawson-Gould, Manduca Music, The Brass Press, and The Piano Teachers' Press. His compositions, included on fourteen published compact discs on the Naxos Records

Naxos Records

, Musical Heritage Society, Vienna Modern Masters, ERMMedia, Summit Records

Summit Records

Summit Records, Inc. is an internationally distributed record label that evolved out of the dynamic large brass ensemble, Summit Brass in the late 1980s...

, Capstone Records

Capstone Records

Capstone Records is an American classical music record label focusing particularly on contemporary classical music. It was established by Richard Brooks in 1986, and was based in Brooklyn, New York...

and Altissimo labels, have been broadcast by more than 100 classical radio stations in the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Vienna, Austria.

Gallagher has taught composition, orchestration, counterpoint, 20th-century music theory and trumpet at The College of Wooster

The College of Wooster

since 1977. His composition students include 2011 McKnight Foundation

McKnight Foundation

The McKnight Foundation is a philanthropic organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. The foundation's interests lie in the environment, the arts, community development, and other areas....

Fellowship-winner Elizabeth Alexander, Michael Hennagin

Michael Hennagin

Michael Hennagin was an American composer and university professor.-Life and career:Hennagin was born in The Dalles, Oregon....

Prize-winner Christopher Palestrant, five-time ASCAP Morton Gould Award-winner Ryan Gallagher, Marshall Scholarship

Marshall Scholarship

The Marshall Scholarship, a postgraduate scholarships available to Americans, was created by the Parliament of the United Kingdom when the Marshall Aid Commemoration Act was passed in 1953. The scholarships serve as a living gift to the United States of America in recognition of the post-World War...

-winner Rachel Kincaid, and S. Alexander Reed, Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Florida

University of Florida

The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...

.

Gallagher's trumpet students include Amanda Bekeny, primary trumpet teacher at The Ohio State University, John Schuesselin, Associate Professor of Trumpet at the University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi

The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...

, Zachary Lyman, Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Pacific Lutheran University

Pacific Lutheran University

Pacific Lutheran University is located in Parkland, a suburb of Tacoma, Washington. In September 2009, PLU had a student population of 3,582 and approximately 280 full-time faculty...

, Brian McCreath, former Principal Trumpet, Milwaukee Ballet

Milwaukee Ballet

The Milwaukee Ballet is a professional ballet company located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1969 by Roberta Boorse and held its first performance on April 24, 1970. It is currently ranked among the top twelve ballet companies in the United States...

, Susan Sievert Messersmith, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Eric Knorr, Principal Trumpet of the Air Force Band of Flight, and Timothy McCoul of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra.

Orchestral

Sinfonietta for string orchestra (1990/2008)
A Quiet Musicke (1996)
The Persistence of Memory (In Memoriam: Brian Israel) (1995)
Symphony in One Movement: Threnody (1991)
Diversions Overture (1986)
Berceuse (1977)

Wind Ensemble

A Psalm of Life (1997/2008)
Proteus Rising from the Sea (1994)
The Persistence of Memory (In Memoriam: Brian Israel) (1989)
Diversions: Triptych for symphonic band (1985)
Mist-Covered Mountain (Fantasy for Symphonic Band on a Scottish Pipe Tune) (1982)

Choral

Dance No More (2005), for a cappella S.A.T.B. chorus
Springsong (2004), for S.S.A. chorus and piano
Song of the Daffodils (1998), for unison treble chorus and piano
To Those Who've Fail'd (1983), for a cappella S.A.T.B. chorus
Three Wordsworth Poems (1982), for S.A.T.B. chorus and piano
Elegy (1981), for a cappella S.A.T.B chorus
Invocation (1980), for a cappella S.A.T.B. chorus

Chamber

Remembrance of Robin (2008/2010) for trumpet in C and piano
Twin Spirits (2009) for two trumpets and piano
Intimations of Finzi (2004/2005) for clarinet and piano
Duo for Two Cellos (2004/2008)
Exotic Dances (1996) for violin and piano
Stanfare (1996) for eight trumpets and timpani
Heritage Music (1988) for violin, cello, piano and horn
Celebration and Reflection (1987) for brass quintet
Capriccio for Two Trumpets (1984)
Resonances (1983) for four trumpets
Variations for Cello and Piano (1973)
Ancient Evenings and Distant Music (1971) for woodwind quintet
Toccata for Brass Quintet (1970)

Vocal

Let Me Make Songs (2007), for soprano, trumpet and piano
Darest Thou Now, O Soul (1983), for soprano, cello and piano
Three Songs of Love, Joy and the Beauty of Night (1975), for high or low voice and piano

Solo instrumental

Aflame (2010), for viola
Malambo Nouveau (2000/2009), for piano
Sonata Breve (1981/99), for trumpet
Evening Music (1998), for piano
Six Pieces for Kelly (1989), for piano
Three Little Waltzes and Pastorale (1984), for piano
Sonata Breve (1981) for tuba
Sonata (1979), for trumpet
Six Bagatelles (1978), for piano
Nocturne (1976/2008), for piano
Sonatina (1976/2008), for piano
Sonata (1973/2008), for piano

Awards

2007: Producer for TNC Records' Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

-winning recording of Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex ; harmonically and melodically it is based on modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations...

’s Oiseaux exotiques
2005: College of Wooster Henry Luce III Award for Distinguished Scholarship
1999: Featured guest composer, 37th Annual Contemporary Music Festival, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
1997: Exotic Dances for violin and piano nominated by editor of American Music magazine for the Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...

in music
1996: Ohio Music Teachers Association "Composer of the Year"
1996: Composer Residency, Charles Ives Center for American Music
1995: Ohio Arts Council
Ohio Arts Council
The Ohio Arts Council is an agency serving the U.S. state of Ohio.Established in 1965, its mission is to "foster and encourage the development of the arts and assist the preservation of Ohio's cultural heritage." Each year it awards grants to arts organizations and individuals throughout the state...

Individual Artist Fellowship
1988: Meet the Composer
Meet the Composer
Meet the Composer is an American organization founded in 1974 by the composer John Duffy as a project of the New York State Council on the Arts. It seeks to assist composers in making a living through writing music by sponsoring commissioning, residency, education, and audience interaction...

grant.
1987: First Prize, Virginia chapter, College Band Directors National Association Symposium for New Band Music.
1994: Associate Fellow, Atlantic Center for the Arts
Atlantic Center for the Arts
Atlantic Center for the Arts is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary artists’ community and arts education facility dedicated to promoting artistic excellence by providing talented artists an opportunity to work and collaborate with some of the world’s most distinguished contemporary artists in the...
1984: Composer Residency, the Yaddo
Yaddo
Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400 acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is "to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment."...

Corporation
1983: Composer Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts is an artists’ community in Amherst, Virginia, USA. Since 1971, VCCA has offered residencies of two weeks to two months for international artists, writers, and composers at its working retreat in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains...

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