Prized Composers
Robert Kyr
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Awards:
American Academy of Arts and Letters Music Prize (2016)
Compositions for Winds:
Fanfare for a New Day (2009) for Trumpets
Riverbend (2007) for Trumpets
The Unutterable (2007) for Solo Flute, Clarinet or Violin, any combination of four Flutes, Clarinets, or Violins, Bells, Narrator, and Video
Winds of Dawn (2007) for Flute Orchestra
Pure Silver (2005) for Solo Flute and 5 Flutes; or, Solo Flute, and any combination of five Flutes, Clarinets, Violins, and Wind Chimes
Fantasy Variations on a Sacred Harp Tune (2004) for Saxophone Quartet
Prelude and Toccata (1990) for 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, and Organ
A Vision of Wind Over Water (1976) for Soprano, Woodwind Quintet, and Piano