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Susman's music is inspired by Afro-Cuban montuño, medieval hocket and isorhythm. In addition to performances of his music in the U.S. and Europe, his compositions have been broadcast, for example his piano concerto on
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Last played Monday, July 18 2016 at 01:18 AM / Piano
Concerto / William Susman
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A review written for the Folk & Acoustic Music
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Balancing Acts: A Jewish
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for Any number of improvisers and computer-generated sound
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Deep Under the Ice (2000) aka NASA Explores Under the Ice
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Quiet
Rhythms - Book III (2012) A set of 22 piano pieces
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KUCYNA/ALEA III International
Composers Competition for
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Morton Gould Young Composer Awards Recipients 1979-2003
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Quiet Rhythms - Book II (2010) A set of 22 piano pieces
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Quiet Rhythms - Book IV (2013) A set of 22 piano pieces
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Quiet Rhythms - Book I (2010) A set of 22 piano pieces
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Susman's earliest orchestral works were influenced by
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455:String Quartet No. 6: Isolation Songs (2020)
381:Living These Seasons (2009) SATB & piano
773:Stephen Eddins Biography for William Susman
656:Discovering the Amazon and the Andes (1994)
467:String Quartet No. 2: Up to the Sky (1988)
461:String Quartet No. 4: Zydeco Madness (2006)
458:String Quartet No. 5: Dancing on Air (2013)
372:Salaam Alaykum, Shalom Alaychem (2011) SATB
217:ASCAP Foundation Raymond Hubbell Award for
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911:In Conversation With William Susman
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352:Six Minutes Thirty Seconds (1995)
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443:for percussion soloist and winds
88:Composer, pianist, film producer
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644:Alaska's Arctic Wildlife (1997)
223:BMI Student Composer Award for
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937:American film score composers
759:Interview with William Susman
653:Southern Africa Safari (1995)
302:Movement for Orchestra (1980)
275:In A State of Patterns (2018)
27:American composer and pianist
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861:Music for Moving Pictures
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330:The Starry Dynamo (1994)
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681:William Susman Biography
641:Daydream Believer (1998)
620:Fate of the Lhapa (2007)
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524:for clarinet & piano
480:Clouds and Flames (2010)
362:The Heavens Above (1998)
318:Clouds and Flames (2010)
293:Trailing Vortices (1986)
875:mckenzienewsservice.com
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635:Asphyxiating Uma (2002)
422:for flute & marimba
378:Scatter My Ashes (2009)
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650:The Philippines (1996)
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336:Twisted Figures (1987)
287:Angels of Light (1991)
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617:Making the Man (2007)
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396:Three Songs (1981)
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550:For Cello (1984)
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668:References
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600:Film music
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475:Piano Trio
441:Exchanges
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225:Pentateuch
167:Influences
140:New Sounds
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553:Halilah
406:Haskalah
270:Orchestra
258:Exchanges
75:Education
851:Twitter
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