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Joseph Turrin
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Joseph Turrin is a contemporary American composer, orchestrator, conductor, pianist, and teacher. He studied composition at the Eastman School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. As a composer, he has produced works in multiple genres. Musical career Collaborations The New York Philharmonic, both as an ensemble and through several of its individual members, has a longstanding relationship with Turrin. In addition to "Hemispheres", the "Trumpet Concerto" (which Kurt Masur has also led with the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig), the Philharmonic-commissioned "Two Gershwin Portraits" (which Mr. Masur and the Orchestra premiered at the "New York 100 Celebration Concert" in Central Park in 1998) with trumpet soloists Wynton Marsalis and Philip Smith). He composed several pieces for the Orchestra's brass section, including "Jazzalogue No. 1" (featured on the Orchestra's 1997 Latin American tour) and "West Side Story Suite" (commissioned and premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2000 by the Philharmonic's brass section). Commissioned works *"Hemispheres" commissioned for Kurt Masur's final concert with the New York Philharmonic in May 2002, and taken on tour by Masur and the orchestra to Europe and Asia in June 2002 * A concerto for flute (commissioned for Carol Wincence and the New Jersey Symphony) * A concerto for trumpet (commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for Philip Smith, its principal trumpet and conducted at its 1989 premiere by Erich Leinsdorf) * "Riffs and Fanfares" for The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center * "Arcade" for the New Jersey Chamber Music Society * "Quadrille" for the West Point Military Academy * "Chronicles" for twelve American Universities for NY Philharmonic Principal Trumpet Philip Smith * "Modinha" for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Solo and chamber works *"Illuminations", a trombone concerto *"Fandango" *"The Fir Tree" narrated by Bob McGrath *"The Scarecrow", an opera based on writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne Musical theater *"Frankie", with a libretto by George Abbott *"Feathertop" *"Love Games" *"The Barricade" *"1992 Olympic Fanfare" for the summer Olympic ceremonies in Barcelona, Spain. Film scores Source: * "A New Life" (1989) Paramount Pictures * "A New Life Overture" (1989) for orchestra from the Alan Alda film * Miss Sadie Thompson (1987) Kino International Revision * Verna - USO Girl PBS (WNET/Channel 13) Nominated for three Emmy awards * Weeds (1987) DEG Films * Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) Cannon Films * Nightmare on Elm Street III (1987) New Line Cinema * Little Darlings (1980) Paramount Pictures * "Broken Blossoms" (2000) Kino International * "Kingdom of Shadows" (1998) Kino International Films * "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"(2002) Kino International * "Intolerance" (2002) Kino International * "Diary of a Lost Girl" (2001) Kino International * "The Guest"(1969) New York University Productions * "1992 Olympic Fanfare" (1992) Conductor Joseph Turrin has appeared with the Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New Orleans, Detroit, and New Jersey Symphonies Faculty positions Joseph Turrin is on the composition faculty of the Hartt School of Music and Montclair State University. Awards and grants He has received awards and grantsfrom the United Nations (for contributions in the arts), ASCAP, American Music Center, first prize in the 2004 National Band Association's William Revelli Composition Contest, and Seven Fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, in addition to the Ann M. Alburger Award for Chamber Music. In 2006 he was awarded an honorary Masters of Humane Letters from the Eastman school of Music and the University of Rochester. In 2007, his opera "The Scarecrow" was selected as a finalist by the American Academy of Arts and Letters Richard Rodgers Committee and the National Opera Association. Critical reception The New York Times praised his composition "Hemispheres". 
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