Gerard Schwarz
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Biography
[Edit]Gerard Ralph Schwarz is one of the world's leading conductors, particularly noted for music of the first great age of American symphonism. He has also been one of the great trumpet virtuosi.
He began studying the trumpet when he was a boy of eight. He attended the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan during the summers of 1958-1960 and studied at New York's High School of Performing Arts (the Fame school). He studied trumpet with William Vacchiano, trumpeter of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (1962-1968). He received his Bachelor's Degree from the Juilliard School in 1972. Meanwhile, he had debuted as a conductor in 1966.
During this time he had been busy as a trumpeter. He joined the American Brass Quintet in 1965 and with it toured the United States, Europe, and Asia, remaining with the ensemble from 1965 to 1973. He was a trumpeter in the American Symphony Orchestra from 1966 to 1972, becoming its first trumpet in 1969. With that orchestra he played a considerable quantity of new and American music. During this period is was also a member of the Aspen Festival Orchestra and the Casals Festival Orchestra. He was appointed co-principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra from 1972 to 1975. As a trumpet player he made a number of important recordings, many of which are now in the CD catalogues.
He was the first wind player to win the Ford Foundation Award for concert artists (1971-1973), which enabled him to commission a trumpet concerto from Gunther Schuller, and commissioned a number of other trumpet works from composers including Dlugoszewski and Brant.
Meanwhile, he pursued a conducting career. In 1968 he began conducting for the Eliot Feld Dance Company of which he became Music Director. He also was music director of the Waterloo Festival, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. In 1975 he was appointed music director of the 92d Street Y Chamber Symphony, which was later renamed the New York Chamber Symphony and has maintained that position since. He became music director of New York's Mostly Mozart Festival in 1982, and also remains in that position. IN 1981 he founded the Music Today contemporary music series in New York, serving as its music director through 1989.
In 1983 he was named Music Advisor of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. In 1984 he became its Principal Conductor, and in 1985 its Music Director. With the Seattle Symphony he has become known for having one of the most innovative and wide-ranging programming of any major symphony orchestra, with a strong emphasis on music of the great American symphonic composers such as Hanson, Diamond, Creston and their contemporaries, a large amount of which he has recorded for the audiophile CD label Delos. He has guided the orchestra to its highest artistic level, and seen it through construction and occupancy of its new venue, Benaroya Hall. He is also artistic adviser of the Tokyu Bunkamura's Orchard Hall, where he conducts the Tokyo Philharmonic in six concerts annually.
Title: Milken Archive: Schoenfield: Klezmer Rondos - Trio - Wyner: Tants un Maysele - Golijov: Rocketekya
Artist: David Krakauer, Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Alicia Svigals, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Charles Neidich, Pablo Aslan, Martha Mooke, Alberto Mizrahi, Daniel Stepner, Yehudi Wyner, Scott Goff, Jennifer Langham, Bruce Creditor, Frances Renzi, Lev Polyakin
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Title: Beeler, A.: Quintessence
Artist: Michael Sullivan, Slovak National Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Kirk Trevor, Roger Briggs, Gerard Schwarz, Marin Alsop, Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony, George Manahan, Vladimir Valek, Concordia Ensemble
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Title: Bloch: America; Concerto Grosso No. 1
Artist: Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Genre: Classical
Title: Engineer's Choice, Vol. 2
Artist: Dalton Baldwin, John Aler, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Arleen Augér / Arleen Auger, Andrew Litton, Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Carol Rosenberger, Zdenek Macal, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, James DePreist, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Voices Of Ascension Chorus, Westminster Symphonic Choir, David Shifrin, Stephen Girko, Dallas Symphony Chorus, Catharine Crozier, Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, Allan Vogel, Clayton Brainerd, Eugenia Zukerman, Donald Fraser, Dennis Keene, Mark Kruczek, Vincent Cichowicz, Shanghai String Quartet, Millar Brass Ensemble
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Title: Diamond: Ahava - Music for Prayer
Artist: Richard Troxell, Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Miller, Theodore Bikel, Joseph Cullen, Karl Dent, Academy Of St Martin-In-The-Fields Chorus, Patrick Mason, Samuel Adler, Kenneth Davis, Rochester Singers, Charles Osborne, Margery Dodds, Timothy Koch, Carolina Chamber Chorale, Texas Tech University Choir, Sarah Graves, Elaine Close
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Artist: Westminster Choir, Arleen Augér / Arleen Auger, Gerard Schwarz, Zdenek Macal, Vinson Cole, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Voices Of Ascension Chorus, Robert Noehren, Todd Wilson, St. John's Cathedral Choir, Eric Plutz, Mostly Mozart Orchestra, Donald Pearson, Dennis Keene, Mark Kruczek, Patrick Stephens, Voices Of Ascension Orchestra
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Title: Foss: Elegy for Anne Frank - Song of Anguish - Beaser: The Heavenly Feast
Artist: Michael Brewer, Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Bowers - Broadbent, James Maddalena, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Percussion Ensemble, Christopher Wilkins, Constance Hauman, Mark Wilde, Laudibus, Kevin McCutcheon
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Title: Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
Artist: Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Jennifer Frautschi
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Title: Introducing the World of American Jewish Music
Artist: Wiener Sängerknaben / Wiener Sangerknaben, Bruce Adler, Yoel Levi, David Krakauer, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Ana Maria Martinez, Hans Peter Blochwitz, New London Children'S Choir, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, BBC Singers, Dave Brubeck Trio, The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields, Kevin Deas, Eliot Fisk, Gerard Schwarz, Ernst Senff Chor Berlin, Richard Stoltzman, Yaron Windmüller / Yaron Windmuller, Christopher Bowers - Broadbent, Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Juilliard String Quartet, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Fritz Weaver, Lucy Shelton, Carol Meyer, Joseph Cullen, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Russell Gloyd, Alberto Mizrahi, Avner Ital, Elli Jaffe, Robert Vernon, Benzion Miller, Oxford Philomusica, Marios Papadopoulos, Gerard Wirth, Richard Clement, Schola Hebraeica, Neil Levin, Daniel Stepner, James Guttmann, Robert Schulz, Barbara Feldon, Tovah Feldshuh, David Jolley, Coro Hebraeico, Simon Spiro, Robert Bloch
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Title: Stratas Sings Weill
Artist: Gerard Schwarz, Teresa Stratas, New York Chamber Symphony
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack, Opera
Title: Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35
Artist: Lynn Harrell, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz
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Title: Allen: The Music Of Ravel And Debussy
Artist: Tokyo String Quartet, Gerard Schwarz, Nancy Allen, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
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Title: Schuman, W.: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 9 / Circus Overture / Orchestra Song
Artist: Gerard Schwarz
Genre: Classical
Title: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
Artist: Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra
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Title: Diamond: Symphony No. 3
Artist: Janos Starker, Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra
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Title: Strauss: Macbeth - Dance of the Seven Veils - Metamorphosen
Artist: Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra
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Title: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11
Artist: Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: Hovhaness: Works for Orchestra & Soprano Saxophone
Artist: Gerard Schwarz, Greg Banaszak
Genre: Orchestral, Orchestral
Collections
Title: September Songs (The Music of Kurt Weill)
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Title: Barbara Kolb - Millefoglie and Other Works
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Title: A Guided Tour of the Romantic Era, Vol. 13
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Title: Classical Wellness
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Title: Give Thanks: Classical Music for Thanksgiving
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Title: Darkest Scariest Classical Music 2
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Title: Mystery Classics - Curl Up with the Classics
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Title: Classical Music Floppers: Disastrous Premieres
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Title: Fairies: A Magical Musical Journey
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Title: Classical Chamomile
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Title: A Guided Tour of Nationalism in the Romantic Era, Vol. 6
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Title: Great Russian Symphonies
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Title: Naxos September 2014 New Release Sampler
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Title: Bright Sheng - H'un (Lacerations) and Other Works
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Title: Baby Needs More Mozart
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Title: Best of Armenian Classical Music
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Title: Naxos July 2014 New Release Sampler
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Title: Battles in Music
Genre: Orchestral, Orchestral
Title: Classical Music from Around the World
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Title: The Music Surround Spectacular: The Tests
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Title: The Sea in Music
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Title: Beyond Tchaikovsky
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Title: My First Orchestra Album
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Title: Scherzophrenia
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Title: Absolute Masterworks - Baroque
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Title: Spring Classics: Classical Music inspired By Spring
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Title: Baby Needs Baroque
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Title: Secret Classics
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Title: Great American Symphonies
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Title: Naxos March 2014 New Release Sampler
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Title: Baby Needs Beethoven
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Title: Music of Robert Starer
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Title: Serene Journeys Through Classical Music
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Title: Naxos February 2015 New Release Sampler
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Title: Boys Gotta Dance!
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Title: Vanguards²
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Featuring albums
Title: Classical Princess - Music for Dress-Up
Artist: English Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Litton, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
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Title: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar"
Artist: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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Title: Hovhaness: Symphony No. 29, 4 Bagatelles, Rubaiyat, Prayer of St. Gregory
Artist: Keith Brion, Shanghai Quartet
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Title: Engineer's Choice
Artist: Seattle Symphony Orchestra, James DePreist, Seattle Symphony Chorale
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Title: In Celebration of Israel
Artist: Wiener Sängerknaben / Wiener Sangerknaben, Anna Maria Martinez
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Title: Jewish Tone Poems by Avshalomov, Silver & Meyerowitz
Artist: Seattle Symphony Orchestra
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Title: Lancino: Violin Concerto & Prelude and Death of Virgil
Artist: Isabelle Faust, Matteo De Monti
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Title: Bernard Rands: Canti Dell Eclisse/Le Tambourin/Ceremonial 3
Artist: Philadelphia Orchestra, The
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Title: Soundscapes, Vol. 1 - A Delos Digital Compact Disc Sampler
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Classical
Title: Lucia Dlugoszewski: Disparate Stairway Radical Other
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Classical
Title: Frederica von Stade - The Complete Columbia Recital Albums
Artist: Frederica Von Stade
Genre: Classical
Title: Frederica von Stade and Judith Blegen Sing Arias and Duets
Artist: Frederica Von Stade
Genre: Classical
Title: Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: Music of William Mayer & Domenick Argento
Artist: Arthur Weisberg, Iowa Brass Quintet
Genre: Classical
Title: Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: The Essentials: Symphonies, Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: The Essentials: Symphonies, Vol. 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Prokofiev - Naxos - Pt 1 - 5 Of 10 (CD01)
Artist: The Symphonies, Great Russian
Genre: Classical