Clint Needham

Clint Needham, originally from Texas, is currently a Jacobs School of Music Doctoral Fellow in composition at Indiana University. He received a BM in composition from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory and an MM from Indiana University, and has studied with Claude Baker, David Dzubay, Per Mårtensson, P.Q. Phan, Sven-David Sandström, Richard Wernick, and Loris Chobanian. Clint has also studied with Robert Beaser, Sydney Hodkinson, Christopher Rouse, and George Tsontakis at the Aspen Music Festival as a Susan and Ford Schumann Composition Fellow. Clint’s music has been performed by the American Brass Quintet, American Composers Orchestra, Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and the Oberon Trio, among others. Recent awards include the 2007 Underwood New Music Commission from the American Composers Orchestra, a New York Youth Symphony First Music Commission, 2007 William Schuman Prize/BMI Student Composer Award, ASCAP/Morton Gould Young Composer Award, Washington International Competition for Composers Award, Brass Chamber Music Forum Award, and an International Trumpet Guild composition award. His music has been performed at various venues including the Aspen Music Festival, Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival, Meadowlark Music Festival, Midwest Composers Symposium, and the Music Educators National Conference in Salt Lake City. Clint’s music is published by Brass Chamber Music Press, Southern Music Company, and Triplo Press. A new CD released by the American Brass Quintet entitled Jewels includes Clint's Brass Quintet No. 1 "Circus". ..This profile was edited with MySpace Profile Editor MySpace Profile Editor