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About Me

I'm a music major at Central Michigan University (studying composition and voice). I've been writing music for about 13 years - I started studying and composing music when I was 5 when my family acquired a piano. I've had premieres in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and I've won several awards for compositions.
Most recently, I received a place among seven winners of the third biennial Chanticleer Student Composer Competition, which means one movement from my choral work, "Three Celtic Blessings" will be premiered by Chanticleer during their 2006 or 2007 season, and the piece will have a chance to be published by Hinshaw Music.
Major premieres have included a performance of my orchestral work, "Papilio: The Butterfly" by the Andover Light Orchestra in Andover, UK under the direction of Kevin Riley ; and an international tour of my choral piece, "Open Your Eyes" performed by the Coldwater High School Cardinal Choir under the direction of Kelly Ford. I am also interested in film scoring, and am working on projects with Melissafan Productions , an independent short film production company.
My music is Published on SibeliusMusic.com, where it can be reviewed and purchased at My SibeliusMusic Homepage
Basically, I'm just here to meet and converse with other composers and people who enjoy music...
Feel free to contact me here on myspace or email me at [email protected]
You can also talk to me on Windows Live Messenger at [email protected]
or on AIM at composerphilip

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/18/2005
Band Website: philiprice.net
Influences: Includes all of the Classical and Romantic masters, in particular, Handel, Debussy and Stravinsky. Modern influences include Eric Whitacre, John Williams, Morten Lauridsen, Arvo PÃ¤rt, Howard Shore, and many others.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Mystery

Lets take a trip back through musical history. Last century we saw an explosion of styles and inventive forms, some intensely beautiful, some horrendously ugly. Today, Romanticism has prevailed, and a...
Posted by Philip Rice on Wed, 09 May 2007 06:44:00 PST

Elegy

I wrote this for a class I took this past semester. I've edited it a bit, and here's the "finished" product:
Posted by Philip Rice on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:16:00 PST

illimitably You

Posted by Philip Rice on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:23:00 PST

Saint Sulpice

I just received word from Dirk Maes, the director of the men's choral group "Voces Capituli" (some of you may remember them as the group that Costas has been working with and who commissione...
Posted by Philip Rice on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:27:00 PST

Chanticleer

Hey everyone... I received an e-mail today letting me know that I won a place among seven winners of the third biennial Chanticleer Student Composers Competition, which means I'll have an opportunity ...
Posted by Philip Rice on Fri, 26 May 2006 08:21:00 PST

A little piece of John Williams

Look what I got in the mail today! Apparently, my dorky mother sent him a letter asking him to come to my high school graduation or something and the Boston Symphony just got around to sending m...
Posted by Philip Rice on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 02:52:00 PST

SibeliusMusic Check

Excluding the random Canadian choir director that bought a copy of my "Open Your Eyes" for five Canadian dollars, I have finally received my first profits from published compositions. The check ...
Posted by Philip Rice on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:19:00 PST

Cirrus isn't me!

I've noticed people seem to be commenting a lot on my "piano playing"... I am assuming this is a result of the recording of Cirrus. Cirrus is a piano duet that I wrote for a brillian...
Posted by Philip Rice on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 08:04:00 PST

Pimping

Well, after much investigation and confusion, I was finally able to pimp my myspace by stealing a web URL to a very helpful and well designed website off of a friends html coding. That website i...
Posted by Philip Rice on Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:19:00 PST

Spontaneous Epiphany

Thank you random person on whose myspace account I noticed for the first time the elusive "delete my comment" button. I am forever indebted to you. Amen....
Posted by Philip Rice on Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:26:00 PST