Carter Pann

Steinway artist Joel Hastings has championed Carter Pann's piano music; presenting an all-Pann concert; in which the composer has also performed. For Hastings and for himself; Pann has written this th...

In a musical style strongly influenced by (and occasionally parodying) American popular music, the subtitle 'Baroque' may seem a puzzle at first. It is also the key to Pann's approach in composing for...

This is a collection of 18 of Bach's most celebrated keyboard and instrumental gems; transcribed by master orchestrator Carter Pann; for a flexibly-scored ensemble of 10 woodwinds. It includes works s...

For Piano Solo. Classical. Solo part. Composed 1997. 12 pages. Duration 11:00.

Described by Pann as 'for the muscular pianist;' Fantasy-Inventions was commissioned through the University of Rochester for Pann's former piano teacher Barry Snyder. There is a transcendental quality...

Pann has written a marvelously manic two-step in response to a recalcitrant cheese grater and bloody knuckles. He says, 'After some racing (and sometimes Gaspard-like ragtime), the grater gets going w...

'Without a melodic line to anchor oneself on, I ask the pianist to use the instrument like a canvas over which many different color combinations are applied evenly throughout. The amount of restraint...

'She Steals Me...is a tender and poignant piece that while not overtly emotional nevertheless reaches the soul. ... When Pann writes in the notes to this movement that he comes 'terribly close to tear...

Pann's setting of the familiar Danny Boy concludes The Piano's 12 Sides in a beautiful and hushed finality.

An outstanding pianist himself; Carter Pann has created The Piano's 12 Sides; an hour-long collection of 12 movements each developing a color or character. The work's magnificence exudes both from the...

Following their world premiere; The Heare Ensemble proclaimed: 'Melodies for Robert contains rich harmonies; soaring melodies; and unexpected twists; but beyond the musical elements; it also has incre...

The High Songs; a commission from 12 bands across the country; became a 24-minute suite for Amplified Cello and Chamber Winds of five movements; an instrumental song cycle featuring the solo cello in...

With support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting; Pann's Second String Quartet was written for the Takacs Quartet to honor the contributions of NancyBell Coe as president of the Music Academy of the...

The inscription above Carter Pann's Emerald's on Artemis reads: A music box for Emerald Weber (born 18 June; 2010) on Morgan Black's harp Artemis. The title of this 2010 composition is a bit cryptic;...