Matthew Bridgham
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| Born | April 13, 1989 Danville, Indiana |
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| Instruments | Piano |
| Website | matthewbridgham |
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| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
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Matthew Bridgham (born April 13, 1989) is an American composer, arranger, and pianist.
Early life and education
Bridgham was born in Danville, Indiana. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the University of Indianapolis. His composition teachers have included Aaron Jay Kernis, Martin Bresnick, John Berners, Evan Chambers, Hannah Lash, and Bright Sheng.
Career
His 2017 work for four improvising instruments, Avon Yard, based on the sounds of the trains where he grew up, was hailed by longtime Indiana music critic, Jay Harvey, as “the most intimate, subdued evocation of railroad matters ever attempted in music.”[1] He is currently an adjunct instructor at the University of Indianapolis.
His 2018 album Stardew Valley Piano Collections debuted at #11 on Billboard's Classical Charts.[2][3][4][5] He maintains an active YouTube channel where he uploads his arrangements of popular and obscure video game music.
Notable concert works
Orchestra
- Chaconne for viola and orchestra (2020)
Large ensemble
- Three Salon Pieces for violin, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano (2020)[6]
Small ensemble
- Partita for soprano sax and english horn (2020)[7]
- Sonata-Fantasy for two pianos four hands (2019)
- Bagatelle for two pianos four hands (2019)
- Fantasy on Themes from The Tempest by Thomas Adès for cello and piano (2018)
- Avon Yard for four improvising instruments (2017)
- "Spring" Sonata for violin and piano (2016-17)
- Variations for oboe, bassoon, and piano (2015)
- Pas de deux for two cellos (2014)
Vocal compositions
- "Pain" for voice and piano (2020); text by Brooklyn Raines
- "Starsea" for voice and chamber ensemble (2016); text by Dakota Miller[8]
- "Sweetfeather" for voice and piano (2014); text by Kat Finch.[9]
- "Grandma on the Berry Trees" for high voice and piano (2013); text by Nate Brock
Solo compositions
- Sonata Rustica for solo piano (2020)
- Impromptu for John for solo piano (2019)
- Nocturne No.2, "Starsea" for solo piano (2019)
- Variations on a Theme by Eric Adamshick for solo cello (2018)
- Fantasy for marimba (2017)
- Nocturne No.1 for solo piano (2008)
References
- ↑ Harvey, James (2017-11-28). "Jay Harvey Upstage: Happy reunion: Ronen Chamber Ensemble meets UIndy's Faculty Artist Series". Jay Harvey Upstage. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ↑ "Matthew Bridgham". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ↑ "Matthew Bridgham". Materia Collective. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ↑ "MCOL-0121 | Stardew Valley Piano Collections - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ↑ "Treat Yourself (And Your Ears) To This Stardew Valley Piano Collections Album". Nintendo Life. 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ↑ Kohn, Rita. "Ronan Chamber Ensemble greeted 'daylight saving time' with aplomb". NUVO. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ↑ "NASA - NASA 2020 Biennial Conference Presenter - Heidi Radtke". saxophonealliance.org. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ↑ ""Songs of the Earth" – Yale Composers' Art Song Program". Albany Symphony. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ↑ "The New York Festival of Song Announces New Details in the 2015 Edition of NYFOS Next". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
External links
- Matthew Bridgham official website
- Matthew Bridgham on Linkedin
- Matthew Bridgham on Twitter
- Matthew Bridgham on Billboard
- Matthew Bridgham on youtube
- Matthew Bridgham on Spotify
- Matthew Bridgham on Google Play Music
- Bridgham's page at SheetMusicPlus
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