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Eugénie Ricau Rocherolle is an American composer, pianist, lyricist, and teacher who began her composing career with choral and band music.〔Hal Leonard Corporation () ''Eugenie Rocherolle Series''〕 ==Biography== Rocherolle grew up in the French Quarter of New Orleans and graduated with a BA in music from the Newcomb College of Tulane University.〔Hal Leonard Corporation () ''Eugenie Rocherolle Series''〕 She spent her Junior Year of college in Paris where she also had a class with Nadia Boulanger.〔Hal Leonard Corporation () ''Eugenie Rocherolle Series''〕 She released her first piano solo collection in 1978 with great success and soon established herself as one of the leading American composers of piano repertoire.〔Hal Leonard Corporation () ''Eugenie Rocherolle Series''〕 Throughout her lifetime she has composed works for solo voice, chorus, and orchestra, musical theater, as well as chamber music for a variety of instruments. A "Commissioned by Clavier" composer, she was also one of seven composer members of the National League of American Pen Women whose works were chosen to be presented in concert at the Terrace Theater in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.〔Hal Leonard Corporation () ''Eugenie Rocherolle Series''〕 Awards from the Pen Women include first place for both piano and choral in biennial national competitions.〔Hal Leonard Corporation () ''Eugenie Rocherolle Series''〕 She is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, (ASCAP), Connecticut Composers Inc., and the National Federation of Music Clubs and Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).〔Hal Leonard Corporation () ''Eugenie Rocherolle Series''〕 Rocherolle's various pieces and arrangements for piano have been performed by Julie Rivers and released on independent label Aureus Recordings: Spinning Gold (1996),〔(Spinning Gold: Piano Music of Eugenie Rocherolle )〕 Tidings of Joy (1996),〔(Tidings of Joy - Julie Rivers )〕 Romancing the Piano (1998),〔(Romancing the Piano: The Music of Eugenie Rocherolle )〕 and Touch of Blue (2008),.〔(Touch of Blue...and Other Colors )〕 Rocherolle currently maintains a private music studio where she teaches piano and composition. She and her husband, whom she met while returning home from her Junior Year in Paris,〔Tulane University () ''Eugenie Ricau Rocherolle''〕 are long-time residents of Connecticut and have three sons, one daughter, and grandchildren.〔Neil A. Kjos Music Company (1992) ''Souvenirs du Château'' (GP369), About the Composer p.2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eugénie Rocherolle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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