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Conductor and radio commentator Bill McGlaughlin began composing in 1997, whereupon he left his conducting position at the Kansas City Symphony and moved to New York City to concentrate on composing. The outcome of the move was a flurry of creativity, and he has been composing successfully, although more intermittently, since then. Well over half of his works have been commissioned. In 1998 McGlaughlin signed a contract with Subito Music, which now publishes all of his work. ==Selected major works; musical style== McGlaughlin's first major work was ''Three Dreams and a Question: Choral Songs on e.e. cummings'', prompted by the death of a friend — which he debuted with the Kansas City Symphony on April 28, 1998, to an enthusiastic audience and press.〔(McGlaughlin resumé 2003 )〕 It was quickly followed by five more premieres within a ten month span.〔(Biography ) from WQXR〕 For a millennial celebration, McGlaughlin was chosen from a field of 350 composers to write a major new work for Continental Harmony, a nationwide cultural initiative commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Composers Forum. The composition, ''Walt Whitman's Dream'', premiered in July 2000, and celebrated the new millennium with a combined chorus of nearly 800 singers from around the world, accompanied by orchestra.〔(Bill McGlaughlin and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra )〕〔(International Choral Festival: History of the Festival )〕〔(Bio – American International Artists )〕 On December 15, 2005, the national two-hour daily NPR classical music radio program ''Performance Today'' announced that out of all of the music aired that week, McGlaughlin's new commissioned composition ''Remembering Icarus'' garnered the most, and the most heartfelt, listener response.〔(Mail: ''Performance Today'' ), December 15, 2005〕 McGlaughlin describes his compositional style as more intuitive than intellectual,〔(December 9, 2005 interview on ''Performance Today'' )〕 and says that he does not shun tonality: "I think when composers turn completely away from tonality, they lose a big part of storytelling."〔Phillips, Lisa. (''Public Radio: Behind the Voices''. ) Vanguard Press, 2006. p. 319〕 Some of his work incorporates or references elements of jazz — for instance ''Bela's Bounce'', an homage to Béla Bartók and Charlie Parker.〔〔(Bio – Subito Music )〕 McGlaughlin characterizes his creative process as both studied and extemporaneous, experimenting with various methods to elicit the elusive "moment of inspiration." His compositional ideas often spring from external sources, either literary, personal, or musical, or from inspired tangents on commissioned requests. His muse-seeking practices have included walking in nature, running, meditating, and staying up all night at the keyboard. McGlaughlin's advice to young composers is never to shrug off an idea, even if at first it seems insignificant or similar to an existing work: "Write it down and throw it out later if you have to, but don't avoid the impulse."〔〔Buckley, Daniel. ("Return to Desert Inspires Former TSO Conductor" ). ''Tucson Citizen''. November 20, 2003.〕 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「List of compositions by Bill McGlaughlin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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