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Maria Schneider (born November 27, 1960) is an American composer and big-band-leader.〔〔〔〔〔〔 Her 2004 album ''Concert in the Garden'' won a Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album,.〔 Her 2007 composition "Cerulean Skies" won a Grammy for 'Best Instrumental Composition." In 2013, Schneider released an album ''Winter Morning Walks'' featuring soprano Dawn Upshaw, the Saint Paul and Australian Chamber Orchestras, bassist Jay Anderson, pianist Frank Kimbrough and multi-instrumentalist Scott Robinson. In 2014 it won three Grammy Awards: Best Classical Contemporary Composition for the work ''Winter Morning Walks'' written to poetry by US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Ted Kooser. Dawn Upshaw received a Grammy for her vocal performance on the same recording, and producer David Frost and engineers Tim Martyn and Brian Losch all received Grammys for Best Engineered Album, Classical. The album fan-funded through ArtistShare〔 is surely one of the first, if not the first album by major American orchestras to be fan-funded. ==Biography== Schneider was born in Windom, Minnesota. She studied music theory and composition at the University of Minnesota, graduating in 1983, then earned a Master's in Music in 1985 from the Eastman School of Music, studying for one year as well at the University of Miami. Upon leaving Eastman, Gil Evans hired her as his copyist and assistant.〔 Schneider collaborated with Evans for the next several years, working with him on music for a tour with Sting and assisting him as he scored the film ''The Color of Money''. Schneider went on to study with Bob Brookmeyer from 1986 to 1991. In 1992, Schneider formed The Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, which appeared weekly at Visiones in Greenwich Village from 1993 until it closed in 1998. Her orchestra has also performed at many jazz festivals and concert halls, playing Europe, South America and Asia. Schneider has performed with over 80 groups in over 30 countries, and taught at universities worldwide. In 2013, Schneider received an honorary doctorate from the University of Minnesota. Schneider is an avid birdwatcher and enlisted band members to contribute bird calls on "Cerulean Skies" on her recording ''Sky Blue''. Schneider has won numerous awards which include Down Beat's Annual Critics Polls selected Schneider as "Best Composer," "Best Arranger" and for her group, "Best Big Band" in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. 〔"(The DownBeat Critics Poll Archive )", ''Downbeat.com''.〕 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「Maria Schneider (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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