Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAPLUS Award
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11 Ashland Place, Medford, MA 02155 | 617.894.0359 | [email protected] | www.olivercaplan.com OVERVIEW • Over 50 works for a variety of solo, chamber, vocal, and orchestral ensembles • Over 175 public performances • Born April 5, 1982 EDUCATION M.M., Boston Conservatory, 05/2006, Pi Kappa Lambda Honors | Composition Study: Dalit Warshaw, Dana Brayton B.A., Dartmouth College, 06/2004, Cum Laude with Honors in Music | Composition Study: Charles Dodge LEADERSHIP 2017-present Juventas New Music Ensemble, Artistic Director 2017-present Recording Academy, Voting Member 2011-2017 Boston Conservatory Alumni Association, Co-Chair RECORDINGS 2018 Tr i o Si c i l i a n o : Exploring Music (U07 Records) 2017 Juventas New Music Ensemble: You Are Not Alone (Oliver Caplan Music) 2016 Sinfonietta of Riverdale: New World Serenade (Albany Records) 2015 David Russell: Moon Over Appalachia (Oliver Caplan Music) 2012 Various Artists: Illuminations (Oliver Caplan Music) SELECTED COMMISSIONS 11:11 Theater Company Firebrand Concert Series Atlanta Chamber Players Handel Society of Dartmouth College B3LLA Piano Trio Indiana Wind Symphony Bronx Arts Ensemble Juventas New Music Ensemble Brookline Symphony Orchestra Lorelei Ensemble Chagall Performance Art Collaborative New Hampshire Master Chorale Chinese Symphonic Masterpieces at Harvard Schola Cantorum of Boston Columbia University Wind Ensemble Sinfonietta of Riverdale El Sistema Somerville Washington & Jefferson College Wind Ensemble - 1 of 7 - Oliver Caplan AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES 2019: Music At Penn Alps Commission Competition, Winner Commission of new work, Willow Spring Path White Snake Projects Sing Out Strong Competition, Winner Commission of new work, The Big Deception Project Encore!, Selection Composition: We Exist Cum Laude Music Award, Finalist Composition: Love Letters American Prize in Chamber Music Composition, Finalist Composition: Love Letters New Music on the Bayou Call for Scores, Selection Composition: In the Direction of Dreams American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAPLUS Award 2018: Ragdale Foundation, Fellowship American Prize in Vocal Chamber Music Composition, Finalist Composition: Connect All. We All Connect. 2017: Recording Academy, Induction as Voting Member Trio Siciliano Call for Scores, Winner Composition: Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Fellowship New Music on the Bayou Call for Scores, Selection Composition: Connect All. We All Connect. Boston Opera Collaborative & Boston New Music Initiative Opera Bites Call for Scores, Selection Composition: Symposium American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAPLUS Award 2016: Veridian Symphony Orchestra Composition Contest, Winner Composition: Lunastella Fuga Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Fellowship Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship American Prize in Choral Music Composition, Semi-Finalist Composition: Roots & Wings Classical Revolution Call for Scores, Selection Composition: Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night - 2 of 7 - Oliver Caplan TEMPO (The Epicenter Music Performance Organization) Call For Scores, Selection Composition: Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night Ball State University, Virtual Concert Series Call for Scores, Selection Composition: Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night 2015: American Prize in Orchestra Composition, Special Citation Composition: Journey to the West American Prize in Chamber Music Composition, Semi-Finalist Composition: My Elephant Cloud TEMPO (The Epicenter Music Performance Organization) Call For Scores, Selection Composition: My Elephant Cloud Fresno State New Music Ensemble Call for Scores, Selection Composition: My Elephant Cloud 2014: Veridian Symphony Orchestra Composition Contest, Winner Composition: Moon Over Appalachia Open Space Festival of New Music Call for Scores, Winner Composition: Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Residency Nathan Cummings Foundation grant Composition: Brookline Overture Somerville Arts Council Grant Composition: Phoenix Rising North / South Consonance Call for Scores, Selection Composition: Lunastella Fuga American Prize in Chamber Music Composition, Semi-Finalist Composition: Is There a Word That Means Return? Flute New Music Consortium Composition Contest, Honorable Mention Composition: My Elephant Cloud American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAPLUS Award 2013: El Sistema Somerville, Composer-in-Residence for 2013-14 Academic Year Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Fellowship Somerville Arts Council, Artist Fellowship Grant Keene State College Department of Music Competition Contest, Finalist Composition: My Elephant Cloud The American Prize for Choral Music Composition, Semi-finalist Composition: Roots & Wings - 3 of 7 - Oliver Caplan ---AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES, continued The American Prize for Chamber Music Composition, Semi-finalist Composition: Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAPLUS Award 2012: Firebrand Concert Series, Composer-in-Residence for 2012-2013 Season The American Prize for Orchestral Composition, Finalist Composition: Journey to the West American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAPLUS Award 2011: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Fellowship American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAPLUS Award 2010: 5th House Ensemble Young Composer Competition, Grand Prize Composition: Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAPLUS Award 2009: Washington & Jefferson College Artist Residency, funded by National Endowment for the Humanities Composition: Les Nymphéas Morton Gould Young Composers Award, Finalist Composition: Reason for Hope in a Complex World American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAPLUS Award 2008: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAPLUS Award PERFORMANCES 11/3/19 Calliope’s Call The New Colossus Vocal Marblehead, MA 11/2/19 Calliope’s Call The New Colossus Vocal Boston, MA 11/2/19 Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble Symphony for Winds Band Hanover, NH 10/26/19 Juventas New Music Ensemble The Big Deception Vocal Boston, MA Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships… Chamber 9/14/19 Juventas New Music Ensemble Connect All. We All Connect. Vocal Boston, MA In the Direction of Dreams Chamber 08/22/09 White Snake Projects The Big Deception Vocal Boston, MA 08/18/09 Kelley Hollis & Julia Carey The New Colossus Vocal Yarmouth, MA 08/08/09 White Snake Projects The Big Deception Vocal Boston, MA 08/01/09 White Snake Projects The Big Deception Vocal Cambridge, MA 07/20/19 Music at Penn Alps Willow Spring Path Chamber Grantsville, MD 06/09/19 Juventas New Music Ensemble Love Letters, The New Colossus Chamber Cambridge, MA 06/01/19 Juventas New Music Ensemble Love Letters Chamber Boston, MA 05/19/19 Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble In the Direction of Dreams Chamber Staten Island, NY 04/13/19 Juventas New Music Ensemble The New Colossus Chamber Boston, MA 04/11/19 Cantos Y Cuentos To the Sea Chamber Atlanta, GA 03/10/19 Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble The New Colossus Chamber Staten Island, NY 02/17/19 Vento Chiaro All the Wings You Gave Us Chamber Medford, MA - 4 of 7 - Oliver Caplan ---PERFORMANCES, continued 02/10/19 Cantos Y Cuentos To the Sea Chamber Atlanta, GA 02/09/19 Juventas New Music Ensemble Dove Mourning Chamber Boston, MA 12/13/18 Cantos Y Cuentos To the Sea Chamber Atlanta, GA 11/03/18 Juventas New Music Ensemble In the Direction of Dreams Chamber Boston, MA 10/27/18 Boston New Music Festival Fairhaven Bay Chamber Boston, MA 10/20/18 Chamber Orchestra of Boston We Exist Choral Boston, MA 10/18/18 Juventas New Music Ensemble In the Direction of Dreams Chamber Medford, MA 10/04/18 Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails Fairhaven Bay Chamber Houghton, MI 09/29/18 Atlanta Contemporary Ensemble Fairhaven Bay Chamber Atlanta, GA 09/23/18 Citywater Fairhaven Bay Chamber Vallejo, CA 06/24/18 New Hampshire Master Chorale We Exist Choral Plymouth, NH 06/23/18 New Hampshire Master Chorale We Exist Choral Concord, NH 06/22/18 New Hampshire Master Chorale We Exist Choral Boston, MA 06/17/18 Juventas New Music Ensemble You Are Not Alone Album Release Chamber Medford, MA 06/14/18 Juventas New Music Ensemble You Are Not Alone Album Release Chamber Medford, MA 06/05/18 North/South Consonance Love Letters Chamber New York, NY 05/25/18 Opera Fayetteville Symposium Opera Fayetteville, AR 05/19/18 Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble My Elephant Cloud Chamber Staten Island, NY 04/30/18 Martinson, Davis and Henry Connect All. We All Connect. Vocal Cambridge, MA 04/17/18 Atlanta Chamber Players Krummholz Variations Chamber Atlanta, GA 04/14/18 Juventas New Music Ensemble Boston Strong Vocal Boston, MA 04/12/18 Jerry Smalls Ensemble Krummholz Variations Chamber Rock Hill, SC 03/10/18 Chamber Orchestra of Boston Love Letters Chamber Boston, MA 02/11/18 Bronx Arts Ensemble All the Wings You Gave Us Chamber Bronx, NY 02/10/18 Bronx Arts Ensemble All the Wings You Gave Us Chamber Bronx, NY 11/12/17 Boston Opera Collaborative Symposium Opera Cambridge, MA 11/11/17 Boston Opera Collaborative Symposium Opera Cambridge, MA 11/10/17 Boston Opera Collaborative Symposium Opera Cambridge, MA 10/21/17 Chamber Orchestra of Boston Lunastella Fuga Orchestra Boston, MA 09/24/17 Juventas