syNThony
is very proud to announce new honors bestowed on our
composer, Daniel de Quincy during the year 2002.
- In
2004, Mr. de Quincy was the winner of the
Fellowship in Music Composition awarded by the
Nevada Council of the Arts. Also, he was
appointed to a professorship at the Shanghai
Conservatory of Music (a position he did not
accept for personal reasons).
- Also
in 2004, Mr. de Quincy was invited to join the
faculty at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in
China.
- Mr.
de Quincy won an award in the First Mario
Nascimbene International Film Music Competition.
Inaugurated by the MusicArte association, under
the direction of Andrea Mascitti, in
collaboration with the Administration of the
Borough of Orsogna (Chieti), Italy, the
competition for the Mario Nascimbene Award for
Film Musical Scores, was open to composers of all
nationalities. 91 composers took part from all
over the world, including United States of
America, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Brazil,
Spain, Great Britain, Portugal and Switzerland.
According to the Artistic Director, Andrea
Mascitti "the quality of the compositions
presented was very high, as was acknowledged by
the jury composed, amongst others, of the Oscar
Awards Winner Nicola Piovani. Nascimbene (Milan
1913 - Rome 2002) was one of the greatest
composers for both the Italian and International
cinema, author of 400 sound tracks for films
directed by Fellini, Rossellini, Antonioni,
Vidor, and Ustinov. This award is probably unique
in its sector, both in Italy and Europe. Mario
Nascimbene was a genius who, for the first time,
inserted live sounds in his musical scores and
invented the ancestor of the sampler, the
"mixerama". He wrote more than 400
sound-tracks, amongst which the music for
"The Barefoot Countess" of Mankiewicz,
with Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart, and Edmond
O'Brien; "Alexander the Great"
with Richard Burton and Claire Bloom;
"Goodbye to Arms" with Rock Hudson;
"Barabba" with Anthony Quinn,
Vittorio Gassman and Silvia Mangano;
"Solomon and the Queen of Sheba", with
Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida; "The
Vikings" with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis;
"Doctor Faustus" with Richard Burton
and Elizabeth Taylor. He also composed sound
tracks of some television productions and
documentaries. He was the first Italian composer
invited to go to Hollywood.
- During
January and February of 2002, Mr. de Quincy was
Composer in Residence at the Smyrna Atlantic
Center for the Arts, at New Beach, Florida. The
roster of composers who have been in residence at
the Atlantic Center include many of the most
prominent names in new music over the last
several decades, including Thea Musgrave, Ned
Rorem, Elvin Jones, Morton Feldman, Lou Harrison,
Joseph Schwantner, Gunther Schuller, David
Diamond, Pauline Oliveros, Joan Tower, Earle
Brown, Jacob Druckman, George Perle, Betsy Jolas,
Jukas Foss, Rodion Shchedrin, Morton Sobotnick,
Terry Riley, Karel Husa, David Baker, Louis
Andriessen, and many more.
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New in August
The syNThony Seminar
for Composers and Musicians
syNThony invites you to join
composer and orchestral simulation expert, Daniel de Quincy, MFA, at fabulous Lake Tahoe, Nevada,
U.S.A. for a week-long intensive, featuring six days of
hands-on training in digital music and audio production,
with a special emphasis on orchestral simulation and the
creation of an inexpensive, professional music studio.
For more information, click here.
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Now Available
The syNThony CubePro Music Studio
Purchase this
state-of-the-art computer music studio, loaded with
software, and fully configured. There is no finer
computer music studio offered anywhere. With the syNThony
CubePro Music Studio you will be able to compose,
perform, and record truly professional music for sale or
distribution. For more information, click here.
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