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Theodore Wiprud is a composer who also plays important roles as concert presenter, educator, and music executive. His compositions are known for the impact they make on performers and audiences, reflecting his constant interaction with both adult and young musicians and listeners whether at the New York Philharmonic, where he currently serves as Director of Education, or in classrooms and community venues. He was born in Washington, D.C., in 1958 and has lived in Brooklyn, New York since 1990. Wiprud’s music frequently deals with spiritual experience: orchestral music (such as Hosannas of the Second Heaven) and chamber music (String Quartet No. 1, Refining Fire and String Quartet No. 2, Intimations and Incarnations) responding to Dante’s Divine Comedy and similar works; choral music on texts from diverse religious traditions; and percussion scores like Anima and Dark Love. Other pieces involve American literature, including American Journal, based on Robert Hayden’s poem, and A Georgia Song, a setting of Maya Angelou. His Saxophone Quartet has been described as “a work of substance, rewarding to perform, and warmly received by audiences.” Wiprud earned his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry at Harvard and his master’s in theory and composition at Boston University, where he worked with David Del Tredici. We was a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University as a student of Robin Holloway, and a composition fellow at the Aspen Music School studying with Jacob Druckman and Bernard Rands.

Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
On the lake : suite	Solo instrument, non-keyboard		00:00:00
Six love songs on poetry of Kenneth Patchen	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble		00:00:00
Refining fire : based on Canti XXV-XXVII of Dante's Pur	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
Lyrics of Petronius : five songs on translations by Hel	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble		00:00:00
Sextet for flute, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, and ce	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
American Journal	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2007	00:35:00	American Journal American Journal
Passages, Three Pieces for Violin and Piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2001	00:23:00	Passages, Three Pieces for Violin and Piano
Crow Magnum	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2001	00:09:00	Crow Magnum
String Quartet No. 2, Intimations and Incarnations	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:15:00
Dark Love	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1999	00:32:00
Hosannas of the Second Heaven	Orchestra	1998	00:06:00	Hosannas of the Second Heaven
Saxophone Quartet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:25:00
Be Joyful In God	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1995	00:04:00
Infant Vocalises	Keyboard	1993	00:12:00
Music for the Eucharist	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1992	00:03:00
A Georgia Song	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1992	00:13:00	A Georgia Song
Pacita's Lunch	Keyboard	1992	00:12:00
Caricatures	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1992	00:18:00
My Terrible Cap	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1990	00:20:00
String Quartet No. 1, Refining Fire	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1989	00:12:00
Praise Ye The Lord	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1985	00:05:00
Piano Sonata	Keyboard	1982	00:08:00

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