Andrew Waggoner (born November 10, 1960 in New Orleans) is an American composer and violinist.

Andrew Waggoner
Andrew Waggoner in Inwood, New York, NY in November 2015
Background information
Born	(1960-11-10) 10 November 1960 (age 61) New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Occupation(s)	Composer, violinist
Years active	1985 – present
Website	www.andrewwaggoner.com

Biography

Andrew Waggoner grew up in New Orleans, Minneapolis and Atlanta, and studied at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, the Eastman School of Music and Cornell University. His music has been commissioned and performed by the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Saint Louis, Denver, Syracuse, and Winnipeg Symphonies, the Cassatt, Corigliano, Miro, and Villiers Quartets, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the California EAR Unit, pianist Gloria Cheng, violist Melia Watras, ‘cellist Robert Burkhart, the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic of Zlin, Czech Republic, Sequitur, the Empyrean Ensemble, Buglisi-Foreman Dance, Ensemble X, CELLO, Flexible Music, Ensemble Nordlys, of Denmark, and Ensemble Accroche Note, of France.[1][2]

Compositions

String Chamber Works

• Down/Up for ob., vn., va., vc. (11′), 2014.
• Genome of the Soul, for string quartet, 2 vns., va., vc. (11′), 2009.
• My Penelope (String Quartet no. 4), (23′), 2006
• Soon, the Rosy-Fingered Dawn, vn., va., vc. (13′), 2006.
• Stretched on the Beauty, 4 ‘cellos (8’), 2009.
• Third String Quartet (18′), 2003.
• Legacy, st. qt. (7′), 1998, recorded by the Corigliano Quartet on CRI/New World[3]
• Strophic Variations for String Quartet "A Song", (25′), 1988, recorded by the Cassatt Quartet for CRI/New World.[4]
• I Want to Go With the Wolves, for string quartet and antiphonal howling children (6′), 1990.
• Hexacorda Mollia (String Quartet), 2016. Commission for the Smart & Active Matter Conference at Syracuse University. Debuted by the JACK Quartet, June 22, 2016.[5]

Chamber Music with Piano

• Story of Alice Munro, and dedicated to John and Rosemary Harbison, 2013.[6]
• Catenary, vc., pf. (11′), 2008.
• Tales of Home, for piano trio, vn., vc., pf. (12′), 2008.
• Inventory of Terrors for piano quintet, 2 vns., va., vc., pf. (15′), 2009.
• Elle s’enfuit (Encore-Fugue for viola and piano), va., pf. (8′), 2003.
• Livre, vc., pf. (11′), for Caroline Stinson; 2014.
• Langue et parole, vn., pf. (12′), 2005.
• Story-Sonata, va., pf. (15′), 2000.

Mixed Ensemble

• Summer, cl., vn., vc., pf. (9′), 2012.
• An Oracle Unheard, 10 Dramatic Movements after Herodotus, narr.; cl., vn., vc., va., pf. (25′), 2012.
• Souffrir/symphonier, fl., ob., 2 gt., vn., vc. (10′), 2015.
• One Kindness, cl., vn., vc., pf. (14′), 2010.
• Catena di cuori, fl., pf. (6′), 2008.
• Exorcist, sax., gt., perc., pf. (12′), 2007.
• The Desires of Ghosts, fl., cl., vn., va., pf. (9′), 2000.
• Pierrot Tells the Time… , fl., cl., vn., va., vc., pc., pf. (9′); 1997.
• Shared Presence (Commune présence), ob., cl., bn., hn., 2 vn., va., vc., pf. (8′), 1999.
• Going… , fl., vn., cbn., cb. (12′), 1988.

Discography

• Terror and Memory – Works by Andrew Waggoner performed by Open End, Andrew Waggoner, Ensemble Nordlys, Flexible Music, Corigliano Quartet, Caroline Stinson and Molly Morkoski. Label: Albany Records. January 2012[7]
• Legacy – Works by Andrew Waggoner performed by Cassatt Quartet, Corigliano Quartet, and others. Label: Composer Recordings. 2001[8]

References

External links

• Official website