Nan Avant is an award-winning
music composer and orchestrator

"In love with natural landscapes, Avant exhibits her symphonic lyricism reaching grandeur and emotion, two qualities of her music."

Carme Miró, Sonograma Magazine

Symphonic Stradivarius ~New Release Today! 1/10/25

January 10, 2025

1/10/2025~ It’s here today!! AVAILABLE NOW Listen and watch the video interview discussing my latest work, Nani Lahaina. I am completely ecstatic to share with you my newest orchestral work, Nani (Beautiful) Lahaina~Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra on the album, Symphonic Stradivarius, (yes, the Strad. violin) with 11 composers from around the globe. We recorded …

Winner

2023 Global Music Award~Silver~Soundness of the Sea for Violin & Orchestra~London Symphony Orchestra

Winner

2023 The American Prize~Winner~Pops/Light Composition~Tributum~Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Finalist

2022 The American Prize~ Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra

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Featured Works

Rememoramini~ Tango, Milonga~String Orchestra

Instrumentation: Zagreb Festival Orchestra, Piano, Bandoneon

Sirens of the Salish Sea: I. Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra

Instrumentation: The London Symphony Orchestra with Solo Violin

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Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Full Orchestra

Instrumentation:The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Uilleann Pipes, and Great Highland Bagpipes, appears on the CD compilation: Legends and Light v. 2 track 2