Award-winning Music Composer & Orchestrator

Nan Avant

2023 Global Music Award!

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The Global Music Awards 2023

I am honored to announce that I have received  Global Music Award~ Silver Medal from the  for my orchestral work, Sirens of the Salish Sea 1. Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra  recorded by The London Symphony Orchestra on  Navona Records, PARMA recording label which appears on the album Symphonic Chronicles V.1 released April 28, 2023.
The Global Music Awards was “established in 2011, by Thomas Eugene Baker, Ph.D., the Global Music Awards is a well-known international music competition which celebrates independent musicians. Global Music Awards is widely recognized by industry insiders as giving legitimacy to highly talented artists. ‘Global Music Awards is recognized as music’s golden seal of approval.
"...the evocative Sirens of the Salish Sea, are truly inspired and capable of 
imprinting clear images and sensations in our mind." ... Read more

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

2023 Radio Airplay~ Sirens of the Salish Sea!

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~SOTSS!~ Spotify and Radio Airplay

I am so excited that this  new release aired on Spotify’s Classical New Releases and ASCAP New Releases the first week of our album release along with several Radio shows that showcase Classical Music.

Radio airplay continues to be revealed and these are a few that I am sharing.

 

 

Many thanks to the generous airplay from Marvin Rosen’s ” Classical Discoveries” Princeton Radio, Liz Clark ( who interviewed me last year on her radio program)  Celtic Music Radio, Travels With Auntie Liz in Glasgow, Scotland and Alley Stoughton’s ” Not Brahms and Liszt” program, MIT, Cambridge Radio WMBR.

MIT Cambridge MA. Radio aired Sirens of the Salish Sea 1. Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra Thank you!

@wmbr Not Brahms and Liszt with Alley Stoughton  Classical music of the 20th and 21st centuries, from Reich to Nyman to Wolfe to Higdon and onward.

Alley Stoughton’s episode of “Not Brahms and Liszt” aired  Monday July 10 2023 from  4:00 to 5:30 pm ET on WMBR 88.1 FM Orchestral music by Nan Avant, Samuel Barber, Stanley Grill and Edward Hart 

Listen: wmbr.org

Celtic Music Radio program TWAL aired Sirens  in Glasgow June 23, 2023. Listen at 22:28 on the link below to hear SOTSS from the album Symphonic Chronicles v1. Thank you Liz!

Marvin Rosen Classical Discoveries! On The Air @WPRB -103.3 FM Princeton NJ wprb.com weekly Classical Discoveries

Sirens aired Thank you Marvin for including SOTSS on your program! Listen @ link below

 

New Review by Italian Publication~Symphonic Chronicles V.1 6.26.23

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"...the evocative Sirens of the Salish Sea, are truly inspired and capable of 
imprinting clear images and sensations in our mind." ...
"Navona Records releases an interesting CD of contemporary
symphonic music that collects truly captivating evocative
and descriptive pieces. Compositions that show how contemporary
symphonic music still has a lot to say despite using tonal and 
not necessarily experimental or cerebral and abstruse languages.
Songs like Desert Storm, energetic and powerful, or the evocative
Sirens of the Salish Sea, are truly inspired and capable of 
imprinting clear images and sensations in our mind. The Piano 
Concerto and the Jazz Fantasy, on the other hand, wink at the 
Gershwinian blues and jazz styles. Deborah Kavasch, Steve Law, 
John Wineglass, Barbara Jazwinski, Nan Avant, Simon Andrews, are the excellent authors of these pieces, well performed and 
recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Miran Vaupotić and by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by David Watkin. An impressive CD for 
lovers of descriptive and evocative contemporary classical music." Luciano Feliciani Kathodic Webzine

Thank you Kathodic Webzine and author luciano Feliciani for this wonderful review of our CD! 
Original review in Italian, translated with Google Translate.
Pubblicato il da Luciano Feliciani




 


Review by Sonograma Mag. May 29, 2023


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“.in the symphonic work Sirens of the Salish Sea: I. Soundness of the Sea (‘Sirenes del mar dels Salish: I. La solidesa del mar’), for violin and orchestra, the composer Nan Avant — about whom we have published a magnificent article— seeks to reflect the most difficult moments of the year 2020 through music and the essence of the sea. In love with natural landscapes, Avant exhibits her symphonic lyricism reaching grandeur and emotion, two qualities of her music.”


Carme Miró, Sonograma Magazine


May 29, 2023


 


 


 


I am so thankful for this outstanding review of our latest album, Symphonic Chronicles V.1. The original language is in Catalan and I used Google translate.


Títol: Symphonic Chronicles Vol. 1

Autors: Deborah Kavasch, Steve Law, John Wineglass, Barbara Jazwinski, Nan Avant, Simon Andrews

Intèrprets: Joseph Havlat, piano; Yumi Hwang-Williams, violí

London Symphony Orchestra

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Direcció: Miran Vaupotić, David Watkin

Segell discogràfic: Navona Records


Complete Review of Symphonic Chronicles v.1






















“The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miran Vaupotić, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by David Watkin, have come together and combined experiences to perform this new album, the first volume of the Symphonic Chronicles (‘Chronicles symphonic’), with works by contemporary composers of a wide variety of styles according to origin and influences. A good example of this is Steve Law’s Piano Concerto, which is inspired by Gershwin, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev, and at the same time conveys influences from jazz, pop and minimalism. In this sense, the Australian pianist Joseph Havlat reinforces these thematic connections, of great lyricism, and accentuates the rhythmic intensity of the jazz elements.

Desert Storm, by Deborah Kavasch, a composer specializing in extended vocal techniques, is a martial work (heavy on brass and percussion) written to celebrate the American victory in the war’s Operation Desert Storm of the Persian Gulf.

John Wineglass composed #elijah for solo violin and orchestra, a piece to honor a young African-American violinist who died in a violent confrontation with police in 2019. Yumi Hwang’s violin solos- Williams unfold in the middle of intense percussion that dramatizes the two movements, entitled “Tragic Innocence” and “Transcendence”.

Fantasy on Jazz (‘Fantasia en jazz’), by the composer Barbara Jazwinski, is a tribute to the music of New Orleans and the clarinet, which unfolds very wide and free melodic solos.


On the other hand, in the symphonic work Sirens of the Salish Sea: I. Soundness of the Sea (‘Sirenes del mar dels Salish: I. La solidesa del mar’), for violin and orchestra, the composer Nan Avant — about whom we have published a magnificent article— seeks to reflect the most difficult moments of the year 2020 through music and the essence of the sea. In love with natural landscapes, Avant exhibits her symphonic lyricism reaching grandeur and emotion, two qualities of her music.


The album ends with the “Interlude no. 3″ from the opera The Scars on his Back (‘The Scars on his Back’), by Simon Andrews, dedicated to the revolt that took place in Santa Fe in 1680 under the leadership of a legendary fighter named Po’ pay, who managed to bring down Spanish rule in New Mexico for twelve years. This interlude is notable for a large percussion section and complex textures for full orchestra.

The first volume of Symphonic Chronicles integrates all six compositions from a plural and organic perspective.”




Carme Miró, Sonograma Magazine


Here is the original review in Catalan. Symphonic Chronicles V.1























































































Symphonic Chronicles: Digital Release: London Symphony Orchestra


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SYMPHONIC CHRONICLES: Digital Release Now Available


London Symphony Orchestra” ‘Soundness of the Sea‘ is composed for violin solo and orchestra and represents story telling about the essence of nature. The form is clear, orchestration is really pure, not massive, like holding the feather in your palms and that feather goes with the wind and flies above the sea.” Miran Vaupotić conductor.


Sirens of the Salish Sea Orchestral Suite~ movement #1. Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra performed by the London Symphony Orchestra appears on the album Symphonic Chronicles with 5 international composers. Listen to the album on


Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and all digital platforms.




SYMPHONIC CHRONICLES: Release date 4.28.23




1.Deborah Kavasch~Desert Storm

2. Steve Law~Piano Concerto

3. John Wineglass~#elijah for Solo Violin and Orchestra

4. Barbara Jazwinski ~Fantasy on Jazz

5. Nan Avant~Sirens of the Salish Sea: I. Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra ( The American Prize~Finalist 2022)

6. Simon Andrews~Interlude No. 3 from “The Scars On His Back”


London Symphony Orchestra | Miran Vaupotić conductor

Royal Scottish National Orchestra | David Watkin conductor




Navona Records Link for listening to the complete works of Symphonic Chronicles Album.




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London Symphony Orchestra~ Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra 04.28.23


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” ‘Soundness of the Sea’ is composed for violin solo and orchestra and represents story telling about the essence of nature. The form is clear, orchestration is really pure, not massive, like holding the feather in your palms and that feather goes with the wind and flies above the sea.” Miran Vaupotić conductor.


Sirens of the Salish Sea Orchestral Suite~ movement #1. Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra performed by the London Symphony Orchestra




SYMPHONIC CHRONICLES: Release date 4.28.23


Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra from the Orchestral Suite, Sirens of the Salish Sea, appears on this amazing album with 5 international composers.




1.Deborah Kavasch~Desert Storm

2. Steve Law~Piano Concerto

3. John Wineglass~#elijah for Solo Violin and Orchestra

4. Barbara Jazwinski ~Fantasy on Jazz

5. Nan Avant~Sirens of the Salish Sea: I. Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra ( The American Prize~Finalist 2022)

6. Simon Andrews~Interlude No. 3 from “The Scars On His Back”


London Symphony Orchestra | Miran Vaupotić conductor

Royal Scottish National Orchestra | David Watkin conductor




Navona Records Link for listening to the complete works of Symphonic Chronicles Album. All links on Navona Records will become active 4.28.23




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CLOUZINE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC AWARD 2023


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I am honored to share with you that Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Orchestra, performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with Lorne MacDougall on  Scottish Pipes and Ryan Murphy on Irish Pipes has received another accolade! This time from the International Music Competition, Clouzine based in London, UK. Many thanks to Clouzine for the recognition and award to Tributum!  I was also interviewed for their online publication, Clouzine Magazine which showcases an eclectic array of music composers and musicians. The link will take you to an ” interactive magazine” where you can read the entire magazine. Tributum  also  aired on the Clouzine Radio M-XCLOUD online


 






Click on the Clouzine Magazine image below and read the ” interactive magazine”


Scroll to Page 6 to read Nan’s interview.


 




CLOUZINE RADIO– Tributum  @30:59  listen to the March of Tributum performed by Lorne MacDougall on Great Highland Bagpipes.




 


 


 


TRIBUTUM~SEMIFINALIST IN THE AMERICAN PRIZE 2023!


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Great News! Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Orchestra recorded by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra 2022 release, has been selected as a semi-finalist in the 2023 The American Prize  in Composition, Pop/Light Music Division.


The American Prize will be announcing finalists in my division soon. You can learn more about this prestigious national competition here: www.theamericanprize.org or follow the news on The American Prize Facebook page.


Tributum appears on the album, Legends and Light v. 2  


Release Date : April 28, 2023-SYMPHONIC CHRONICLES V1


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SYMPHONIC CHRONICLES VI Release Date:April 28,2023


I’m excited to share this upcoming CD release on Navona Records with 6 international composers. My piece is titled-Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra performed by The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by ⁦Miran Vaupotić

⁩ Listening links to digital platforms and video coming soon!