Accolades for Carol Worthey's Music
| "How you were able to compose that piece when you only had one year of harmony at the time absolutely amazed me! The work is advanced." | ||
| Darius Milhaud Famed French Composer and Mentor, Aspen Music Festival |
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| "You think like a composer." | ||
| Vincent Persichetti Renowned American Composer & Head of Juilliard's Composition Department |
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| "Someday I will be known above all for being Carol Worthey's teacher!" | ||
| Eddy Lawrence Manson Academy-Award-winning Filmscorer, "The Little Fugitive" |
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| "Carol, you are a very gifted composer and your music really communicates." | ||
| Chick Corea Legendary, Multi-Grammy-Award-Winning Jazz Pianist & Composer |
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| "Nocturne (Decision) is effective and pianistic. I enjoyed playing it through!" | ||
| Leonard Bernstein Legendary Conductor, Composer, Educator & Pianist |
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| "Everyone in the class knows by now how to arrange, but there are only three real writers [i.e., composers] in the class. You are one of them. I believe you will make it bigtime!" | ||
| Dick Grove Famous Arranger & Jazz Educator, Founder of Grove School of Music |
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| "Great choral writing, Carol. Voices Golden on The Silver Wind is gorgeous, really gorgeous and very well-crafted!" | ||
| Deuane Kuenzi World-renowned Music Director of Gloriana recently returned from conducting The Cambridge Singers |
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| "Prelude (Before Time) is very evocative. I like the way you've used splashes of higher harmonics to give freshness and color to the piece." | ||
| Otto Luening Head of Composition Department, Columbia University, Pioneer in the development of Electronic Music |
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| "Elegy is a major work, Carol! You are at the height of your powers, but not the summit. The piece overflows with lyricism, drama, passion, and beauty! It is a gift for both performers and listeners. You gave the soloist much to express, at one time pointing the way even as you allow freedom for deeply personal interpretation. Cellists and musicians will be drawn to such a rich work." | ||
| Brad Keimach Conductor, Protégé of Leonard Bernstein & Graduate of Juilliard |
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| "One of the keynotes of [Elegy's] power to move listeners is its clarity. I could hear it all with a simplicity (yet richness of sonority) and a power rare in contemporary music. You are possessed of a warm spirit and talent in extremis." | ||
| Dr. Ian Hall Assistant Organist, St. Martin-in-The-Fields & Humanitarian |
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| "Powerful and deeply moving. Rich in emotion and imagery, the piece [Elegy] and performance are permanently woven into the fabric and soul of everyone present." | ||
| Dr. Luther S. Luedtke President, California Lutheran University |
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| "Carol Worthey's dazzling transcription of 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' conjures up a smile but requires a challenging listen. Carol deftly compliments the Motown hit by embellishing its famous theme with enriched harmonies and surprising textures. She's taken a popular melody and put it in concert attire--a jewel of an encore!" | ||
| Dr. Ruth Ann Galatas Concert Pianist, Recording Artist ("Grapevine" was commissioned and world premiered by Dr. Galatas) |
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| "You are a master musician and artist and are changing the aesthetic wave of this planet very markedly." | ||
| David Pomeranz Award-winning Composer/Lyricist of Musicals, Triple Platinum Songwriter, Master Performer |
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| "In her Elegy, Carol Worthey presents us with a cathartic view of the events of September 11th, 2001. She digs deep, going to a very private place inside her (and us) while invoking the sadness, confusion, and gravitas of the attacks and the lives touched by them. Most of all, though, she infuses a sense of hope, describing the human condition as one that will renew, continuing to live and love. We all thank Carol for this truly inspiring work." | ||
| Marc Williams Conductor, Orchestre de Sciences-Po, Paris; Principal Conductor, Second Instrumental Unit, New York; Associate Conductor, Spoleto Festival USA; student-protege of Conductor/Composer Pierre Boulez |
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| "Incredibly sensitive portraiture through music... paintings in sound... gorgeous." | ||
| Marie Brown Curea President, Los Angeles Chapter, Mu Phi Epsilon |
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| "Your music is extraordinary - touching, powerful, eloquent on so many levels. I'm in awe of your ability to create this wordless poetry. Music seems to me the highest of all the arts, and your gift is a gift to the whole world." | ||
| Judith Searle Poet, Writer |
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| "Carol's music has authenticity in it--it doesn't sound like she stopped somewhere and said, 'Now what do I do?' it comes from source, from her." | ||
| Dawn Weiss Principal Flutist, Oregon Symphony www.dawnweiss.com |
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| "You are a riot of poppies on the hillside, exploding with color and light." | ||
| Lois P. Jones Award-winning Poet & Anthologist lois-p-jones.html |
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