b. 1949
Curtis Bryant
Curtis Bryant is a composer of instrumental music and opera as well as vocal music.
Photo: Curtis Bryant, CurtisBryantmusic.com
Audio
“For Everything That Lives is Holy” (from “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”)
Peter Harrower (bass-baritone) & Cary Lewis (piano)2:49
“Let the Priests” (from “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”)
Peter Harrower (bass-baritone) & Cary Lewis (piano)2:24
“Oracles of Lefts and Rights” (from “The Laughing Monkeys of Gravity”)
Arietha Lockhart (soprano), Kelly Via (flute), Monty Cole (saxophone), Giselle Hillyer (violin), Barbara Altman (cello), Brian Nozny (percussion) & Roger McVey (piano)4:16
“The Argument” (from “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”)
Peter Harrower (bass-baritone) & Cary Lewis (piano)3:23
“This is Jack” (from “Letters from Jack”)
Cheryl Boyd-Waddell (soprano), Paul Brittan (flute/piccolo),Ted Gurch (clarinet/alto saxophone), Peggy Benkesser (percussion), Craig Hultgren (cello) & Laura Gordy (piano)4:05
About
Bryant, an Atlanta native, is comfortable composing in a wide variety of styles and mediums. His song cycle The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1983) sets the text of William Blake for baritone and piano. Another cycle, Letters From Jack (1994), sets Bryant’s own text, this time for soprano and chamber ensemble.
Bryant’s 2003 cycle, The Laughing Monkeys of Gravity, features the poems of Stephen Bluestone. In the words of Bryant, “The poems are studies on the great comedians of early film, including Laurel and Hardy, Lou Costello, The Three Stooges, and Charles Chaplin.”
For more detailed information about Curtis Bryant, please visit Curtis Bryant’s personal website.
–Christie Finn
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