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  • Comment: I don't think there is enough information in the current sources to write a decent article. Some only mention Mr. Honstein's songs without elaboration on who Mr. Honstein is himself. The limited biographical information present in [1][2] only provide surface level facts. Ca talk to me! 13:16, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Robert Honstein
Birth nameRobert Honstein
GenresContemporary classical, experimental music
Occupation(s)Composer, educator
Years active2005–present
Websitewww.roberthonstein.com

Robert Honstein (b.1980) is an American composer based in Irvington, New York.[1]

Biography

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After attending Yale University for his bachelor's degree in music, Honstein completed a master degree from The University of Texas at Austin before returning to The Yale School of Music to complete a Doctor of Musical Arts in 2014.[2]. While in Texas, Honstein founded Fast Forward Austin, a new music series and later formed the composers’ collective Sleeping Giant which was comprised of Christopher Cerrone, Andrew Norman, Timo Andres, Ted Hearne, and Jacob Cooper.[3]. A composer of orchestra works, percussion music chamber music, and vocal music, he is Program Director and Faculty of Concert Music Composition at NYU, Steinhardt.[4] https://www.dancelog.nyc/the-moment-was-accidental/ Honstein has received commissions from the Albany Symphony, eighth blackbird[5], BalletCollective[6], Mivos Quartet, No Exit New Music, Arx Duo, Hub New Music, New Morse Code, and percussionists Michael Burritt, Michael Compitello, and Doug Perkins.

His debut album RE:you was released by New Focus Recordings and was featured on New Music USA.[7] NPR listed his composition "Conduit II. Pulse" from Eighth Blackbird’s Hand Eye album on their list of top 100 songs of 2016.[8] His original film score for The Real Charlie Chaplin was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy in 2023.[9] He was the recipient of the 2023 Andrew Imbrie Award in Music, presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.[10]

Select Works

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Orchestra

  • Juvenalia (2019) for solo percussion and orchestra[11]
  • Rise (2014) for orchestra
  • Night Scenes from the Ospedale (2011)[12]

Chamber Music

  • Love Me While I'm Here (2023), a ballet for seven instruments
  • Continuous Interior (2022) for vibraphone and string quartet
  • Evergreen (2020) for percussion duo[13]
  • Soul House (2017) for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello
  • Down Down Baby (2016) for percussion duo or percussion quartet
  • The Great Marsh (2016) for string quartet
  • Conduit (2014) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
  • Arctic (2013) for string quartet
  • We Choose to Go to the Moon (2011) for soprano and cello or viola
  • Patter (2009) for violin, cello, and percussion (Versions for piano and marimba OR version for marimba trio)

Solo Works

  • Lost and Found (2018) for prepared marimba
  • Middle Ground (2016) for violin and live processing
  • Hymning (2016) for solo marimba
  • An Economy of Means (2016) for prepared vibraphone[14]
  • Orison (2015) for cello and electronics

Discography

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  • The Real Charlie Chaplin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2023) - [Up in the Attic Records]
  • Lost and Found (2023), featuring New Morse Code, Michael Compitello, and Tigue - [New Focus Recordings][15]
  • Middle Ground (2021), featuring Kate Stenberg - [ Other Minds (organization) ]
  • Soul House (2020), featuring Hub New Music - [ New Amsterdam Records ]
  • An Economy of Means (2018), featuring Doug Perkins and Karl Larson - [New Focus Recordings][14]
  • Night Scenes from the Ospedale (2015), featuring the Sebastians - [Soundspells Productions]
  • RE:you (2014) - [New Focus Recordings]

Awards and nominations

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American Academy of Arts and Letters

  • 2023 Music Award Winners: Awarded the Andrew Imbrie Award in Music[16]

News and Documentary Emmy Awards

References

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  1. ^ "About". 2018-04-01. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  2. ^ "Alumni News May 2023". Yale School of Music. Yale University. May 15, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  3. ^ "Sleeping Giant Composers Collection receives Music Alive residency". Yale School of Music. Yale University. June 14, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  4. ^ "Robert Honstein Composition (Concert Music), Program Director – Citation". steinhardt.nyu.edu.
  5. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (14 January 2016). "Sleeping Giant's 'Hand Eye' to Have New York Premiere by Eighth Blackbird". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "The Moment was Accidental". dancelog.nyc. December 25, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  7. ^ "Robert Honstein: Oblique Strategies". New Music USA. August 20, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  8. ^ "Top 100 Songs of 2016 – Citation". npr.org.
  9. ^ "43rd News and Documentary Emmy Nominations". theemmys.tv. 28 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Andrew Imbrie Award in Music – Citation". artsandletters.org.
  11. ^ "Albany Symphony Premieres Juvenalia – Citation". wamc.org. 7 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Vivaldi After Dark: The Sebastians Night Scenes from the Ospedale – Citation". icareifyoulisten.com. 11 February 2015.
  13. ^ "Ambient Resonances by Arx Duo, Featuring Evergreen – Citation". originarts.com. 20 January 2023.
  14. ^ a b "A Vibraphone Workout With A Tinfoil Twist – Citation". npr.org.
  15. ^ "2023 Music Award Winners Press Release". 28 February 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  16. ^ "News and Documentary Emmy Awards Nomination Announced". 28 July 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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