MINIMUM SECURITY COMPOSER/CO-DIRECTOR
ROSHANNE ETEZADY

EMAIL: [roshanne at minimumsecurity dot org]

Hailed by critics as ìa promising and confident composer,î* Roshanne Etezady is emerging as one of the most dynamic musical voices of her generation. Her music ranges from clever and colorful to sublimely subdued; it combines lyricism with rhythmic intensity and engages performers and audiences alike.

Etezady's works have been commissioned by the Albany Symphony, Dartmouth Symphony, eighth blackbird, RÍlache, and the Boston Intercollegiate Trombone Ensemble. She has been a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Performers and ensembles including Robert Van Sice, Amadinda Percussion Ensemble, Ensemble De Ereprijs, and the Dogs of Desire have performed Etezadyís music throughout the United States and Europe.

In 1999, Etezady was awarded a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Since then, her accomplishments have earned recognition from several institutions and organizations, including the Jacob K. Javits Foundation, Meet the Composer, and ASCAP.

Etezady holds academic degrees from Northwestern University and Yale University, and she has worked intensively with numerous composers, including Ned Rorem, Martin Bresnick, William Bolcom, and Michael Daugherty. She currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she is completing her doctorate at the University of Michigan.

*Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press