Lansing McLoskey
Lansing McLoskey is an American composer of contemporary classical music and a winner of the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for Best Choral Performance for his work titled Zealot Canticles, as recorded by the ensemble The Crossing. McLoskey now serves as a Professor of Music at the Frost School of Music in Miami, Florida.
McLoskey has been commissioned by Guerilla Opera, The Copland House, Ensemberlino Vocale, the New Spectrum Foundation, Ensemble Berlin PianoPercussion, Passepartout Duo, the Boston Choral Ensemble, Kammerkoret NOVA, and oboist ToniMarie Marchioni.Education
McLoskey was born in Cupertino, California. He completed a Ph.D. at Harvard University and obtained additional degrees from UC Santa Barbara and the USC Thornton School of Music. He also studied at The Royal Danish Conservatory of Music. He has been under the tutelage of Mario Davidovsky, Stephen Hartke, Bernard Rands, and Donald Crockett.Discography
- Zealot Canticles, 2018
- Specific Gravity: Chamber Music by Lansing McLoskey, 2013
- The Unheard Music, 2013
- Citizens of Nowhere, 2013
- An American Dream/Prex Penitentialis 2011
- Metamorphosis, 2009
- Sixth Species, 2008
- Glisten, 2006
- Mormoniana, 2004
- Cornucopia, 2003
- Don't Panic! 60 Seconds for Piano, 2001
- Cultivated Choruses, 2000
Publications
McLoskey published a book titled Twentieth Century Danish Music which serves as a research guide on the topic. His research on the subject was awarded the Haug Prize for Scandinavian Studies.
