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Adam Gorb
Biography
Adam Gorb (born 1958 in Cardiff, Wales) is a British composer and educator who stated composing at the age of ten. At fifteen he wrote a set of piano pieces – A Pianist’s Alphabet –of which a selection was performed on BBC Radio 3. In 1977 he went to Cambridge University to study music, where his teachers included Hugh Wood and Robin Holloway. After graduating in 1980 he divided his time between composition and working as a musician in the theatre. In 1987 he started studying privately with Paul Patterson, and then, from 1991 at the Royal Academy of Music where he gained a MMus degree and graduated with the highest honours, including the Principal’s Prize in 1993.
Adam Gorb is currently Head of School of Composition and Contemporary Music at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
Works for Winds
- Adrenaline City (2006)
- African Samba
- Ascent (1996 / 2004)
- Awayday (1996)
- Bermuda Triangle (1994)
- Bridgewater Breeze (1996)
- Candlelight Procession
- Concerto for Euphonium (1997)
- Dances from Crete (2003)
- Downtown Diversions (2001)
- Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusik
- Elements (1998)
- Farewell
- French Dances Revisited (2004)
- Little Salsa Music, A
- Little Tango Music, A
- Metropolis (1992)
- Midnight in Buenos Aires (2007)
- Parade of the Wooden Warriors
- Repercussions (2011)
- Scenes from an English Landscape
- Scenes from Bruegel (1994)
- Symphony No. 1 in C (2000)
- Three Way Suite
- Towards Nirvana (2002)
- Yiddish Dances (1997)
References
- Adam Gorb - Official Website
- Berz, William. The British Are Coming Rutgers Music Education Newsletter (Spring 2001).
- Reynish, Timothy. Adam Gorb
- Salzman, Timothy, editor. (2012) A Composer's Insight. Volume 5. Galesville, Md.: Meredith Music Publications. pp. 85–116.
