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First name: Nathan
Last name: Shirley
Dates: 1981
Category: Doublebass
Nationality: American
Opus name: Dearest Night (2008)
Publisher: imslp
Peculiarities: http://imslp.org/wiki/Dearest_Night_(Shirley%2C_Nathan)
Information: Classical composer and pianist Nathan Shirley was born in 1981 on the celebrated birthday of Russian master Sergei Prokofiev. He was raised in North Carolina, the youngest son of an electrical engineer and a preschool teacher. Nathan Shirley has composed numerous works for children, and taught piano, including improvisation and composition to many students. In western North Carolina he has worked with hundreds of public school children, introducing them to classical and world music instruments, leading them in group percussion performance, teaching the science of sound, and exposing them to classical masterpieces through active listening. He has also developed a new method of group music education using inexpensive "Pipe Bells" which he designed. Working with children has helped shape his style and has developed in him a strong instinct for accessible and engaging music. He has written for independent film, animation, theater, and ballet, but composing for the concert hall is his true passion. He began accepting commissions for new work in 2005, and has since written for musicians around the world. Nathan Shirley lives in the Mountains of North Carolina with his wife and children. He works as a freelance composer, accepting commissions for new music, and he performs his compositions in the now rare composer-pianist tradition of Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, and so many others. He has a number of published works available through Orpheus Music and has a CD & DVD available along with most of his sheet music here at NathanShirley.org. Nathan Shirley is the current president of the Asheville Piano Forum. Web-site composer: http://www.nathanshirley.org/home/Bio/full-bio