(b. 1976, Plainfield, New Jersey).
American composer of mostly chamber and vocal works that have been performed in North America; he is also active as a pianist.
Mr. Schwartz studied composition with Margaret Brouwer and Donald Erb at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he earned his BMus in 1999, and with Marc Consoli and Justin Dello Joio at New York University, where he earned his MA in 2002. He also studied with Sydney Hodkinson and George Tsontakis at the Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado in 1998.
As a pianist, he regularly accompanies modern dance classes and performs with the new music ensemble Forecast Music, which he co-founded in 2002. He has since served as its composer-in-residence.
He has taught music theory at New York University since 2002.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL:
Emerald, string orchestra, 1996
Brouhaha!, 1997
Of or Pertaining..., small orchestra, 1998
The Witching Hour, 1998
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Clouds and Warfare, alto saxophone, 1994
String Quartet No. 1, 1994–95
Cathedral, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1995
Minimalist Funk Study No. 1, 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos, 1995, revised 1997
A Taoist Meditation, clarinet, cello, viola, 1996
Serenade, guitar, violin, double bass, piano, percussion, 1997
Piano Trio, violin, cello, piano, 1998
Furthur, viola, piano, 1999
American Pumpkin, clarinet, violin, piano, 2000
Platypus Feet, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 2000
Simply the Cats Pajamas, amplified cello, amplified piano, 2001
Snap, Crackle, flute, cello, piano, 2001
The Philostopher Speaks, flute, clarinet, French horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, 2001
Rock Star, clarinet, 2001
Zymurgy, electric guitar (with sampler pedal), 2001
Diabolus in Musica, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2002
Post, clarinet, piano, percussion, 2002
Dos Leches para el Hombre, 2 electric guitars, 2002
We the People, piano, percussion, 2002
Macabre, 3 percussion, 2003
SYmbiotic, French horn, percussion, 2003
The Haunted Palace (text by Edgar Allan Poe), speaker ad libitum, guitar, 2003
VOCAL:
Three Songs from James Joyce's 'Chamber Music' (text by James Joyce), soprano, piano, 1996
The Mental Traveller (text by William Blake), tenor, oboe, harp, cello, percussion, 1999
The Spirits of the Dead – A Gothic Monodrama (text by Edgar Allan Poe), baritone, piano, 2000
When old corruption first begun (text by William Blake), amplified high voice, piano, live electronics, 2002
PIANO:
Three Images, 1997
The Sixth Toe, 2002