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Chamber and vocal music offer an overview of Paul Osterfield's music.

Composer Paul Osterfield was born in 1973. He composed and performed as a cellist throughout middle school and high school. He won first prize as a student in the U.S. Copyright Office and Library of Congress Young Creators' Contest and the work was subsequently performed by the Cleveland Orchestra. Since then, his compositions have received performances internationally and throughout the United States. He is on the faculty at Middle Tennessee State University. A graduate of Cornell, Indiana University and the Cleveland Institute of Music, Osterfield's primary composition teachers include Steven Stucky and Roberto Sierra. This first commercial recording of his music offers an overview of his chamber and vocal music.

Contents:

Paul Osterfield, composer
Divertimento
Todd Waldecker, clarinet, Don Aliquo, saxophone, Maya Stone, bassoon, Michael Arndt, trumpet, Sandra Arndt, piano, Tim Pearson, contrabass, Paul Osterfield, conductor

Paul Osterfield, composer
Songs of Love
H. Stephen Smith, tenor, Calbeb Harris, piano

Paul Osterfield, composer
Klee Abstractions
Deanna R. Little, flute, Todd Waldecker, clarinet, William Yelverton, guitar

Paul Osterfield, composer
Walt Whitman's America
H. Stephen Smith, tenor, James Douglass, piano

Paul Osterfield, composer
Rocky Streams
Deanna R. Little, flute, Dewayne Pigg, oboe, Todd Waldecker, clarinet, Don Aliquo, saxophone, Michael Arndt, trumpet, David Loucky, trombone, Paul Osterfield, conductor

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