Robert Pollock received a B. A. in Music from Swarthmore College, and
M.F.A. in Musical Composition from Princeton University. He is founder
and director emeritus of the Composers Guild of New Jersey, and now a
full time resident of Maui. He has organized over 300 new music concerts
and, as pianist, he has premiered over 100 compositions by composers from
around the world. He founded Ebb & Flow Arts on Maui in 1999.
Pollock continues to explore international networking for the Composers
Guild, as well as participate in educational programming on Maui. He recently
performed solo piano recitals in Moscow, Russia, Honolulu, Hawai’i,
Seoul, Korea, and Tokyo, Japan. In November, 1998, he participated as
composer-in-residence in the Festival for New American Music, Sacramento
State University. Some of his nearly eighty (80) compositions received
recent performances in Israel, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Honolulu,
Italy, Poland, Germany and New York.
He has received numerous commissions and awards including Guggenheim
Fellowship, NEA Grant Fellowship, several New Jersey State Fellowships
and Composers String Quartet Award, first prize. Several of his works
are recorded for CRI, Furious Artisan, CRI and CGNJ labels, and several
works published by Mobart, E.C. Schirmer, Veritas Musicae and Rosalime
Productions.
Recent works and performances:
Yet Another Small Song (2008 - 2' )
Log A Rhythms, Volume 5 (2008 - 11’) for piano
Trio # 7 "Vanishing Boundaries" (2008 - 12’) for clarinet, ‘cello and piano
Romance-Fantasy (2007 - 10’) for guitar and piano
Mana Loa Quartet (2006 - 12’), for clarinet, violin, ‘cello and piano, premiered at MACC, 11/30/06
Incidental music for “Thief of Fire Waters of Life” (2006 - 45’) (with E&FA multi media group)
Interplay for two cellos (2006 - 7’)
Organic laughter for organ (2005 - 3’)
Mana for ‘cello and piano (2005 - 9’) premiered at Makawao Union Church, Feb 2006
Modalities of Beauty for contrabass solo (2005 - 8’)
Incidental music for “Thief of Fire” (2005 -20’), 6/17/05, Seabury Hall (with E&FA multi media group)
Three for six for piano, six hands (2005 -2’)
Remembrance of Miracles (on the poetry of E. E. Cummings) (2005 - 11’) premiered 3/17/05, Maui/MACC
Music for Yellow Sound (2004 - 40’) (with E&FA multi media group)
Fable (Emerson) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, two guitars (2004 - 4 minutes)
Trio # 6 “’Uhane” for flute, clarinet and vibraphone (2004 - 5 minutes)
Vibiano for vibraphone and piano (2003 - 6 minutes)
Trio # 5 for clarinet, violin and piano (2003 - 10 minutes)
Log A Rhythms, vol. 4 for piano (2003 - 11 minutes)
Aloha prelude for cello and piano (2003 - 2 minutes)
88 for piano (2003 - 1 minute)
Sounds for musicians, paintings, dance and lighting (2003 - 30 minutes)
Mountain, part 2 for chamber orchestra (2002 - 8 minutes)
Feeling Great for double bass and piano ( 2002 - 7 minutes) premiered March 25, 2002
Maluhia for organ and piano (2002 - 2 minutes) premiered September 7, 2002 (Studio Maluhia)
Science for narrator, timpani and piano (2002 - 7 minutes) premiered November 23, 2002 (MACC Castle)
Anniversary Piece for piano (2001 - 9 minutes) premiered November 25, 2001 (Kula, Maui)
Duo for 2 guitars (2001 - 9 minutes)
Trio #4 for violin, ‘cello and piano (2001 - 8 minutes)
For Gerald and Dottee, solo piano (2001 - 10 minutes)
Duo tonic for flute and guitar (2001 - 3 minutes)
Dimensions of Note for piano, digital animation (2001 - 4 minutes)
Metaphor for Metamorphosis for oboes and pf, color harp (2000 - 9 minutes)
Three studies, pf and color harp (2000 - 6 minutes)
Elements for percussion quartet (2000 - 18 minutes)
An Other Small Song (Menashe) for baritone and vibraphone (1999 - 2 minutes)
Ballad for ‘cello and guitar (1999 - 7 minutes)
Chamber Setting No.3 for piano, dancer, poet, and visual coordinator
- based on Tarot (1999- 40 minutes)
Sit Down, Stand Up for solo percussion (1998 - 15 minutes) Premiered 3/4/99, William Paterson University (WPU), 5/17/99, SUNY at
Stony Brook, Paul Carroll
Metaphor for Vibraphone (1998 - 7 minutes) Premiered 3/4/99, WPU, Peter Jarvis
Song Without Words for oboe, chorus (SATB) with percussion (1998 - 5
minutes)
Log A Rhythms, Volume 3 for piano (1998- 10 minutes) Premiered 11/20/98, Hawaii Public Radio, 11/23/98, Seoul, composer
