{{Short description|American composer}} '''Julia Adolphe''' (born May 16, 1988 in New York City) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. Her works include choral, orchestral, operatic, chamber and art song pieces.
Her initial mainstream recognition was in November 2016 at the New York premiere of her viola concerto ''Unearth, Release'', which was co-commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and the League of American Orchestras. Adolphe has a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University and a Master of Music degree in music composition from USC and is pursuing her doctoral degree from the USC Thornton School of Music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/19/arts/music/new-york-philharmonics-next-leader-gives-a-taste-of-things-to-come.html|title=New York Philharmonic's Next Leader Gives a Taste of Things to Come|last=Tommasini|first=Anthony|authorlink=Anthony Tommasini|date=November 18, 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=September 12, 2017}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.americancomposers.org/2014/04/23/julia-adolphe/|title=Julia Adolphe {{!}} American Composers Orchestra|website=www.americancomposers.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-14}}</ref>
She is the niece of composer Bruce Adolphe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greensboro.com/go_triad/composer-violist-to-premiere-new-concerto-at-emf/article_655b5e63-3c79-54ff-841e-dba9ec00a640.html|title=Composer, violist to premiere new concerto at EMF|first=Dawn|last=DeCwikiel-Kane|date=14 July 2016 |publisher=|accessdate=9 November 2018}}</ref>
== Awards, prizes and grants == {| class="wikitable" |+ !List of Awards<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://classicalvoiceamerica.org/event/cincinnati-julia-adolphe-equinox-premiere/|title=Cincinnati: Julia Adolphe ''Equinox'' premiere|access-date=2018-03-14|language=en-US}}</ref> |- |Morton Gould Young Composer Award |- |Theodore Front Prize |- |Jimmy McHugh Composition Prize |- |John James Blackmore Prize |- |John S. Knight Prize |- |American Composers Forum Grant |- |New Music USA Grant |- |Sam Spiegel Foundation Grant |- |Anna Sosenko Assist Trust Grant |- |Puffin Foundation Grant |}
==List of compositions==
=== Opera === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title |- |2012 |''Sylvia'' |- |In Progress |''A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears'' |}
=== Orchestral === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title |- |2014 |''Dark Sand, Sifting Light'' for orchestra |- |2016 |''Unearth, Release'' for viola and orchestra |- |2017 |''Shiver and Bloom'' for chamber orchestra |- |2017 |''White Stone'' for orchestra |}
=== Choral === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title |- |2016 |''Sea Dream Elegies'' for SATB chorus, oboe/English horn, and cello |- |2016 |''Whispers of Jasmine'' for SATB chorus |- |2017 |''Equinox'' for SATB chorus |}
=== Chamber === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title |- |2009 |''White Flag'' for solo cello |- |2010 |''Between the Accidental'' for string quartet |- |2011 |''I Felt a Cleaving'' for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, bass clarinet, and piano |- |2013 |''Wordless Creatures'' for flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, percussion, harp, piano, violin, cello, and double bass |- |2014 |''Nine Lives'' for flute/alto flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, and cello |- |2014 |''Veil of Leaves'' for string quartet |- |2016 |''Footsteps'' for soprano, harp, viola, and Persian daf |- |2016 |''Moonlight Trio'' for soprano, two mezzo-sopranos, flute/alto flute, cello, and piano |}
=== Art song === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title |- |2008 |''If Only She'' for mezzo-soprano and piano |- |2009 |''I Wish it Were T. S. Eliot'' for tenor and piano |- |2012 |''Noon, Not a Sound'' for mezzo-soprano and piano |- |2012 |''To Dissolve'' for tenor and piano |- |2015 |''Footsteps'' for soprano and piano |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://juliaadolphe.com/ Official website]
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