Robert Paterson’s recent accomplishments include winning the Utah Arts Festival Composition Competition, which included the premiere of his commissioned work “Hell’s Kitchen” for chamber sextet, the New York City semi-staged premiere of his one-act opera The Companion, co-presented by American Opera Projects, Ear Heart Music and the American Modern Ensemble and a newly commissioned work for flute and harp entitled “Pegasus” for the Aletheia Duo (IU alumnus Ann Yeung, harp, and Jonathan Keeble, flute). “Pegasus” was premiered at the World Harp Congress International Conference in Sydney, Australia, the American Harp Society’s National Harp Conference in New Orleans and at the National Flute Association’s Opening Gala Concert at their Annual Convention in Chicago. This summer he was also composer-in-residence at the Rocky Ridge Music Center, guest composer at Point Counterpoint and on faculty at the Atlantic Music Festival.
Patterson holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (BM), Indiana University (MM ‘01), and Cornell University (DMA). He lives in New York City with his wife, Victoria, and son, Dylan, and summers at the Rocky Ridge Music Center in Colorado where he is composer-in-residence.
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