Daniel Sonenberg (born 1970)[1] is an American composer and performer.
Sonenberg was born in Manhattan, New York in 1970, and moved to Maine in 2004.[2] As a composer, he is best known for his opera The Summer King.[3][4] His work Baseball Songs won the Robert Starer Competition Prize.[1] He composed First Light: A Fanfare for Maine for performance by the Portland Symphony Orchestra at the Maine bicentennial celebrations.[5][6]
Sonenberg is a member of a rock band, Lovers of Fiction,[7] and has also released a solo album, Peaks Island Ferry.[3] He is a professor at the University of Southern Maine.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Daniel Sonenberg, Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music, retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Allan Kozinn (April 2017). King of Diamonds, Opera News.
- ^ a b c Daniel Sonenberg, University of Southern Maine, retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Rob Sneddon. Ball Canto, Down East, retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Rob Caldwell (9 March 2020). Capturing the sound of 200 years of Maine, News Center Maine.
- ^ Bob Keyes (1 March 2020). Composers celebrate bicentennial by putting music to our years, Portland Press Herald.
- ^ Chris Busby (8 August 2013). Lovers of Fiction, The Bollard.
Further reading
edit- Ben Meiklejohn (12 March 2007). "In the right field", The Boston Phoenix.
External links
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