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Coe
Magazine
April 2006
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from the Old Testament, which the ETCC premiered in 2002.
He also wrote “Three Songs From a Child’s Garden of Verses,”
based on the work of Robert Louis Stevenson, which the ETCC
premiered in 2003.
“There is nothing more rewarding to a composer than to
be able to collaborate with dedicated and appreciative fellow
musicians,” Coe said. “These amazingly gifted and hardworking young people, led by the dynamic and gifted Beth
Perkinson McCoy, have brought great pleasure to this region
by their exciting performances of a broad range of choral
literature. But to a living composer, they have also brought
challenge and encouragement to my continued creative
output.”
About the Composer
Coe began his musical training at the Cadek Conservatory
in Chattanooga and holds a degree in music from Yale
University. He worked privately for three years at the Paris
Conservatory of Music, as well as the Fontainebleau School.
Coe has composed several acclaimed works and has had his
work performed, or commissioned, by numerous acclaimed
operatic groups and orchestras around the world.
Coe studied with Paul Hindemith and Nadia Boulanger. He
is the first American to have an opera, South, from the play
by Julien Green, produced by the Paris Opera. His opera Rachel
was produced in Nashville and Knoxville by the Knoxville Opera.
His opera La Grand Siecle, on a text of Ionesco, was produced
by the Opera of Nantes.
He writes in almost every format: orchestral, choral and
chamber music. He wrote the score for Universal’s Birds in
Peru, starring Jean Seberg and directed by Romain Gary. He
has written the scores for all of the James Agee Film Project
documentaries including Agee, which was nominated for an
Academy Award. His work has been performed by major
symphony orchestras, including the Chicago and Baton Rouge
symphonies. His suite for jazz trio and symphony, Purcellular, was commissioned by the City
of London-Westminster for the Purcell Tercentenary. After living a number of years in Paris
and New York, he now resides in his native Tennessee.
W E L L M O N T
H E A L T H
Kenton Coe, right, works with members of the Milligan College Orchestra
prior to the world premiere of his composition Genesis.
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