Grant Colburn
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Grant Colburn (born in Wisconsin in 1966) is an American composer, pianist and harpsichordist.[1] He studied harpsichord with Igor Kipnis and composition with Irwin Sonenfield. He is also a film composer. [2]
He is the author of six published collections of neo-baroque and neo-Renaissance harpsichord music, including two volumes of Twelve Carols of Christmas as Lessons for Harpsichord or Organ and Six Voluntaries for the Organ or Harpsichord. He has also composed two concertos for harpsichord and strings, a concerto for recorder and strings, ensemble music for recorder/flute with basso continuo, works for unaccompanied cello or viola da gamba, and songs for voice and basso continuo. His works have been recorded by Fernando de Luca, Andreas Zappe, Ernst Stolz, Daniel Shoskes, Simone Stella, Robert Ronnes, Carson Cooman, Pastór de Lasala, David Bolton, Michele Barchi and Yuko Inoue. A number of his works were adapted for baroque lute by Roman Turovsky.[3]
Colburn was the author of a feature article on period composition in the summer 2007 issue of Early Music America Magazine.[4] He authored an article on early music and its growing presence on YouTube in Early Music America Magazine for its winter 2008 issue.[5] He is also a contributing reviewer and writer for Harpsichord and Fortepiano Magazine.[6] A concert of Colburn's compositions was given at the 2007 Boston Early Music Festival.[7]
Colburn is one of the founding members[citation needed] of Vox Saeculorum, a society of composers working in early historical styles.[8] He is also a member of the Delian Society, an organization devoted to preservation of tonal music.
