Robert Delcamp - Excerpts from the Organ Symphonies - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Robert Delcamp - Organ Music [COMPACT DISCS] date 02/21/2006

From childhood until the last year of his life, Camille Saint-Saens enjoyed international renown as a piano and organ virtuoso. Although he composed prolifically, Inchas an apple tree produces applesInch, much of his output remains relatively unknown.

As a leader, Donelian has composed over 90-100 works and produced more than a dozen critically acclaimed albums for labels such as Sunnyside, Playscape, Odin, and Atlas, including InchStargazer,Inch InchA Reverie Solo Piano,Inch InchSecrets,Inch InchMystic Heights,Inch InchFull Moon Music,Inch and InchOasis.Inch His projects often explore Armenian and Middle Eastern themes, notably his work with reedman Souren Baronian on InchPositively ArmenianInch and his role in Ara Dinkjian's group Night Ark, which blended jazz with Middle Eastern modalities. Critics have praised albums like InchLeapfrogInch for balancing compositional complexity with collective improvisational freedom, underscoring his reputation as a consummate modern jazz musician. Parallel to his performing career, Donelian is a prominent educator. Since the 1980s he has taught at The New School's jazz program and at William Paterson University, and he has given clinics and master classes worldwide, including work as a Fulbright Scholar in Armenia. He is the author of several influential pedagogy texts, notably InchTraining the Ear, Vol. 1,Inch which has been published in multiple languages and used internationally in ear-training curricula. Through his playing, compositions, and teaching, Donelian occupies a distinctive place in contemporary jazz, uniting rigorous craft with cross-cultural musical insight.