Christopher Gable
- Waltztumble, for brass quintet
Christopher Gable is a composer, author, and music instructor based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he teaches Rock History, music technology, composition, and related courses at the University of North Dakota. His music has been performed across the United States and in Shanghai, China. His works frequently include references to and variations on all kinds of popular music. His commissions include works premiered by several UND ensembles and student performers. Other organizations and ensembles that have commissioned works from Dr. Gable are the Music Teachers Association of North Dakota, the North Dakota Museum of Art, International Music Camp, the Minnesota Philharmonic, One Voice Mixed Chorus, Trio Carrefour, the dream songs project, Zeitgeist, and the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (Minneapolis). Dr. Gable’s most recent opera is The Ladysmith Story, which celebrates the town of Ladysmith, Wisconsin and premiered in July 2010. He has taught composition at the International Music Camp since 2011, and has previously taught at Macalester College, the University of Minnesota and St. Olaf College. Gable studied at the University of Minnesota and UC Santa Barbara; his principal teachers were Dominick Argento, Judith Lang Zaimont, and Emma Lou Diemer. His music is published by WaveFront Music, Dorn Publications and Warwick Music. He has written two books about popular musicians, The Words and Music of Sting and The Words and Music of Sheryl Crow, which were both published by Praeger Publishers. Dr. Gable was named a 2013 Artist Fellow from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.
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