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A California native, Jeffrey Parola began piano studies in his youth, and started to improvise and compose shortly thereafter. He later received a B.A. in composition at UCLA in 2002, and an M.M. in composition at the S.F. Conservatory of Music in 2005. His works have earned for him several honors, including first place prize at the 2005 SFCM Art Song Composition Competition, winner of the 2009 Highsmith Orchestral Composition Competition, and an honorable mention for the 2009 EAMA Prize. Parola is composer-in-residence for the New York City-based ensemble, Choral Chameleon, for the 2009-2010 season, and will begin doctoral studies and teaching at the University of Southern California in the Fall of 2010.



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: : Featured Works : :

The Long Valley for orchestra (2008)
[recording credits] San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra
Andrew Mogrelia, conductor
        PLAY the entire piece

Sempiterna for mixed chorus (2008)
[recording credits] Members of Schola Cantorum San Francisco
Jeffrey Parola, conducting
        PLAY I. De profundis
        PLAY II. In manus tuas
        PLAY III. In pace

Such Beautiful Things - an oratorio (2010)
[recording credits] Choral Chameleon
Christina Borgioli, soprano
Colleen Coussinat, mezzo-soprano
Kannan Vasudevan, tenor
Christopher DeVage, baritone
Brad Whiteley & Jason Wirth, piano
Vince Peterson, conductor
Libretto by Tony Asaro
        PLAY I. Introduction: A Dream
        PLAY IV. First Traveling Sequence
        PLAY VI. Stupid Dog
        PLAY VIII. I Had a Job on this Farm
        PLAY XII. The Farm in the Spring
        PLAY XIII. Such Beautiful Things (Reprise)
        PLAY XVII. There is Music

      




: : Upcoming Events : :

Dates/Times TBA
2010-2011 Season [details]