L Peter Deutsch is a native of Massachusetts, now living in Sonoma County CA. His early music education included performance and composition for voice, piano, and recorder. After a long detour through a distinguished career in Computer Science, he returned to composition part-time in 1986 and full-time in 2003, including a M.A. degree under Frank... Continue Reading →
Composing from a young age, Scottish composer Helen MacKinnon studied music at The University of Glasgow, specializing in composition and graduating with a Bachelor of Music First Class Honours in 2002. Her most notable work during her studies was Crossing the Domain, a setting of Scottish poet Edwin Morgan’s poem From the Domain of Arnheim... Continue Reading →
Born in Honolulu HI, Dan Morse was raised on every sort of music from Bob Marley to Beethoven and Paul Simon to Prokofiev. Combined with the pervasive multiculturalism of Hawaii, his background has given him a truly egalitarian outlook towards music, through which he sees that all styles and genres are somehow valid and worthwhile.... Continue Reading →
Born in Sydney Australia, Mark John McEncroe commenced music studies in his adulthood. He had a varied interest in many kinds of music, which led him to working in the music/record business for EMI Records in his early 20’s and 30’s. For much of that time he was a Label Manager, first with EMI Australia... Continue Reading →
Matej Meštrović is an eclectic and versatile composer, having written a large body of works ranging from chamber and orchestral concert music to music for television, theater, and film. He is one of the most prominent artists in his native Croatia, holding a City of Zagreb award. At age 16, he became the youngest composer... Continue Reading →
After three days of being immersed in scores, recording equipment, and coffee, six composers and the four members of Sirius Quartet emerged triumphantly from the studio room at Oktaven Audio just outside New York City. The week had been spent recording music for string quartet, to be released on a multi-composer album through Navona Records... Continue Reading →
John Robertson was born and educated in New Zealand, coming to Canada in 1967 where he continued his education at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto while pursuing a career in the insurance business. Since having scored a win in the Nepean Symphony’s composers’ competition in 1987, he has had his music performed in many countries... Continue Reading →
The recording halls are set for PARMA’s latest artistic collaboration across the Atlantic, with the Athens Philharmonia Orchestra. As we expand our efforts around the globe, we welcome in new sounds and new influences, and the Athens Philharmonia fits that bill entirely. A little backstory: With the founding city of western civilization as its backdrop,... Continue Reading →
Each month, PARMA has the pleasure of not only releasing powerful works by our artists, but also seeing the positive impact that these works have on listeners. Read on for a selection of what the press had to say about the latest releases from Ansonica, Navona, and Ravello Records. "Fine, sensitive performances all round. .... Continue Reading →
