Albert,
Donnie Ray
Capuzzi, Giuseppe Antonio
Carrettin, Zachary
CSUN Wind Ensemble
Drew, James
Estes, Steve
Ewer, Gregory
Floyd, Carlisle
Goldsmith, Kenneth
Harlow, Russell
Hogan, Moses
Jensen, John
Johnson, Hall
King, Terry
LaMotte, Adam
Lloyd,
Jr., Charles
Mirecourt Trio
Morgan, Leslie
Owens, Robert
Reale, Paul
Ritacca, Jo Anne
Tarragó,
Leticia
Smith, Hale
Vandervelde, Janika
Whitwell, David
CHARLES
LLOYD, JR.
(b. 1948)
Cinnabar
Recordings:
In Recital
Charles Lloyd, Jr., is a musician of diverse gifts and accomplishments: composer, pianist, arranger, accompanist, and coach. A much loved professor, he teaches at Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he has been acclaimed a “living legend” by the music students there. A native of Toledo, Ohio, he received a B.S. in music education from Norfolk State University in Virginia, and a M.Mus. From the University of Michigan.
Mr. Lloyd is much in demand as a composer and arranger. Two of his works were performed by Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman on Spirituals in Concert, a 1990 broadcast conducted by James Levine and recorded by Deutsche Grammophon. His compositions and arrangements appear on Great Day in the Morning and Spirituals, recorded by Jessye Norman on Philips Records, and The Passion of Christ in Spirituals, recorded by Laura English-Robinson, soprano, and Carolyn Sebron, mezzo-soprano.
Mr. Lloyd’s works have been performed in recital and by orchestras throughout the United States and Europe. He was commissioned to adapt spirituals by William L. Dawson for orchestra and chorus which were premiered by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra. His opera, Song of Solomon, was premiered in Detroit, Michigan, in 1988. In 2000, Warner Bros. Publications published a collection of Mr. Lloyd’s spirituals, entitled The Spiritual Art Song Collection, together with a CD of the works performed by Mr. Lloyd, piano, Jacqueline Paige-Green, soprano, and Richard Hobson, baritone. His art song “Compensation” is published in the anthology Art Songs of Black American Composers, compiled by Willis Patterson. In addition, Mr. Lloyd has had several choral spirituals published, and his compositions have been included in two doctoral dissertations. He was commissioned to write two arts songs for Kevin Maynor, bass, with a text by South Africa’s Don Matera. He has also composed more than sixty a cappella arrangements of spirituals entitled The Invisible Church.
Mr. Lloyd has been the official accompanist for several international competitions, including the International Voice Competition in Rio de Janeiro, the International Gaudeamus Competition of 20th Century Music in Rotterdam, the Munich Voice Competition, and the Sixth International Tchaikovsky Competition for Voice in Moscow, where he was honored with a distinguished accompanying award.
Mr. Lloyd is the recipient of the 1993 ASCAP Award, and the Arts Ambassadors’ Award by the Baton Rouge Arts Council.
