| Cedric Adderley |  |
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Cedric Adderley is currently Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. In this capacity he guides all aspects of the music program as well as teaches music theory and composition. He enjoys a multi- faceted career as an active composer, arranger, clinician, and teacher and maintains an active schedule of guest conducting throughout the state and region. | |||
| His music is praised for its beauty, imaginative use of color, and for its ability to communicate powerfully with a broad concert-going public without sacrificing complexity, artistic integrity, or technical finesse. His compositions for various musical media include works in virtually every idiom from chamber music to musical theater and include a considerable amount of commissioned works. The educational works in the Adderley catalog are true to form and display his exceptional ability of composing quality music for the varied levels of proficiency in developing musicians. In his mature works, he has harnessed the rhythmic energy of the late twentieth century as well as the lush harmonies and vibrant orchestral colors of late Romanticism. These works have brought him numerous accolades, including being chosen a 1997 winner of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s annual composer search for his Symphony no.1. Other honors include a Citation of Excellence by the National Band Association, a summer Scholar-In-Residence at New York University, and being selected as the South Carolina Composer of the Year by MTNA. His music has been performed by the Augusta Symphony, the Florence Symphony, the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rutgers Philharmonia, and a host of other ensembles throughout the country. | |||
| A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Cedric Adderley holds a Bachelor’s degree in music education from East Carolina University and both Master’s and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in composition from the University of South Carolina. He has studied composition with Dick Goodwin, Samuel Douglas, Fred Teuber, and Loretta Jankowski. | |||
| http://www.under.org/cpcc/cadderley.htm | |||
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