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Betty Rose Wishart is an American composer and pianist. She was born on September 22, 1947, in Lumberton, North Carolina.

She studied music at Queens College and the University of North Carolina. She also continued her studies in New York City. Some of her main teachers were Roger Hannay, Richard Bunger Evans, Donald Waxman, Michael Zenge, and Wolfgang Rose.

Her Career and Composing

Betty Rose Wishart taught piano, music theory, and composition from 1972 to 1973. In 1973, she joined Argo Classical Records. She began composing music in 1974. At first, she used the name B. R. Wishart to hide that she was a woman. In 2008, she became the president of the Southeastern Composers' League.

Awards and Recognition

Betty Rose Wishart has received many awards for her music. These awards come from different groups, including:

Her Music

Betty Rose Wishart has written many different kinds of musical pieces.

Chamber Music

Chamber music is written for a small group of instruments.

  • Ch'ien (for four violins and temple blocks)
  • Dreams (for clarinet and piano; 1983)
  • Experience (for string quintet; 1971)
  • Memories of Things Unseen (for violin, flute, clarinet, cello; 1973)
  • Memories II (for violin, flute, clarinet, cello; 1983)
  • Oracles (for flute and piano)

Organ Music

These pieces are written for the organ.

  • Meditations for Trinity (1976)
  • Prelude (1975)
  • Sounds (1972)

Piano Music

These compositions are for the piano.

  • Apprehensions (1971)
  • Illusion Suite (1968)
  • Kohinoor Sonata (1971)
  • Leukoplakia (1968)
  • Night Visions Suite
  • Reflections (1983)
  • Remembrance
  • Reverie (1983)
  • Salute (1982)
  • Sonata
  • Sonata No. 2
  • Toccata II
  • Toccata III
  • Variations on a Folk Melody

Vocal Music

These pieces are written for singers.

  • Go Now in Peace (for soprano and alto voices; 1982)
  • Hymn for the Children (1979)
  • Lullabies for Peace
  • Melancholy (1968)
  • Shanti
  • Requiem for Dreams

Recordings

You can find Betty Rose Wishart's music on these albums:

  • Piano Sonorities – Ravello Records 2016
  • Concertante No. 1 Journey into the Unknown – Navona Records 2017
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