The music of award-winning American composer Randolph L. Partain (ASCAP) has been performed on both sides of the Atlantic, programmed on numerous contemporary music festivals, and he has received multiple awards from ASCAP. His music has been recognized by the International Society of Bassists, the Renée B. Fisher Composer Awards, COLORS, and the Columbia Orchestra American Composer Competition. Partain’s music received its Carnegie Hall debut in March 2009 when soprano Marion Russell Dickson performed his song cycle Chasms in recital.
Partain studied piano and composition at Florida Southern College, where his naked and fiery forms for wind ensemble was the first student composition ever presented on the college’s Festival of Fine Arts concert series. He received his Masters and Doctorate degree in Music Composition from Rice University. Partain has taught a variety of undergraduate music courses, and he continues to accompany, arrange, and compose.
Current projects include composing music for a video game in development, creating a new collection of contemplative instrumental pieces, and writing a first opera. When he isn't consciously composing, Partain is writing about spirituality, playing table-top role-playing games, or following his creative whim down some other amusing rabbit trail.
