BIOGRAPHY

A graduate of UCLA in music and the child of European trained professional violinists, Adrienne began studying the piano at age 4 and composition at 10. She had the good fortune to have had great teachers: for piano, Jacob Gimpel and Aube Tzerko in Los Angeles, Joanna Graudan at the Aspen Music School and early composition studies with Saul Kaplan and Leonard Stein. After enjoying a lengthy hiatus performing other people’s music, she returned to studying composition with Stephen “Lucky” Mosko at CalArts and orchestration with Albert Harris.

"Music has always been a central part of my life. Whether it has been performing, singing, or composing, it is the thread that weaves through each part of my being. I find joy in every form of music, and my life has been an eclectic patchwork of music ranging from avant- garde 20th century vocal and choral music to Baroque, ethnic, folk music, jazz, popular, and of course, classical music. We are each an amalgam of our pasts, influenced by our individual experiences, and I have been extremely fortunate in having an extraordinary past which informs my present and makes me look forward with great enthusiasm to the future."

COMPOSITIONS
Long a collaborator with other composers, Ms. Albert began composing her own music in the early 1990s. In little more than a decade, her concert works have been known and widely performed throughout the United States, Europe, Thailand, and South Africa.

Most recently, she has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant through The American Composers Forum for the Continental Harmony project in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska (2006-2007). Adrienne has made numerous trips to the region and is completing a three movement work based on her experiences in this area of Alaska, south of Anchorage. Titled "Alaskan Symphony", the work is scored for orchestra and chorus and will have a full performance in April of 2007.

Other commissions on which she is currently working include a flute, violin, viola, cello and harp work for Pacific Serenades (2007), a work for trombonist Andrew Malloy and cello (2007) which will be recorded on CD and a work for saxophone, cello and piano for the noted saxophonist, Doug Masek which will be performed at UCLA in April of 2007

In addition, Adrienne is working on her own CD of Recent chamber works that she hopes to have available by summer, 2007. In addition to yearly ASCAPlus Awards, she has been awarded Meet The Composer Grants, a grant from Mu Phi Epsilon Music Fraternity and several Margaret Jory grants.

She is former Composer-In-Residence for both The Wagner Ensemble and The Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra who commissioned two orchestralworks, "Courage" (2000) and "Western Suite" (1999), both of which were premiered by LADSO on the West Coast and have had numerous performances across the country including performances by Virginia Symphony Orchestra, The Hewlett-Packard Symphony Orchestra, The Old Post Road Orchestra, the Carson City Symphony, Kona Symphony and the Conway Symphony Orchestra in Central Arkansas among many others.

Her popular "Western Suite"; was recorded for ABC Classics by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra with Sean O'Boyle conducting on a CD titled "Soliloquy"; Numerous chamber works have been performed across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe.

One of her most performed works is “Doppler Effect” which was originally composed for flute, viola and harp and now is transcribed by the composer for half a dozen other instrumentation’s.

Other recent works include “Mirror Images”, for saxophone quartet, clarinet quartet and flute quartet, "Fanfare for 13 Brass" which was performed by the Hollywood Brass. A work for saxophone and guitar, commissioned by Drs. Alan Durst and Corey Whitehead in 2006 titled “L.A. Tango Nuevo” is going to be recorded for their upcoming CD on Centaur Records.

Her choral works have had premieres by the The Gregg Smith Singers in New York. “Meditation” and “Night” were both premiered by the GSS and more recently, she received a commission from the GSS to compose a work for them which they premiered at Saranac Lake, NY in the summer of 2006.

Adrienne has received numerous consecutive ASCAP Awards, several Meet The Composer grants and a number of Copying Assistance Program grants.

Currently, Adrienne is working on numerous commissions including a song cycle for noted bass-baritone, Richard Bernstein of the Metropolitan Opera and an Evensong Cycle commissioned by St. Bedes Church in Mar Vista, CA.

In 2007, Adrienne is working on numerous commissions including a work for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp for Pacific Serenades which will premiere in April of 2007, an Evensong Cycle commissioned by St. Bedes Church in Mar Vista, CA. which will premiere in May, 2007, a new work for noted saxophonist, Doug Masek premiering at UCLA in May of 2007, and a song cycle for noted bass-baritone, Richard Bernstein of the Metropolitan Opera She looks forward to a number of new commission for 2008 and beyond.

Her first major commission was from The Henry Mancini Institute to compose "Serenade For Alto Sax, Trumpet and Orchestra" , a cross-over work for which she conducted The Mancini Institute Orchestra in the premiere performance at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, CA. in August of 1997.

VOCAL CREDITS
Ms. Albert”s vocal career began while attending UCLA, singing with The Gregg Smith Singers and The Roger Wagner Chorale. Igor Stravinsky discovered her “perfect boy alto” voice and hired her to be the alto soloist on his “Mass”. She worked with the Maestro on numerous occasions and recorded three more solo recordings with him, including his “Four Russian Songs For Flute, Harp, Guitar, and Voice”, “Cantata”, and Stravinsky”s last song, “The Owl And The Pussycat”, with Robert Craft accompanying. .

Ms. Albert enjoyed a long working relationship with Leonard Bernstein as a singer and contractor on his celebrated recordings of “Mass”, (the premiere of which opened the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC), and “West Side Story”, on which she contracted the Jets and Sharks, performing with Kiri Te Kanawa and Jose Carreras. She also sang with Barbara Hendricks at Bernstein”s 70th birthday celebration in Tanglewood under the baton of John Williams. Other solo recordings include songs of Charles Ives with The Columbia Symphony and Phillip Glass” opera, “The Photographer”, with Glass conducting.

At Avery Fisher Hall, she performed with Gunther Schuller and the New York Philharmonic in a premiere of Schuller”s “Symphonia for Four Voices and Orchestra”. As a studio singer in New York and Los Angeles, Ms. Albert performed on hundreds of television and radio commercials, sang on countless film scores and worked with such diverse artists as Pablo Casals, Benny Golson, Dave Grusin, Lieber and Stoller, Zubin Mehta, Frank Sinatra, and Michael Tilson Thomas.

FILM & TELEVISION CREDITS
As an arranger/conductor, Adrienne wrote the arrangements for old Paul Robeson recordings of Negro spirituals for Sidney Lumet's movie, "Daniel" and conducted the choir for the film score of his movie, "The Verdict" as well as “Daniel”.. She received a Certificate in Film Scoring from UCLA in 1996 and was chosen as a participant in the ASCAP/Film Scoring workshop in Los Angeles.

TEACHING CREDENTIALS
With a teaching credential in music education, Ms. Albert taught award-winning choirs in the Los Angeles and Santa Monica City school systems. Her radio program on WKTU_FM in New York was a hit among youngsters and was known nationally. In addition, she co-founded the Children to Children choir, which performed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall and composed a song titled "Children to Children".

ORGANIZATIONS
Ms. Albert is a past President of the Los Angeles Alumni Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon Music Fraternity. She is a member of the LA Composers Forum, SAG, AFTRA, The American Music Center, American Composers Forum, International Alliance for Women In Music (IAWM), The Dominant Club, NACUSA and ASCAP.