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adam gorb
(b. 1958)

Adam Gorb studied Music at Cambridge University and Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he graduated with the highest honors including the Principal’s Prize in 1993. His compositions include orchestral, ensemble, chamber, solo, and choral works, and have been performed, broadcast, and recorded worldwide. His compositions have been performed at numerous contemporary music festivals throughout the UK, and concerts entirely devoted to his music have been held in the UK, the USA, and Canada. He has been a featured composer at Luton and Bromsgrove music clubs and Chetham’s International Summer School. His concert band composition Metropolis has won several prizes, including the Walter Beeler Memorial Prize in the USA in 1994. His works have been performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Maggini Quartet, the BBC Singers, the Tokyo Kosei Wind Ensemble, the Royal Marines, and the Liverpool 10/10 ensemble.

Professor Adam Gorb is Head of School of Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He has a PhD in Composition from the University of Birmingham and has taught at universities in the USA, Canada, Japan, and many European countries.