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“I have performed, recorded, and premiered works by Ed Green—chamber music, as well as a piano concerto—and the pieces are brilliantly conceived, and welcoming to the soul. I believe firmly that Ed's music will last for centuries to come, and we are fortunate to call Ed among our greatest composers today.”

—Joanne Polk
Exclusive Steinway Artist
Piano Faculty, Manhattan School of Music

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“Ed Green has a wonderfully distinctive compositional voice. His music has a beauty and truth which will endure.”

—Prof. Benjamin Verdery
Yale School of Music

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“Edward Green is one of the outstanding composers of our time. His music is gorgeously melodic, and also dramatic.”

—Dr. François D’Albert
former President,
Chicago Conservatory College

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“I do not know of anyone working today who has accomplished more in the revitalization of tonal melody—pure, clear, inventive, heart-felt melody.”

—Prof. Dale Underwood
Frost School of Music
University of Miami

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“Ed Green writes luxuriously, sensuously beautiful and accessible music. He is a composer of real merit.”

—Markand Thakar,
Peabody Conservatory
Music Director, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra

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“There are only a handful of composers—a precious few—worldwide who have the expressive power, the creative artistry, to move and excite audiences on a consistent basis...

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...and yet at the same time who write with such depth and integrity and sheer beauty that they earn the highest esteem of their professional colleagues. Edward Green is among them. In my opinion, high among them.”

—Misha Rachlevsky
Conductor, Chamber Orchestra Kremlin

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Video:

Concerto for Saxophone and Strings

by Edward Green

Performed by Robert Young at the 2018 Zagreb World Saxophone Congress.


In Praise of Vivid Existence

Suite for Piano, by Edward Green

Performed by Max Lifchitz at Klavierhaus, New York, NY

Selected Concerts & Events:

January 19, 2025 In Praise of Vivid Existence – suite for piano — part of a solo recital by Max Lifschitz at Klavierhaus, New York, NY

Nov. 30, 2024 Song for Guitar — performed by Ensamble Rosario, with choreography.  Rosario, Argentina.

August 31, 2024 Music for Shakespeare (orchestral suite)—in an arrangement by Les Hicken—the Heidelberg Wind Ensemble, Melbourne, Australia, conducted by Stephen Carpenter.

February 29, 2024 “The Joyful Artistry of the Beatles”–a lecture at PepsiCo Recital Hall, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth.

February 27, 2024  A masterclass-lecture on my music, including student performances of several works, at Van Cliburn Concert Hall, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth.

February 21, 2024 “A Composer Inspired by Aesthetic Realism”—a Zoom Talk at the Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey, Mexico.

December 12, 2023 Symphony in C. La Orquesta Sinfónica del Congreso Nacional del Paraguay. Conducted by Diego Sanchez Haase.

November 25, 2023 Three Short Pieces for Solo Guitar. Performed by Augustin Lasalle, at “the 43rd symposium of contemporary music” of El Ensamble Rosario, Rosario, Argentina.

September 14, 2023 Concertino for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Winds. Soloist, Niels Bijl, accompanied by players from the Heidelberg Wind Ensemble, conducted by Stephen Carpenter. Performed at the Savage Club, Melbourne, Australia.

August 29, 2023 Overture in G. Scotch College Orchestra, Melbourne, Australia. Conducted by John Ferguson.

August 26, 2023 Symphony in Eb. Heidelberg Wind Ensemble, Melbourne, Australia.
Conducted by Stephen Carpenter

August 25 & 29, 2023 Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Series of three lectures on music and Aesthetic Realism.

May 21, 2023 Concertino for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Winds. Soloist, Niels Bijl. Heidelberg Wind Ensemble, Melbourne, Australia. Conducted by Stephen Carpenter.

April 14, 2023 Overture in G. National Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador (Quito). Conducted by David Handel.

April 12, 2022  The Orchestral Suite “Music for Shakespeare” is featured by La Orquesta Sinfónica del Congreso Nacional del Paraguay on their 10th anniversary concert, held in Asunción.

February 29, 2020: Concertino for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Winds. Premiered by the Rutgers Wind Ensemble, conducted by Kraig Williams.

November 10, 2018: Delivering a Keynote Talk, “Lovely Ritmos, Meter Mad,” at the Monmouth University conference on The Beatles.

September 6, 2018: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Strings. Performed by the Panama Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ricardo Risco with Paul Cohen as soloist.

May – June, 2018: Fulbright Foundation sponsored residency in Asunción, Paraguay: lecture series on music and Aesthetic Realism