MUSICAL AMERICA NAMES CHRISTOPHER ROUSE
2009 COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

Musical America has announced their 2009 award recipients in the latest issue, in which they write: "Few composers have written as skillfully for orchestra as Christopher Rouse. His self-described "off-the-wall inventiveness" has thrilled audiences worldwide, perhaps most especially in the award-winning First Symphony and series of concertos for trombone (Pulitzer), cello (Grammys), violin, percussion, guitar (Grammy), flute, piano, clarinet, and oboe. He is currently at work on a New York Philharmonic commission."