BIOGRAPHY & PERFORMANCE NEWS
Frederick Frahm was born November 8, 1964, in Hemet, California. His catalog of compositions includes works for organ, chorus, numerous art songs and song cycles, music for handbells, a violin concerto, a chamber opera, and three large scale cantatas: From East to West, Angel Vision, and Requiem [Grant Us Untroubled Rest]. The composer's manuscripts, sketches, recordings and correspondence (1982-2004) are archived in the Mortvedt Library at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA.
Frahm is currently Director of Music at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Albuquerque, NM. In addition to his work as a parish musician and a private studio teacher, he has contributed to the Bellingham Herald as a classical music critic. He has also served as an adjunct faculty member of Concordia University (River Forest, IL) where he taught modal counterpoint, music theory and composition, and orchestration.
Publishers currently representing the music of Frederick Frahm are: Augsburg Publishing House, CanticaNova Publications, Church Publishing Corporation, Concordia Publishing House, Graphite Publishing, Live Oak House, Wayne Leupold Editions, Zimbel Press, Musik Fabrik (Paris), Capstone Records, and Wergo Schalplatten. He is a member of ASCAP and has been a Standards Award winner since 2001.
Frederick Frahm is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University (BM in Church Music & MM in Organ Performance), where he studied organ and counterpoint with David Dahl, Gregory Peterson, and Randall McCarty. He studied composition with Gregory Youtz (PLU), Gary Smart (University of Wyoming), Walter Pelz (Concordia University, River Forest), and Roger Briggs (Western Washington University).
More information about the composer and performances of his music is available:
- Premiere performances
- Concert calendar
- Extended biography
- Accepted for publication
- Current projects