Lee Burswold
Bio:Lee Burswold (1933-2017) studied composition with Vittorio Rieti, Anthony Donato, Bernard Rogers, and Howard Hanson. He holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in theory and composition from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in theory and composition from the Eastman School of Music. He is an Emeritus professor of music at North Park University and extensively published, partirularly in string music. Before coming to North Park, he taught briefly at the Northwestern University School of Music and as a graduate teaching fellow at the Eastman School. Lee Burswold began piano study at age nine, and by age fifteen was active as a jazz and solo pianist in Chicago, playing the music of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Harold Arlen. At the same time, he became increasingly interested in American and European "classical" music, particularly in the compositions of Aaron Copland and Bela Bartok . He has maintained a lifelong interest in score study. Burswold's wife, Barbara, is a former cellist in the Houston Symphony Orchestra and is currently a teacher and member of the Park Ridge Symphony. Their daughter, Carol, is assistant concertmaster in the Chicago Sinfonietta and a violinist in the Elgin Symphony Orchestra and the Woodstock Mozart Festival.
Titles:
- 2002 52730108 – Come Thou Fount: Eight Pieces for Cello and Piano
- 2002 52720027 – Come Thou Fount: Eight Pieces for Viola and Piano
- 2002 52710047 – Come Thou Fount: Eight Pieces for Violin and Piano
- 2010 52732502 – Elementary Cello Trios
- 2010 52702512 – Elementary String Trios
- 2008 52722466 – Elementary Viola Trios
- 2008 52722467 – Elementary Viola Trios
- 2008 52712465 – Elementary Violin Trios
- 2006 52260378 – Festival for Solo Cello and String Orchestra
- 2000 52731101 – First Position Cello Duos
- 2013 52730013 – Five Christmas Fantasies for Cello and Piano
- 2014 52710002 – Five Christmas Fantasies for Violin and Piano
- 2001 52701216 – Five Duos for Viola and Cello
- 2014 52701003 – Five Duos for Violin and Viola
- 2010 52732503 – Intermediate Cello Trios
- 2010 52732505 – Intermediate Cello Trios
- 2010 52702513 – Intermediate String Trios
- 2008 52722469 – Intermediate Viola Trios
- 2008 52722468 – Intermediate Viola Trios
- 2008 52712466 – Intermediate Violin Trios
- 2008 52250447 – Jamaican Spice
- 2010 52701159 – Kid’s Counterpoint 1: Violin and Cello Duets
- 2010 52731500 – Kids’ Counterpoint 1: Cello Duets
- 2008 52721456 – Kids’ Counterpoint 1: Viola Duets
- 2010 52701145 – Kids’ Counterpoint 1: Violin and Viola Duets
- 2008 52711445 – Kids’ Counterpoint 1: Violin Duets
- 2010 52731501 – Kids’ Counterpoint 2: Cello Duets
- 2008 52721457 – Kids’ Counterpoint 2: Viola Duets
- 2008 52711446 – Kids’ Counterpoint 2: Violin Duets
- 1999 52711041 – Six Violin Duos
- 2010 52712523 – The Rose Suite
- 2010 52712524 – The Rose Suite
- 2014 52730012 – Three American Hymn Settings for Cello and Piano
- 2014 52710001 – Three American Hymn Settings for Violin and Piano
- 2015 50410003 – Three Arias for Flute and Piano