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Dawn

Bright, new composers offer the best kind of promise for American music, and Vonn Vanier – at the age of 17 – is well on his way. With his quiet confidence, thoughtful ambition and rapidly evolving talent, he is an emerging voice within the world of classical music. The proof is in the remarkably varied compositions Vanier has written in his recording debut on the new album Dawn from Montclair Records.

Dawn introduces listeners to the young composer's initial orchestral, chamber and solo works that reflect his interest in bringing together the intellectual innovation of contemporary music with the sounds of classical tradition.

Vanier discovered his future early, as an inquisitive member of the century-old Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys in San Francisco. By the time he was in the eighth grade at the Cathedral School for Boys, he had composed a hymn the choir performed, and, in his words, his direction began to “bloom and develop to where I am today.”

When the pandemic lockdown hit, Vanier took advantage of the isolation to immerse himself in theory and orchestration books and in learning repertoire, as well as honing his improvisatory skills as a pianist. Three succeeding summers as an invited participant in the Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) introduced him to more a formal course of study and development, chiefly with Dr. Martin Amlin, Boston University’s Chair of Composition, and Drs. Len Tetta and Justin Casinghino.