Discipline: Music Composition

Christopher Goddard

Discipline: Music Composition
Region: Gainesville, FL
MacDowell Fellowships: 2020

Christopher Goddard is a Canadian composer and pianist whose work has been performed internationally by the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Esprit Orchestra, Continuum Contemporary Music, Ensemble Paramirabo, TAK Ensemble, No Exit New Music Ensemble, and others.

While at MacDowell he began work on a new string quartet for the Montreal-based Quatuor Molinari, continued work on a collection of new pieces for solo piano, and made revisions for an upcoming performance of his Piano Concerto.

Studios

Delta Omicron

Christopher Goddard worked in the Delta Omicron studio.

Delta Omicron Studio was funded by members of the international musical fraternity in 1927. The building design is somewhat medieval in character, with an unusual cedar shingle pattern, a steeply pitched slate roof, intersecting gables, and small windows. After a 2016 deep-energy renovation, Delta Omicron is now one of the most energy efficient studio on the property…

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