![]() ![]() His 2007 CD/DVD Bridges – Eddie Daniels plays the music of Frank Protoconsisting of a series of works written for clarinet virtuoso Eddie Daniels was nominated for a Grammy Award. He has also composed extensively for the violin, viola and clarinet. His output includes 7 works with orchestra and over 30 solo and chamber music works. Proto is among the most prolific composers of music for the double bass. His chamber music work, The Death of Desdemona for Double Bass and Synclavier is part of the double bass repertoire. He also composed and arranged music for Young People’s and Pops concerts including Casey at the Bat-an American Folk Tale for Narrator and Orchestra and A Carmen Fantasy for Trumpet and Orchestra.īetween 19 Proto was a Synclavier artist, composing works in different genres both with and for the system, the most notable being the Dialogue for Synclavier and Orchestra, commissioned by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and conducted by then music director Michael Gielen. The orchestra premiered over 25 new works including concertos and solo works for violin, cello, double bass, clarinet, trumpet, tuba and percussion. Proto worked as a double bassist and composer-in-residence with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from 1966 to 1997.
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