Christopher Palestrant

EDUCATION: BA, College of Wooster (1985-1990) MA, New York University (1990-1991) MM, Peabody Conservatory (1995-1998) DMA, Peabody Conservatory (1998-2001) BIO: An accomplished composer, Christopher Palestrant's works and arrangements have been performed from New York City to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C and throughout the United States. Prizes and awards include the Third Biennial Michael Hennagin Prize, the Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composers’ Competition and the Randolph S. Rothschild prize in composition. His music and writings have also been selected for presentation for the College Music Society national conferences, the Society for Ethnomusicology and the Intercollegiate Music Association. Chris’ compositions include the orchestral works The Wind in His Mane, Caligula and Festival Hebridean as well as numerous chamber pieces, choral music and one-act operas. Dr. Palestrant also performs on solo keyboard regularly throughout the area and with the award-winning blues band, Uphill. His primary teachers in the composition include Nicholas Maw, Morris Cotel, Tom Benjamin, Jack Gallagher, and Adolphus Hailstork, and master classes with John Corigliano, George Rochberg, Samuel Adler and John Maxwell Geddes.

There are 29 included publications by Christopher Palestrant :

TitleDateViewsBrief Description
Big Easy 2009 45 Big Easy from the album Blues and Mojo by music group Uphill.
Carolina Bound 2016 25 Carolina Bound from the album Carolina Swampland Blues by music group Uphill.
Cock of the Walk 2016 17 Cock of the Walk from the album Carolina Swampland Blues by music group Uphill.
Drop Top 2009 26 Drop Top from the album Blues and Mojo by music group Uphill.
Flip, Flop and Fly 2009 27 Flip, Flop, and Fly from the album Blues and Mojo by music group Uphill.
Help Me 2009 17 Help Me from the album Blues and Mojo by music group Uphill.
Hot Rod Lincoln 2009 19 Hot Rod Lincoln from the album Blues and Mojo by music group Uphill.
Is There a Drummer in the House 2016 19 Is There a Drummer in the House from the album Carolina Swampland Blues by music group Uphill.
Killin' Floor 2009 50 Killin' Floor from the album Blues and Mojo by music group Uphill.
The Legend of the One Honest Man 2009 20 The Legend of the One Honest Man from the album Blues and Mojo by music group Uphill.
Miner Swang 2009 25 Miner Swang from the album Blues and Mojo by music group Uphill.
My Time (Might Be Over) 2009 14 My Time (Might Be Over) from the album Blues and Mojo by music group Uphill.
New Year's Blues 2016 21 New Year's Blues from the album Carolina Swampland Blues by music group Uphill.
Nightlife 2009 16 Nightlife from the album Blues and Mojo by music group Uphill.
One More Mile 2009 17 One More Mile from the album Blues and Mojo by music group Uphill.
Port of Freedom 2020 103 The Tidewater Winds, a professional 52-piece concert band, perform Christopher Palestrant's "Port of Freedom." Notes by the composer: "Following a performance of my previous score for the Tidewater Winds, The Tidewater March, a retired sailor who ha...
Quintet Outbreak 2023 84 Composition for woodwind instruments: FluteOboe, English horn, Eb and Bass clarinets, French horn, and Bassoon
Rockin' Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu 2009 61 Rockin' Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu from the album Blues and Mojo by music group Uphill.
Speed Train Blues 2009 20 Speed Train Blues from the album Blues and Mojo by music group Uphill.
St. James Infirmary 2016 19 St. James Infirmary from the album Carolina Swampland Blues by music group Uphill.
Stages 2015 73 Christopher Palestrant: "Stages." Performance by Les Amies harmoniques: Ellye Walsh, flute; Ericka Patillo, harp; Renée McBride, piano. United Church of Chapel Hill concert series. Notes by the composer: The life of a director is complicated: alway...
Swampland Boogie 2016 22 Swampland Boogie from the album Carolina Swampland Blues by music group Uphill.
The Tilted Moonlight 2019 242 This is a composition written as part of a term project in Dr. Palestrant’s Form and Analysis class.
The Town Waltzes 2015 73 Christopher Palestrant: "The Town Waltzes" from The Cotillion Suite. Performance by Jaci Wilkinson, cello and Renée McBride, piano. United Church of Chapel Hill concert series.Notes by the composer: "The Town Waltzes" is the first of a group of thre...
Uphill-Carolina Bound on TOL 2016 56 Uphill-Carolina Bound on TOL
Uphill-Way Down in the Hole on TOL 2016 45 Uphill-Way Down in the Hole on TOL
Veteran Chronicles Trailer 2019 558 North Carolina African-American Veterans Lineage Day. Henri A.Legende, Larry Hall, Charles Stevens and John R. Thompson “The Veteran Chronicles.” Filmed on location at The North Caroline Museum of History. Executive Producer: Sharon Raynor; Director:...
Way Down in the Hole 2016 21 Way Down in the Hole from the album Carolina Swampland Blues by music group Uphill.
You Don't Know Who I Am 2016 15 You Don't Know Who I Am from the album Carolina Swampland Blues by music group Uphill.