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About the Composer

Born in Derby, England in 1955, Nikola Resanovic is of Serbian heritage and has lived in the United States since 1966 - becoming a naturalized citizen in 1976. He is a graduate of the University of Akron, School of Music (BM, MM Theory/Composition) where he studied composition with David Bernstein, voice with Rodney Miller and piano with Douglas Hicks and Marion Lott, and the Cleveland Institute of Music (DMA Composition 1981) where he studied composition with Donald Erb, piano with Olga Radosavljevich, and electro-acoustic music technology with David Peelle.  His Compositions include works for orchestra and solo with orchestra, symphonic band, and numerous chamber ensemble and electro-acoustic compositions which have been internationally performed.

Dr. Resanovic has worked extensively with the sacred chant of the Serbian Orthodox Church and has composed several volumes of choral liturgical music. In addition, his secular choral rhapsodies-featuring the music of the former Yugoslavia-have been performed by Serbian choral societies thoughout the United States and Canada.  His works have been performed by the Cleveland Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Greater-Palm Beach Symphony, Akron Symphony, Mansfield Symphony, Lima Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, Akron Youth Symphony, The Contemporary Youth Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Trio, Coryton Ensemble, Solaris wind quintet, Paragon Brass Quintet, Chicago Brass Choir, Etesian wind quintet, the Prairie Winds, the Burle Marx Trio, the Crescent Duo and numerous individual performing artists.  His music has been heard in hundreds of concerts and festivals throughout the United States, in Canada and throughout the world in Great Britain, Holland, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Finland, Sweden, China, Japan, Hong-Kong, Israel, Australia and Brazil.

Awarded the 2003 Cleveland Arts Prize in Music for his achievements in music composition, Nikola Resanovic was recently appointed chair of the Liturgical Music committee of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA & Canada.  He is a member of BMI ,the Society for Composers Inc. and the Cleveland Composers Guild.  He presently resides in Akron, Ohio and is a Professor of Music at the University of Akron, School of Music where, in addition to directing the school's newly relocated and renovated Electronic Music Facility which he designed and implemented, he teaches Music Composition and Theory.

 

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