CAC Composers

Here are the 324 composers whose work was performed at the August 17, 2012 through December 8, 2024 events. Composers are sorted by name. For each composer, pieces are listed in catalogue number order if there is a widely used catalogue (e.g., Köchel for Mozart, BWV for J. S. Bach, Deutsch for Schubert, Hoboken for Joseph Haydn) or else in opus number order (e.g., Beethoven, Brahms).

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Recordings of 33 CAC performances are on the web and are denoted by “🎥”.

• unknown 🎥
• Adam, Adolphe (1803–1856)
• Adams, John (b. 1947)
• Akutagawa, Yasushi (1925–1989)
• Alfvén, Hugo (1872–1960)
• Alkali
• Alter, Louis (1902–1980)
• Anick, Jason (b. 1985)
• Arensky, Anton (1861–1906) 🎥
• Astral Mixtape
• Athayde, Kyle (b. 1987)
• Atterberg, Kurt (1887–1974)
• Aucoin, Matthew (b. 1990) 🎥
• Bacewicz, Grażyna (1909–1969)
• Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714–1788)
• Bach, J. S. (1685–1750)
• Bacon, Kevin (b. 1958)
• Bacon, Michael (b. 1949)
• Ballard, Pat (1899–1960)
• Barbash, Eddie (b. 1989)
• Barber, Samuel (1910–1981)
• Barroso, Ary (1903–1964)
• Bartók, Béla (1881–1945)
• Bax, Arnold (1883–1953)
• Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770–1827) 🎥
• Bellini, Vincenzo (1801–1835)
• Benjamin, Eddie (b. 2002)
• Berlin, Irving (1888–1989)
• Bernstein, Leonard (1918–1990)
• Betti, Henri (1917–2005) 🎥
• Bizet, Georges (1838–1875)
• Bolcom, William (b. 1938)
• Bolling, Claude (1930–2020)
• Borodin, Aleksandr (1833–1887)
• Bottesini, Giovanni (1821–1889)
• Bozza, Eugène (1905–1991)
• Brahms, Johannes (1833–1897) 🎥
• Brel, Jacques (1929–1978)
• Bridge, Frank (1879–1941) 🎥
• Brito, Ernesto Duarte (1922–1988)
• Britten, Benjamin (1913–1976)
• Broadnax/Paul/Wonder
• Brown, Nacio Herb (1896–1964)
• Bruch, Max (1838–1920)
• Bruns, George (1914–1983)
• Bunch, Kenji (b. 1973)
• Cahuzac, Louis (1880–1960)
• Cara Samantha
• Carmichael, Hoagy (1899–1981)
• Casarrubios, Andrea (b. 1988)
• Castérède, Jacques (1926–2014)
• Chaminade, Cécile (1857–1944)
• Charles, Ray (1930–2004)
• Chopin, Frédéric (1810–1849)
• Churchill, Frank (1901–1942)
• Clarke, Ian (b. 1964)
• Cohen, Leonard (1934–2016)
• Coleman, Valerie (b. 1970)
• Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875–1912)
• Collier, Jacob (b. 1994)
• Collins, Judy (b. 1939)
• Converse, Connie (1924–1974)
• Cook/Steele
• Copland, Aaron (1900–1990)
• Corby, Matt (b. 1990)
• Corea, Chick (1941–2021)
• Corelli, Arcangelo (1653–1713)
• Corigliano, John (b. 1938)
• Cory, George (1920–1978)
• Crumb, George (1929–2022)
• Crusell, Bernhard Henrik (1775–1838)
• Dabczynski, Andrew H.
• Daft Punk
• Dale, Dick (1937–2019)
• David, Lee (1891–1978)
• David, Mack, et al. (1912–1993)
• Dean, Eddie (1907–1999)
• Debussy, Claude (1862–1918) 🎥
• Delfino, Enrique (1895–1967)
• Dohnányi, Ernst von (1877–1960)
• Doppler, Franz (1821–1883)
• Dorham, Kenny (1924–1972)
• Drake, Molly (1915–1993)
• Drake, Nick (1948–1974)
• DuBois, Aaron (b. 1999)
• Dvořák, Antonín (1841–1904)
• Eagles
• Earth, Wind & Fire
• Elgar, Edward (1857–1934)
• Ellington, Duke (1899–1974)
• Emond, Daniel (b. 1990)
• Empire Wild
• Enescu, George (1881–1955)
• Esperón, Manuel (1911–2011)
• Ewazen, Eric (b. 1954)
• Fauré, Gabriel (1845–1924)
• Ferris, Ben (b. 1990) 🎥
• Fleck, Béla (b. 1958)
• Floyd, Carlisle (1926–2021)
• Foster, Frank (1928–2011)
• Françaix, Jean (1912–1997)
• Friesen, Eugene (b. 1952)
• Frigg
• Fuentes, Rubén (1926–2022)
• Fung, Vivian (b. 1975)
• Gade, Niels (1817–1890) 🎥
• Gaudio, Bob (b. 1942) 🎥
• Gershwin, George (1898–1937) 🎥
• Gillespie, Dizzy (1917–1993)
• Ginastera, Alberto (1916–1983) 🎥
• Girard, François, director (b. 1963)
• Gjeilo, Ola (b. 1978)
• Glazunov, Alexander (1865–1936) 🎥
• Glière, Reinhold (1875–1956)
• Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804–1857)
• Golijov, Osvaldo (b. 1960)
• Golubev, Evgeny (1910–1988) 🎥
• Goo Goo Dolls
• Grande, Ariana (b. 1993)
• Grappelli, Stéphane (1908–1997)
• Greco, Vicente (1888–1924)
• Green, John Waldo (1908–1989)
• Green, Johnny (1908–1989)
• Greenberg, Jay (b. 1991)
• Grieg, Edvard (1843–1907)
• Gruber, Franz Xaver (1787–1863)
• Gubaidulina, Sofia (b. 1931)
• Hagen, Earle (1919–2008)
• Hahn, Reynaldo (1874–1947)
• Hakase, Taro (b. 1968)
• Halvorsen, Johan (1864–1935)
• Hamlisch, Marvin (1944–2012) 🎥
• Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759)
• Hanson, Howard (1896–1981)
• Harbison, John (b. 1938)
• Haydn, Joseph (1732–1809)
• Henderson, Josh (b. 1988) 🎥
• Herbert, Victor (1859–1924)
• Hetzler, Mark (b. 1968)
• Hoffmann, E. T. A. (1776–1822)
• Holst, Gustav (1874–1934)
• Hu, Ching-chu (b. 1969)
• Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778–1837)
• Jackson, Yes/Michael
• Janáček, Leoš (1854–1928)
• Jenkins, Dan (b. 1966)
• Jobim, Antônio Carlos (1927–1994)
• John, Elton (b. 1947)
• Jolivet, André (1905–1974)
• Jongen, Joseph (1873–1953)
• Kabalevski, Dimitri (1904–1987)
• Kelly, Frederick Septimus (1881–1916) 🎥
• Kelly, Mike (b. 1974)
• King, Pee Wee (1914–2000)
• Kittel, Jeremy (b. 1984)
• Klengel, Julius (1859–1933)
• Kondo, Koji (b. 1961)
• Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897–1957)
• Kosma, Joseph (1905–1969)
• Kummer, Friedrich August (1797–1879)
• Kutz, Jason (b. 1989)
• Lalliet, Théodore (1837–1892)
• Landini, Francesco (c. 1325–1397)
• Lane/trad., Burton (1912–1997)
• Lennon–McCartney
• Leontovych, Mykola (1877–1921)
• Lewis, Ethan (b. 1989)
• Ligeti, György (1923–2006)
• Lipa, Dua (b. 1995)
• Lo Marie (b. 1988)
• Lomax, Mark, II (b. 1979)
• Lovato, Demi (b. 1992)
• Macpherson, Christina (1864–1936)
• Mahler, Gustav (1860–1911)
• Mancini, Henry (1924–1994)
• Manone, Wingy (1900–1982)
• Márquez, Arturo (b. 1950)
• Marroquín, José Sabre (1909–1995)
• Mars, Bruno (b. 1985)
• Martinez, Rick (b. 1987)
• Massenet, Jules (1842–1912)
• Masser/Goffin
• Maurer, Ludwig Wilhelm (1789–1878) 🎥
• McCartney, Paul (b. 1942)
• Mellits, Marc (b. 1966)
• Mendelssohn, Felix (1809–1847)
• Mercury, Freddie (1946–1991)
• Messiaen, Olivier (1908–1992)
• Michaelson, Ingrid (b. 1979)
• Mietus, John (b. 1997)
• Milhaud, Darius (1892–1974)
• Miller/Murden
• Milton, Little (1934–2005)
• Mitchell, Joni (b. 1943)
• Mollá, Ricardo (b. 1992)
• Monaco, James V. (1885–1945)
• Monk, Thelonius (1917–1982)
• Montgomery, Jessie (b. 1981)
• Montsalvatge, Xavier (1912–2002)
• Morales, Noro (1912–1964)
• Mores, Mariano (1918–2016)
• Moszkowski, Moritz (1854–1925)
• Mozart, W. A. (1756–1791) 🎥
• New Orleans Rhythm Kings
• Omura, Tomoko (b. 1980)
• Orbison, Roy (1936–1988)
• Paganini, Niccolò (1782–1840) 🎥
• Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935)
• Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (1932–2004)
• Peterson, Oscar (1925–2007)
• Piazzolla, Astor (1921–1992)
• Piazzolla, Fritz Kreisler/Astor (1875–1962)
• Plaza, Julián (1928–2003)
• Ponce, Manuel (1882–1948)
• Porter, Cole (1891–1964)
• Possetti, Sonia (b. 1973)
• Poulenc, Francis (1899–1963)
• Previn, André (1929–2019)
• Price, Florence (1887–1953)
• Price, Kyle (b. 1992)
• Prokofiev, Sergei (1891–1953) 🎥
• Puccini, Giacomo (1858–1924)
• Purcell, Henry (1659–1695)
• Puts, Kevin (b. 1972)
• Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873–1943)
• Ravel, Maurice (1875–1937)
• Reich, Steve (b. 1936) 🎥
• Respighi, Ottorino (1879–1936)
• Rich, Richard (b. 1951)
• Rida, Flo (b. 1979)
• Riley, Terry (b. 1935)
• Roberts, Christopher (b. 1956)
• Robinson, Willard (1894–1968)
• Rodgers, Richard (1902–1979)
• Rodriguez, Matos (1897–1948)
• Rose, Vincent (1880–1944)
• Rossini, Gioachino (1792–1868)
• Roumain, Daniel Bernard (b. 1970)
• Rutter, John (b. 1945)
• Sade (b. 1959)
• Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835–1921)
• Sandé, Emeli (b. 1987)
• Sarasate, Pablo de (1844–1908)
• Satie, Erik (1886–1925)
• Saunders, Richard (b. 1990)
• Schickele, Peter (1935–2024)
• Schoenberg, Arnold (1874–1951) 🎥
• Schoenfield, Paul (1947–2024)
• Schubert, Franz (1797–1828)
• Schulhoff, Erwin (1894–1942)
• Schumann, Clara (1819–1896)
• Schumann, Robert (1810–1856)
• Schwendinger, Laura (b. 1962)
• Shank, Brian (b. 1992) 🎥
• Shannon, Ronnie
• Shaw, Caroline (b. 1982)
• Sherman Brothers
• Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906–1975)
• Shulman, Alan (1915–2002)
• Sibelius, Jean (1865–1957)
• Sigman/Hilliard
• Silk Sonic
• Siqueira, José (1907–1985)
• Smetana, Bedřich (1824–1884)
• Smit, Leo (1900–1943)
• Smith, John Stafford (1750–1836)
• Smyth, Ethel (1858–1944)
• Sollima, Giovanni (b. 1962)
• Sondheim, Stephen (1930–2021)
• Sousa, John Philip (1854–1932)
• Steele/Cook
• Steele/Cook/Marshall
• Stephenson, James M., III (b. 1969)
• Strauss, Richard (1864–1949)
• Stravinsky, Igor (1882–1971)
• Strayhorn, Billy (1915–1967)
• Styne, Jule (1905–1994)
• Suessdorf, Karl (1911–1982)
• Summer, Mark (b. 1958)
• Swift, Taylor (b. 1989)
• Szewczyk, Piotr (b. 1977)
• Szymanowski, Karol (1882–1937)
• ter Veldhuis, Jacob (b. 1951)
• Tchaikovsky, Pyotr (1840–1893) 🎥
• The Neighbourhood
• The Script
• Thornton, Big Mama (1926–1984)
• Treesearch
• Tucker, Akshaya Avril (b. 1992)
• Turina, Joaquín (1882–1949)
• unknown
• Uebayashi, Yuko (b. 1958)
• Umiliani, Piero (1926–2001)
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872–1958)
• Verdi, Giuseppe (1813–1901)
• Vignieri, Thomas (b. 1961)
• Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887–1959)
• Villoldo, Ángel (1861–1919)
• Vinitsky, Alexander (b. 1950)
• Viseur, Gus (1915–1974)
• Vivaldi, Antonio (1678–1741)
• Wagner, Richard (1813–1883)
• Walk the Moon
• Walker, George (1922–2018)
• Warlock, Peter (1894–1930)
• Warren, Harry (1893–1981)
• Washington, Charles G. (b. 1965)
• Watts, Isaac (1674–1748)
• Weatherly, Frederic (1848–1929) 🎥
• Webb, Jimmy (b. 1946)
• Weber, Carl Maria von (1786–1826)
• Weigl, Karl (1881–1949)
• Wijeratne, Dinuk (b. 1978)
• Williams, John (b. 1932) 🎥
• Wonder, Stevie (b. 1950)
• Wong, Cory (b. 1985)
• Wong&Lopez
• Wong&Musselman
• Wong&Nelson
• Wong&Stratton
• Yes/Michael Jackson
• Yoshimatsu, Takashi (b. 1953)
• Zaleski, Glenn (b. 1987)
• Zemlinsky, Alexander von (1871–1942)