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{{short description|American classical composer}}
 
'''Alvin Singleton''' (born December 28, 1940;, in [[Brooklyn, New York]]) is a composer from the [[United States]].<ref>[[Eileen Southern|Southern, Eileen]]. ''The Music of Black Americans: A History''. W. W. Norton & Company; 3rd edition. {{ISBN|0-393-97141-4}}</ref> Born and raised in [[New York City]], he received his music education from [[New York University]] (B.A.), studying with [[Hall Overton]] and [[Charles Wuorinen]], and the [[Yale|Yale School of Music]] (M.M.), studying with [[Yehudi Wyner]] and [[Mel Powell]].<ref>Alvin Singleton: Bio. Alvin Singleton. Accessed June 2, 2022. https://www.alvinsingleton.com/bio.php</ref> With Fulbright Scholarships, he studied at the Saint Cecilia Academy in Rome with [[Goffredo Petrassi]]. From 1971 to 1985 he lived in Europe, and then he returned to the United States after being appointed as the [[Atlanta Symphony Orchestra]] resident composer, and served in that position from 1985-1988. He served as a resident artist at [[Spelman College]] in Atlanta. He was also a [[Rockefeller Foundation]] grantee in a series entitled "Meet the Composer."
 
Singleton's music shows the evidence of a wide range of influences - "from Mahler to Monk, Bird to Bernstein, James Baldwin to Bach, Santana to Prince"<ref>David Patrick Stearns. 'Classical Concert Draws on African American Spirituals', in ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', 18 February 2013</ref> - and often incorporates aspects of theatre and surprise.<ref>[https://www.schott-music.com/en/person/alvin-singleton Biography, Schott Music]</ref> Notable are his set of eight ''Argoru'' pieces for various solo instruments, composed over the period from 1968 to 2002. His choral ballet ''TRUTH'' (2006), scored for mixed chorus, dancers and an ensemble of 10 instruments, is based on the life of human rights crusader [[Sojourner Truth]]. His piano concerto ''BluesKonzert'' had its [[Carnegie Hall]] debut in 2010 with soloist [[Ursula Oppens]] and the [[American Composers Orchestra]].