Rami Levin received her B.A. from Yale University, an M.A. in composition from the University of California, San Diego, and a Ph.D. in composition from the University of Chicago. She has received commissions from the Connecticut Arts Council, the Morley Wind Group in London, American String Teachers Association, Chicago Pro Musica, Vision Saxophone Quartet, the University of Chicago Motet Choir, Chicago Children’s Choir, His Majestie’s Clerkes, Jubilate Children’s Choir, Chicago Choral Artists, Quintet Attacca, and the Rembrandt Chamber Players, among others. Her catalog includes pieces for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensembles, and solo instruments. They have been performed in the U.S., Britain, Canada, Spain, Norway, Italy, Brazil, Israel, and the Slovak Republic.
Her work, A New Leaf, for basset clarinet and 4 pre-recorded clarinets, commissioned by Chicago Symphony Orchestra clarinetist John Bruce Yeh, was recorded by him and released on Koch International Classics. Her Anima/breath of life was recorded by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and her Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra was recorded by the Slovak Radio Orchestra with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet. Both works were released on the MMC Recordings New Century Series. Orquestra Sinfônica Nacional of Rio de Janeiro recorded her Expressões and Trio Paineiras recorded her Asas for clarinet, violin and piano. Both of these were released on the A Casa Estudio label in Brazil.
Ms. Levin received consecutive annual awards from ASCAP from 1994-2014 and in 2017. While living in Chicago she served as president of American Women Composers, Midwest (1992-93) and was the founding director of Lake Forest Lyrica, a series of chamber music concerts performed by some of the finest ensembles in Chicago. Levin has taught at Barat College, the Newberry Library, and the University of Chicago’s Continuing Education program. She served as Chair of the Department of Music at Lake Forest College from 1994 to 2005, was promoted to Full Professor in 2005 and named Associate Dean of Faculty and Composer-in-Residence. The recipient of a Fulbright lecture/research award in 2008, she spent a semester teaching and composing in Brazil at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). She moved to Brazil in 2010 where she taught and worked as a composer until 2017. She now lives in West Hartford, Connecticut where she is on the Board of the Women Composers Festival of Hartford.
More information about Rami can be found on her website, www.ramilevin.com.