Large-scale and Chamber Works
Some stories won’t leave me alone—a poem, a place, an old myth that suddenly feels close to our own lives. I write large-scale and chamber music to follow those ideas into sound and explore what happens when music, words, and movement meet.
A piece finds its full life in the people who perform it. I want to make music that gives performers something worth returning to and invites listeners into an experience they can make their own.
Pantheon
An Evolving Cross-Disciplinary Work
Pantheon brings myth into conversation with contemporary life through six interrelated movements. Built around a chamber ensemble, the project combines music, voice, movement, and dramatic performance, inviting collaboration with choreographers, directors, performers, designers, patrons, and presenting institutions.
CURRENT STATUS
Movement I (CIRCE) completed
Further movements in development, seeking:
- Patronage
- Residency support
- Collaborative partners
About Philip Tappan
Philip Tappan is a composer and conductor whose work moves between chamber music, large ensemble writing, and cross-disciplinary performance. His compositions often begin with questions of structure, literature, place, and collective memory, seeking musical experiences that remain with performers and audiences beyond the moment of performance.
Commission & Collaboration
Philip Tappan develops new works for chamber ensembles, orchestras, cross-disciplinary performance projects, and civic arts initiatives. Each project is shaped through close collaboration with performers, presenters, and institutions.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
—Chamber Orchestra
—Mixed Chamber Forces
—Cross-Disciplinary Performance
—Large Ensemble