Alvin Singleton (born December 28, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York) is a composer from the United States.
[2] Singleton was a Fulbright Scholar, he studied with [Goffredo Petrassi] at [Accademia Nazionale] di Santa Cecilia in [Rome, Italy] from 1971-1985.
[3] After living and working in Europe for fourteen years, Singleton returned to the United States to become a Composer-in-Residence with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (1985-88).
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"[4] - and often incorporates aspects of theatre and surprise.
His piano concerto BluesKonzert had its Carnegie Hall debut in 2010 with soloist Ursula Oppens and the American Composers Orchestra.