I was restricting myself to established composers with whose music I am familiar but I ought to have included Rosner.
What is the music of Kevin Puts like?
It is tonal, dramatic, colorful, with lots of elements of John Adams, Mahler, and Shostakovich.
Some excerpts from his Pulitzer prize winning opera, Silent Night:
Here is his very dramatic Symphony No. 2 (excuse that this audio is from the camera in the back of the hall rather than high fidelity):
I was at the premiere and it was quite a devastating experience. The ovation was instantaneous and thunderous. The audience loves him.
