Warren Benson
Warren Benson (1924-2005), a distinguished composer, conductor, lecturer and writer, is best known for his innovative and profoundly expressive music […]
COMPOSERS
William Bolcom
William Bolcom, born in Seattle, Washington in 1938, now resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he taught at the University […]
Stephen Chatman
One of Canada’s most prominent composers, Stephen Chatman (D.M.A, University of Michigan) is Professor and Head of Composition at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
C. Curtis-Smith
An internationally-recognized composer, Curtis Otto Bismark Curtis-Smith was born in 1941 in Walla Walla, Washington. A longtime faculty member of […]
Mario Davidovsky
Born in Medanos, Argentina, March 4, 1934, Mario Davidovsky is the son of immigrant Russian-Polish parents who arrived in Argentina […]
Justin Dello Joio
Justin Dello Joio, born in New York City, is descended from seven generations of composers in the Dello Joio family. […]
Norman Dello Joio
The distinguished musical career of Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008) began for him at age fourteen when he became a church […]
Kenneth Fuchs
Kenneth Fuchs has composed music for orchestra, band, chorus, and various chamber ensembles. With Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson, he […]
Evan Hause
Evan Hause’s music has been performed, and in many cases commissioned, by the Boston, Albany, Phoenix, Utah, Louisville, Memphis, Brooklyn, Riverside […]
Robert Jager
Robert Jager was born in Binghamton, New York (1939), and is a graduate of The University of Michigan. For four […]
Ernesto Lecuona
Cuban-born, Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963) is the dominant musical force to have come out of the island nation, and without question […]
Alfred Reed
Alfred Reed was born on Manhattan Island in New York City on January 25, 1921. His formal music training began […]
Roger Sessions
Roger Sessions was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 28, 1896 and died March 16, 1985 in New York […]
Sherwood Shaffer
Sherwood Shaffer (b. November 15, 1934, Bee County, Texas) has composed over 150 works, extending from chamber to choral, symphonic, […]
Hale Smith
Hale Smith (June 29, 1925 – November 24, 2009) has had a distinguished career not only as a highly-regarded composer […]
David Ward-Steinman
David Ward-Steinman (November 6, 1936-April 14, 2015) received many national and state awards for his compositions and teaching, including the […]