Jane Brockman's music is informed by her extensive work in film, television, and dance, as well as the formal structure of academia. She was the first woman to earn a doctorate in Composition in the 150-year history of the University of Michigan. She has been awarded fellowships to study in paris and Vienna (Fulbright/Alliance Française and Rackham Prize), as well as grants and honors from the MacDowell Colony (3 times), the State of Connecticut, Meet the Composer, and the Composers Conference. Her first orchestra piece won the Sigvald Thompson prize, and mentors include Leslie Bassett, George Balch Wilson, Ross Lee Finney, and Eugene Kurtz. She has taught at the University of Connecticut, the Hartt School of Music, the University of Rhode Island, and the University of Michigan. After being awarded a Composers’ fellowship from Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute, she was inspired to leave her tenured professorship to score films in Los Angeles. Today, in Santa Monica, her focus is entirely on concert music. Her music, which is performed all over the world, is widely recorded and published by Diaphanous Music (distributed by Theodore Front Musical Literature Inc. and Arsis Press. Website: www.janebrockman.org