CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Music, 1968, Yale Graduate School, Yale University
M. Music in Composition, 1965, Yale School of Music, Yale University
B.A., 1963, Union College, Schenectady, New York
B. Mechanical Engineering, 1958, Union College
EMPLOYMENT
Professor of Music Emeritus, Faculty of Arts and Science, New York University, 1997-
Professor of Music, Faculty of Arts and Science, New York University, 1968-1997
Teaching Associate, Yale University, 1963-1965
Teaching Assistant, Union College, 1962-1963
Lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1958-1961
AWARDS, PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS
Composers Concordance 2014 Composers Competition, Senior Division
Union College 2013 Outstanding Engineering Alumnus Award
Fauxharmonic Orchestra Competition First Prize 2009
New York Composers Circle First Prize 2008
Portland Chamber Music Festival Competition Prize 2007
String Quartet No. 3 selected as ACA nomination for Pulitzer Prize, 2007
Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust Recording Program grant, 2006
Copland House Award (composer residency), Winter 2004-05
Craig Hultgren Solo Cello Works Biennial Award, 2003
Bogliasco Foundation fellowship (Italy), Fall 2002
Camargo Foundation composer residency (France), Winter-Spring 2002
Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center composer residency (Italy), 1999
Second Prize, Britten-on-the-Bay Competition, 1998
Delius Composition Contest Performance Award, 1998
American Academy of Arts and Letters lifetime achievement award, 1997
First Prize, 1995 New Ariel Piano Composition Competition
NYU Research Challenge Fund Awards, 1984, 1991, 1994
Second Prize, 1993 Goffredo Petrassi Orchestral Competition (Italy)
First Prize, 1990 International Trumpet Guild Composition Contest
Co-winner, 1989 Chautauqua Chamber Singers Composer Competition
Richmond International Festival of Music Competition, 1989
First Prize, 1986 Louisville Orchestra Competition (Whitney Prize)
National Endowment for the Arts Composer Fellowships, 1977, 1979, 1985
American Composers Alliance Recording Awards, 1973 and 1983
Co-winner, New Music for Young Ensembles Competition, 1982
First Prize, Shreveport Symphony Competition, 1981
Premio Citta di Trieste, 1981 (Italy)
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in composition, 1980
Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund composer grants, 1975, 1977, and 1980
NDEA Title IV Fellowship, Yale University, 1966-1968
University Fellowship, Yale University, 1965
Noss Prize, Yale School of Music, 1965
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, Yale School of Music, 1963
COMMISSIONS
New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Charles Peltz, director, 2009: The Other Side of Time (for 30 players)
Duo Parnas, 2009: Fantasia Concertante for violin, cello, and orchestra
Duo Parnas, 2008: ‘Sigol’ for Two, Fantasy Duo for violin and violoncello
Woodstock Chamber Orchestra, 2007: Sigol for Strings, for string orchestra
Cygnus Ensemble, 2006: Skyscapes IV, for flute, oboe, violin, cello, and guitar
Pro Arte Quartet, 2004: String Quartet No.3 (Sigol: Thirty Flowers)
Rolf Schulte, 2004: Sigol Musings, for solo violin
David Bobroff (Icelandic Symphony), 2003: Sasquatch for contrabass trombone and percussion
Joseph Alessi (principal trombone, NY Philharmonic), 2003: Quincunx for trombone, piano, and percussion;
Joseph Alessi, 2002: Corollary IV for trombone and piano
Prism Saxophone Quartet, 2001: Consort II (Photogram)
Koussevitsky Foundation, 1999: Arias and Interludes (Quartet No .2) for the Pro Arte String Qt.
Maverick Concerts, 1999: Variations on Watkins Ale for the viol consort Parthenia
Fromm Music Foundation, 1999: Velvet and Spice for the American Brass Quintet.
Margaret Mills, 1995: Sonata Serena for piano
Union College Bicentennial, 1994: Proud Music for Chorus, Organ, and Brass
American, Annapolis, and Chestnut Brass Quintets (MTC/Reader’s Digest) 1992: Locking Horns
James VanDemark/Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, 1990: Lunar Halos
Saturday Brass Quintet, 1987: Brass Quintet (No. 1)
Foundation for Baroque Music/NYS Council on the Arts, 1986: Trio No. 2
Hudson Valley Philharmonic, 1984: Thoreau Fantasy No. 2 for orchestra
Arioso Trio, 1983: Triple Play for violin, cello, and piano
Koussevitsky Foundation, 1983: Fantasy Variations for orchestra
David Pituch/PRO VIVA Records, 1982: Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra
Murray Colosimo/American Music Center, 1979: Tesserae VII for solo clarinet
Empire Brass Quintet/NEA, 1977: Quintuplo for brass quintet and orchestra
St. Luke’s Chapel of Trinity Church, 1974: Praise Yah!
St. Luke’s Chapel of Trinity Church, 1972: Festive Psalm
ORGANIZATIOAL AFFILIATIONS
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)
American Composers Alliance (ACA), with service as Treasurer and Vice-President
Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI)
National Association of Composers USA (NACUSA)
American Music Center
American Composers Forum
Washington Square Contemporary Music Society, founder and Co-Director
Board of Directors, League of Composers-International Society for Contemporary Music, with service as President and Vice-President (League-ISCM)
Society for Music Theory
Music Theory Society of New York State
PUBLISHERS
American Composers Edition, 648 Broadway, Suite 803, New York, NY 10012
Margun Music/G. Schirmer, 257 Park Ave. South, 20th floor, New York, NY 10010
Frank E. Warren Music Service, 29 South Main St., Sharon, MA 02067
Needham Publishing Co., P.O.Box 206, 5 West Mill St., Medford, MA 02052
Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc., 810 Seventh Ave., New York NY 10012
SONOTON Musikverlag-Musikproduktion, Schleibinger Strasse 10, 8000 Munich 80, Germany
G. Ricordi & C., Via Berchet 2, 20121 Milan, Italy (U. S. Representative: Boosey & Hawkes)
RECORDINGS
CD releases of over twenty-four orchestral and chamber works on the CRI (solo CD), New World (solo CD), Albany (solo CD of orchestral music, solo CD of chamber music, solo CD of string orchestra, wind ensemble, and chamber music), Pro Viva (Germany), First Edition (Louisville Orchestra), Capstone, and New Ariel labels by artists including the Louisville, Prague Radio, and Polish Radio Symphony Orchestras, The New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, the Audubon and Pro Arte String Quartets, the Dorian Wind Quintet, and the Da Capo Chamber Players.
MUSIC COMPOSITIONS
15 works for orchestra, 11 for chorus, 35 for various chamber combinations, 22 for various solo instruments, and 3 electronic music pieces, available from publishers above and listed by title in a separate catalogue.
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
Orchestras:
American Composers Orchestra (NY), Hudson Valley Philharmonic (NY),Louisville Orchestra (KY), Rochester Philharmonic (NY), Naples Philharmonic (FL), O.S.E.R. “Arturo Toscanini” (Parma, Italy), Polish Chamber Orchestra (Poland),Portland Symphony (ME), Prague Radio Orchestra (Czech Republic), Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus (OH), Shreveport Symphony (LA), Springfield Symphony (OH), Tri-Cities Symphony (IA)
Festivals:
Darmstadt (Germany), Electroacoustic Festival, Bourges (France)
International Society for Contemporary Music World Music Days: Iceland 1973, Israel 1980, Belgium 1981, Canada 1984
Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music 1967, 1983
Warsaw Autumn (Poland) 1980, 1984
Ensembles/Organizations:
String Quartets: Concord, Audubon, Kronos, Pro Arte, Avalon
Wind Quintets: Dorian, Genesee, Sylvan Winds
Brass Quintets: Empire, Annapolis, Saturday, American, Chestnut, Brass Ring, Meridian Arts
Other: Prism Saxophone Quartet, Da Capo Chamber Players, Group for Contemporary Music, Chamber Music Northwest, League of Composers-ISCM, Guild of Composers, Society of Composers, Inc., Society for New Music, Chicago Society of Composers, Aeolian Chamber Players, Musica Nova, ensemble21, Pone Ensemble, Composers Concordance, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Cygnus Ensemble
Choral groups: Gregg Smith Singers, Canticum Novum Singers, New York Virtuoso Singers, Chautauqua Chamber Singers