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- Where Composers Lend their Voices -- Allan Kozinn reviews the ACA Festival 2010
- Fitzgerald "Case" Just as Curious--Tommasini on John Eaton's new opera, NY Times.
- Benjamin Button "connects whimsy to pathos" review of John Eaton's new opera in London Financial Times .
- Duo Parnas is "Stupendous" in new recording of Brian Fennelly - Synaphi
- Emerson Quartet introduced Quartet No. 5 by Lawrence Dillon - Washington Post
- The WholeNote Magazine recommends John Melby's "intriguing" new Albany Records CD
- Night of milestones: Tucson Symphony premieres 'Song' by Frederic Balazs, Review
- Daedalus Quartet Dazzles in new work by Lawrence Dillon, 2010 Washington Post
- NY Times Review ACA Festival Concert, June 19, 2009 by Allan Kozinn
- New Music Connoisseur review of Thursday, June 5th ACA Festival Concert. NMC Aug. 29, 2008
- "After almost 80 years, a score finally gets a hearing," NY Times Review ACA Concert June 7, 2008
- "Giving Voice to Poetry," NY Times Review, ACA Concert June 4, 2008
- "Classical Traditions Kept and Upended" June 9, 2006, NY Times article by Bernard Holland.
- Composition professor has his moment at Carnegie Hall, Sept., 2004 Oberlin Backstage Pass.
Composers
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| H. Leslie Adams |
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An extraordinary pianist, and composer of "Blake... |
| Bruce Adolphe | ||
| Milton Adolphus |
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composed the music to the popular song, "Dream a... |
| Bradley Albers | ||
| Beth Anderson | Critically -acclaimed, prolific composer in many genres | |
| T.J. Anderson |
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"One of the distinguished black musicians of the... |
| Bülent Arel |
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(1919-1990) Electronic music pioneer; In 1962, he worked... |
| Christopher Auerbach-Brown |
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“This is a composer to watch; he might just shake things up... |
| John Austin | ||
| Larry Austin | ||
| Elizabeth R. Austin |
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Widely performed in the U.S. and in Germany, featured in a... |
| Aaron Avshalomov |
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Conductor, Composer lived in China during the 1930s-40s |
| Jacob Avshalomov |
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Oregon composer and conductor, son of Aaron Avshalomov |
| Emil Awad |
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Composer, Conductor, Educator. Professor of Composition and... |
| Frederic Balazs |
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World-renowned Hungarian-born composer, conductor, and... |
| George Barati |
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Distinguished cellist and conductor, born in Hungary |
| Leslie Bassett |
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| Ross Bauer |
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"...beauty and precision..." --San Francisco... |
| James Beale |
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b. 1924, Pianist, Composer, Guggenheim Fellowship recipient... |
| John J. Becker | a member of the "American Five" composers of... | |
| Burton Beerman |
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Composer, clarinetist, video artist |
| Elizabeth Bell |
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Composer, poet, founder NY Women Composers |
| James Berenholtz |
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| Brian Bevelander |
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Composer, pianist, at Heidelberg College |
| Philip Bezanson | 1916-1975 | |
| Allan Blank |
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Professor of Composition (Emeritus) at Virginia... |
| Marilyn Bliss |
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New York-based composer of classical concert music. |
| Marc Blitzstein | One of ACA's original founders | |
| Steven D. Block |
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University of New Mexico, Chairman, Department of Music |
| Zelman Bokser | ||
| Elliot Borishansky |
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| Edith Borroff | ||
| Will Gay Bottje |
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| George Boziwick |
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| Jack Briece |
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Organist, pianist, early video artist, composer (1945-1988) |
| Jack Brimberg |
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| Jane Brockman | Brockman was the first woman to earn a Doctorate in Music... | |
| Richard Brooks |
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Founder of Capstone Records, composer in opera, chamber... |
| Mark Brunswick |
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| Ann Callaway | ||
| Richard Cameron-Wolfe |
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a deeply thoughtful composer, mutli-nuanced, pianist of the... |
| Thomas Canning |
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1911-1989, Hymn Society member; Graduate of Oberlin and... |
| Robert Carl |
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Composer, performer, professor Hartt School of Music, Univ... |
| Philip Carlsen |
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Composer, conductor, cellist, professor of music at the... |
| Robert Ceely |
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Composer, educator |
| Gerald Chenoweth | ||
| Barney Childs |
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Composer, Rhodes Scholar, poet, much-loved by his colleagues |
| Robert Chumbley | ||
| Avery Claflin |
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| Fred Cohen |
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Faculty, Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University |
| Eleanor Cory |
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"Cory's music is consistently stimulating.... |
| Gheorghe Costinescu |
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| Lou Coyner | ||
| Arthur Custer |
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1923-1998 Navy pilot in WWII, became active in music... |
| Matthew Davidson |
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Matthew de Lacey Davidson, D.M.A. - Composer/Pianist |
| William Defotis |
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Associate Professor of Music, Emeritus |
| Michael Dellaira |
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Michael Dellaira's works integrate the classical and... |
| Lawrence Dillon |
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For a complete biography, visit http://www.lawrencedillon.... |
| Theodore Dollarhide |
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Music Director/Conductor of the Southern Oregon Concert Band |
| John Eaton |
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"The most interesting opera composer writing in... |
| George Edwards | ||
| Michelle Ekizian | ||
| Robert Evett |
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| Margaret Fairlie-Kennedy |
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Powerhouse composer, dance-influenced rhythms, a lifetime... |
| Noel Farrand |
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(1929-1996) |
| Joel Feigin |
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"...very strong impact, as logical in musical design... |
| Brian Fennelly |
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Composer-pianist-theorist-teacher in the American tradition |
| John E. Ferritto |
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Conductor Laureate of the Springfield Symphony |
| Irwin Fischer |
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| Thomas Flaherty |
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composer, cellist |
| Johan Franco |
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Carillonneur and prolific composer born in the Netherlands |
| David Froom |
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http://davidfroom.com |
| James Fry | ||
| David Fulmer |
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Composer, violinist, and conductor |
| Harley Gaber |
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Composer, graphic artist, filmmaker |
| Lee Gannon |
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Gannon (1960-1996), award-winning composer commissioned by... |
| Orlando Jacinto Garcia |
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http://www.orlandojacintogarcia.com |
| Steven R Gerber |
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Internationally-known composer |
| John Gibson |
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Electroacoustic music, Asst Prof, Indiana University Jacobs... |
| Robert Gibson |
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..."enchanting, sometimes feverish, always intricately... |
| Miriam Gideon |
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(1906–1996) One of the most beloved and influential... |
| Jan Gilbert |
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"innovative with an eerie and mysterious beauty... |
| Albert Glinsky |
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"Glinsky's music is vibrantly American in rhythm... |
| Roger Goeb |
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Prolific composer for orchestra, chamber ensembles. |
| Peter Golub | ||
| Forrest Goodenough |
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| Frederic Goossen |
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| David Gordon |
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Composer,President of Look & Listen Festival; League of... |
| W. Parks Grant |
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| Matthew Greenbaum |
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New York-based, composer, professor at Temple U |
| Laura Greenberg |
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| Joel Gressel |
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Composer of computer music, ACA executive committee member |
| Gregory Hall |
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Maine composer of the year |
| Herbert Haufrecht | ||
| Irwin Heilner |
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member of Young Composers Group in the 1930s with Copland... |
| William Hellermann |
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Co-director of the DownTown Ensemble |
| Robert Helps |
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The pianist's pianist, the composer's composer |
| Richard Hervig | ||
| William Hibbard | Composer, Conductor, Violist and Teacher | |
| Sydney Hodkinson |
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| Hubert Howe |
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Electronic and computer music, acoustic timbral and... |
| Derek Hurst |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~dwhurst/Home.html |
| Jere Hutcheson |
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| Edward S Jacobs |
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Founder and Director, NewMusic@ECU Festival |
| Loretta Jankowski |
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| Barbara Jazwinski | ||
| Donald Martin Jenni | ||
| A. Paul Johnson | ||
| David Evan Jones | ||
| Louis Karchin |
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NYU Professor of Composition/Theory |
| M William Karlins | ||
| Homer Keller | ||
| Robert Kelly |
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| Harrison Kerr |
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One of ACA's founding members |
| Ellis Kohs |
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| Arthur Kreiger |
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Electronic music specialist; Fellow, Ammerman Center for... |
| Karl Kroeger |
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Karl Kroeger b.1932 student of George Perle and Gordon... |
| Victor Landau | ||
| Elizabeth Lauer |
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Elizabeth Lauer is both a composer and pianist. Her works,... |
| John Anthony Lennon |
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| John Lessard | ||
| Paul Alan Levi | ||
| Frank Lewin | American composer 1925-2008 who wrote music for film and... | |
| Peter Tod Lewis |
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| Glenn Lieberman | ||
| Harris Lindenfeld | ||
| David Liptak | ||
| Normand Lockwood |
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| James Lovendusky | ||
| Christopher Morgan Loy |
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| Raymond Luedeke |
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Composer, clarinetist with the Toronto Symphony |
| Otto Luening |
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Electronic music pioneer, composer, flutist, Columbia... |
| Erik Lundborg | ||
| David MacBride | ||
| Steven Mackey | Archival material only. | |
| Robert McBride |
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Much-loved ACA composer |
| Richard McCandless |
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Composer - percussionist |
| Daniel McCarthy |
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USA Today: "Sassy and foreboding, refreshing and kicky... |
| Elliott Miles McKinley | ||
| William Thomas McKinley |
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Classical and jazz composer, performer, founder of MMC... |
| John Stewart McLennan | ||
| Lansing McLoskey |
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"fascinating music with a bluesy edge and infectious... |
| Ann McMillan | ||
| John Melby |
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Composer, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at... |
| Sarah Meneely-Kyder |
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| Edward J. Miller |
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“shimmering otherworldly textures,” - Allan Kozinn, NY Times |
| Charles Mills |
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1914-1982 |
| Janice Misurell-Mitchell | Chicago composer, flutist, and performance artist Janice... | |
| Darleen Cowles Mitchell |
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Professor of composition at the University of Nebraska |
| Henry Mollicone | ||
| Dorothy Rudd Moore |
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Composer of the opera, Frederick Douglass, and "From... |
| Richard Moryl | ||
| Walter Mourant |
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Composer of "The Pied Piper" for clarinet and... |
| Robert Newell |
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Composer and Conductor |
| Lewis Nielson |
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Nielson is "a master composer, an American original... |
| Alison Nowak | ||
| Lionel Nowak | ||
| David Olan | ||
| Hall Overton |
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(1920-1972) Composer, jazz pianist, advocate/activist for... |
| Terry Winter Owens |
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Terry Winter Owens, an internationally published composer... |
| Paul Paccione | ||
| James Park | ||
| Ronald Keith Parks |
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Composer of acoustic, electroacoustic, and hybrid... |
| F. Gordon Parmentier | ||
| Robert Parris |
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"a respected and controversial figure among those who... |
| Scott Pender |
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Recipient of a 2010 Composer Fellowship from the Virginia... |
| Jack Perla | ||
| Daniel Perlongo |
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Former student of Leslie Bassett and Ross Lee Finney,... |
| Gary Philo | ||
| Daniel Pinkham |
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(1923-2006) "The thing that most defines his musical... |
| Paul A. Pisk |
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| Raoul Pleskow |
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Classic modernist tradition, clean and elegant musical... |
| Gundaris Pone |
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American composer who bridged styles --Allan Kozinn |
| Quincy Porter |
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| David C. Rakowski | ||
| Carlos Rausch | ||
| Thomas L. Read |
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"Read's works are stamped with an original sense... |
| Phillip Rhodes |
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Please visit my website (www.prhodescomposer.com) for more... |
| Jody Rockmaker |
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Composer, theorist, Arizona State University |
| Lou Rodgers | ||
| Willard Roosevelt | ||
| Griffith Rose |
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American composer living in France since 1958 |
| Ronald Roseman | ||
| Jerome Rosen | ||
| Michael Rothkopf | Michael Rothkopf is a composer of chamber, electronic,... | |
| Nicholas Roussakis |
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Roussakis, former President of the American Composers... |
| Howard Rovics | ||
| Dane Rudhyar |
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Dane Rudhyar (born Daniel Chennevière) was an author,... |
| Steven Christopher Sacco |
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"Resolutely euphonious"... --Aspen Times |
| James Sain |
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James Paul Sain (b. 1959) is a composer of acoustic and... |
| Allen Sapp | ||
| Michael Schelle | ||
| Gary M. Schneider |
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http://www.garymschneider.com |
| Brian Schober | ||
| Elliott Schwartz |
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Prolific, influential American composer |
| Harold Seletsky |
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Composer and Clarinetist |
| Daria Semegen |
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Daria Semegen is a recognized authority on electronic music. |
| Michael Seyfrit | Michael Seyfrit "a genius of sardonic schmalz who... | |
| Judith Shatin | "highly inventive music on every level; hugely... | |
| Marilyn Shrude |
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Distinguished professor, composer, pianist extraordinaire |
| Ann Silsbee | ||
| Ezra Sims | ||
| Michael Slayton |
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Michael Slayton is a composer and the Associate Professor... |
| Leland C. Smith | ||
| David Soley | ||
| Harvey Sollberger |
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Composer, conductor, flutist |
| Glenn Stallcop |
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Composer, double bassist with The Phoenix Symphony |
| Peter Pindar Stearns |
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Organist, choral conductor, film music composer, ACA member... |
| Ken Steen |
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Electronic - acoustic music composer, sound artist |
| Leon Stein | ||
| Halsey Stevens |
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Halsey Stevens (1908-1989) beloved composer, scholar,... |
| Robert Stewart |
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| Jeffrey Stolet |
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Director of Intermedia Music Technology at U Oregon |
| Alan Stout | ||
| Gerald Strang |
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| Joel Eric Suben |
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Conductor and founder of Save The Music, has led commercial... |
| Stephen Suber | ||
| Joyce Hope Suskind |
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Composer, oboist, pianist... |
| Elias Tanenbaum |
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1924-2008 |
| Bruce Taub | ||
| Clifford Taylor | ||
| Andrew William Thomas |
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Internationally recognized composer of "Loving Mad Tom... |
| Mark Thome |
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Composer, clarinetist, saxophone player |
| Francis Thorne | Contact Theodore Presser | |
| Nicholas C. Thorne | ||
| Frederick C Tillis |
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Composer, Poet, Professor Emeritus, University of... |
| Joan Tower |
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ACA member since the 1960s |
| Roger Trefousse | ||
| George Tremblay | ||
| Preston Trombly | ||
| Lloyd Ultan | ||
| Vladimir Ussachevsky |
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Tape music pioneer |
| Burr Van Nostrand | ||
| John Verrall | ||
| Roger Vogel |
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University of Georgia faculty member, Delius Prize winner |
| Andrew Waggoner | ||
| James Wagoner | ||
| Joelle Wallach | New-York based composer of uncommon beauty and elegance | |
| Gerald Warfield | ||
| Rodney Waschka, II | Rodney Waschka II is a composer best known for his... | |
| John Everett Watts |
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(1929-1982) Director of the Composers and Choreographers... |
| Ben Weber |
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| Karl Weigl |
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Prolific Austrian composer, fled Hitler's Germany and... |
| Vally Weigl |
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Valerie Weigl, composer, wife of Karl Weigl |
| Arthur Weisberg |
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American bassoonist, conductor, composer and author 1931-... |
| Adolph Weiss |
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Weiss's music displays the tenuity of feeling, the... |
| Matthew Welch |
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Composer/Multi-instrumentalist, bagpipe virtuoso |
| Samuel Wellman |
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| Beth Wiemann |
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Professor of Composition, University of Maine |
| Richard W. Wienhorst | ||
| Frank Wigglesworth |
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More than forty years of service to new music organizations... |
| Lawrence Willingham | ||
| Donald M. Wilson |
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ACA member since 1964 |
| Walter Winslow | ||
| Bruce Wise | ||
| Joseph Wood | ||
| Russell Woollen |
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"...one of the rare breed...neither wedded to sure-... |
| Gregg Wramage | ||
| Charles Wuorinen |
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Wuorinen is a member of both the American Academy of Arts... |
| Christopher Yavelow |
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composer, author on computer music, multimedia |
| Robert Yekovich | ||
| Rolv Yttrehus |
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Rolv Yttrehus regards Schoenberg and Sessions as his... |
| Noel Zahler |
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Head of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Music |
| Eric Ziolek |
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Pianist and composer, Cleveland State University |
| Paul Zonn |
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(1938-2000) |
| Mark Zuckerman |
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“intriguing music of deceptive simplicity ... subtle,... |
| Ramon Zupko |
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