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EDUCATION

 

  • 1982-1987   University of Chicago

       Doctor of Philosophy in Music Composition, 1987

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  • 1980-1982    University of Pennsylvania

       Master of Arts in Music Composition, 1983

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  • 1976-1980    University of Georgia

       Bachelor of Music in Composition/Trombone

       magna cum laude with general honors, 1980

  

  • 1977, 1983     Aspen Music Festival Composition Program

 

 

Composition Teachers

  • 1985-1986      Shulamit Ran, University of Chicago

  • 1982-1985      Ralph Shapey, University of Chicago

  • 1983      Dan Welcher, Aspen Music Festival

  • 1982      George Crumb, University of Pennsylvania

  • 1981       Richard Wernick, University of Pennsylvania

  • 1981      C. Jane Wilkinson, University of Pennsylvania

  • 1980      George Rochberg, University of Pennsylvania

  • 1979-1980     John Corina, University of Georgia

  • 1978-1979     Tom Wallace, University of Georgia

  • 1977-1978      Roger Vogel, University of Georgia

  • 1977     Michael Czajkowski, Aspen Music Festival

  • 1977     Claude Baker, University of Georgia

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Doctoral Composition

String Quartet No. 1

Ralph Shapey and Shulamit Ran, major professors

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Doctoral Paper

"'The Clocks Do Not Synchronize': Temporal Metaphors and the Organization of Lukas Foss's Time Cycle"  Robert P. Morgan, major professor

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