Email addresses are included here by permission. Please send additions and corrections to mmsmith@sas.upenn.edu
The following list includes only recipients of the Ph.D. in composition, with information on their academic positions. There are many distinguished and active composers who received a terminal Master's degree from Penn during the 1970s and early 80s (when the University did not grant Ph.D.s in composition.) Among these are Robert Carl (Hartt School of Music), Martin Herman (UC, Long Beach), Stephen Jaffe (Duke), and Robert Kyr (University of Oregon). There are also a number of our composition graduates who do not hold academic positions but maintain active compositional careers (among these is recent Pulitzer Prize winner, Melinda Wagner).
| 2012 |
Eleanor Aversa
eaversa@sas.upenn.edu |
Open Doors for Orchestra |
Lecturer B, University of Pennsylvania |
| 2010 |
Daniel S. Nelson
dan.s.nelson@gmail.com |
"Sinfonietta" for Large
Orchestra
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Independent Composer |
| 2009 |
Emily Anna Bridges
eabridge@sas.upenn.edu |
Hero of Crossroads,
Gardener of the Heart: Three Songs for Baritone and Chamber
Ensemble
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Independent
Composer
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| 2009 |
David Ludwig
david.ludwig@curtis.edu |
Sonata for Violin and Piano |
Artistic Director Contemporary Music Ensemble, Curtis Institute of Music |
| 2009 |
Allen McCullough
Mccullough_at@mercer.edu
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 |
Asstistant Professor, Mercer University |
| 2009 |
Andrew McPherson
andrew@andrewmcpherson.org
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Secrets of Antikythera
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Lecturer in Digital Media at Queen Mary, University of London |
| 2008 |
Efstratios Minakakis
eminakak@yahoo.com |
Philadelphia Fire (Trope I) |
New England Conservatory of Music |
| 2008 |
Matthew Schreibeis
mschreib@sas.upenn.edu |
Symphony |
Lecturer,
University of PA |
| 2008 |
Stephen Wilcox
spwilcox@sas.upenn.edu |
Cho-Han (for large Orchestra) |
Independent Composer |
| 2007 |
Leo Dugan
leonardodugan@hotmail.com |
Concerto for Jazz Saxophone and Orchestra |
Adjunct Professor,
Immaculata University |
| 2005 |
Cameron Harris
cameron@sas.upenn.edu |
Three Night Pieces for orchestra |
Assistant Professor, Univ. of
Witwatersrand |
| 2005 |
Kevin Kelly
kjkelly@sas.upenn.edu |
Never A Human Voice for orchestra |
Assistant Professor of Music at L.A. City College |
2005 |
Benjamin C.S. Boyle
bboyle@sas.upenn.edu |
To one in paradise |
Adjunct Associate
Professor, Westminster Choir College
|
2003 |
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La pasion segun Antigona Perez |
Assistant Professor, Reed College |
2003 |
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Fast Jump: etudes and interludes for solo piano |
Adjunct Faculty, Plymouth University, United Kingdom; Independent Composer |
2002 |
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Diary of the Damned |
Executive Director, JONAS! Music |
2001 |
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Sacred Symphony |
Assistant Professor of Music, Wheaton College, and Music Director, Great Woods Chamber Orchestra |
2001 |
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String Quartet |
Assistant Professor, Wheaton College
|
2001 |
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Unwrapping a Mummy: for orchestra |
Assistant Professor, Taipei National University of the Arts |
2000
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Tung, Lai S.
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting |
Independent Composer |
2000
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Gill, Jeremy
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Symphony in One Movement |
Core Musician, Dolce Suono Chamber Music Concert Series |
2000
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Boyce, Douglas
dboyce@gwu.edu |
Disputatio inter manum calamumque |
Associate Professor, George Washington University; Independent Composer, counter)induction, Contemporary Music Forum
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1999
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Bartlett, Kyle
www.counterinduction.com |
'Le visage decouvert' |
President, Counter Induction Chamber Ensemble |
1998
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Chen, Chiung-Yu
chiungyu@alumni.upenn.edu
chiungyu@yahoo.com |
A Slow Dance for Orchestra |
Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University |
1998
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Wang Hwang, I-uen
i-uen@usa.net |
Autumn Atmosphere : A Series of Symphonic Poems for Full Orchestra
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Independent Composer |
1998
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Meadowcroft, Thomas
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Clarice |
Independent Composer |
1998
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Park, Jeong Yang
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Spectra: for orchestra
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Independent Composer |
1997
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Osbon, David
David.Osbon@uwl.ac.uk
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Vox libertas |
University of West London, Professor of the Creative Arts |
1997
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Ucarsu, Hasan
hasanucarsu@hotmail.com |
Ol: for large orchestra
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Professor, Composition and Conducting Department of the State Conservatory of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
|
1996 |
Neceski, Chesky |
Apocalypsis for Large Orchestra |
Independent Composer |
1996
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Lee, Tzyy-Sheng
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Ascending/Descending: concerto for flute and chamber orchestra
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Associate Professor, National Sun Yat-sen University
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1995
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Bleckner, Andrew
ableckner@aol.com |
Two works for orchestra
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Resident Composer, Philadelphia Choras Singing City |
1995
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Kim, Cecilia Heejeong
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Nocturnal mosaic : for piano and orchestra
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Assistant Professor, Sang Myung University |
1995
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Pervazov, Andrian
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Zed: for full orchestra
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Computing,
Truefire
|
1994
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Barker, Jennifer M.
jmbarker@UDel.Edu |
A Celtic Prayer |
Full Professor, Chair of New Music, University of Delaware
|
1994
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Ben-Moshe, Boaz
benmoshe@research.haifa.ac.il |
Arak |
Associate Professor, Haifa University |
1994
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Higdon, Jennifer
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Voices: for string quartet
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Rock Chair Professor of Music, Curtis Institute of Music
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1994
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Morgo, Jen
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Three seismic studies: for orchestra
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Lecturer, University of the Arts
|
1994
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Patterson, Robert G.
robert@robertgpatterson.com
http://www.robertgpatterson.com |
Double edge: for large orchestra
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Horn, Memphis Symphony |
1993
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Ben-Amots, Ofer
obenamots@coloradocollege.edu |
Fool's paradise: opera buffa in one act
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Full Professor, Chair for Music Department, Colorado College
|
1993
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Jalbert, Pierre
jalbert@rice.edu
http://www.myspace.com/againstemptiness |
Remains of the silence: for chamber orchestra
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Associate Professor, Rice University
|
1993
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Zohn-Muldoon, Ricardo
rzohnmuldoon@esm.rochester.edu |
La Tibieza del Tiempo |
Associate Professor, Eastman School of Music
|
1992
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Fiday, Michael
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Delicate prey: orchestral sketch after Paul Bowles
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Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati |
1992
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Hershey, Sharon |
Arrival: for soprano and orchestra
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Minister of Music, St. David's Episcopal Church |
1992
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Whitman, Thomas
www.whitmanmusic.net
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Into the light : for baritone and large orchestra
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Assicuate Professor, Swarthmore College
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1992
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Crumb, David
drcrumb@darkwing.uoregon.edu |
Clarino: for orchestra
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Associate Professor, University of Oregon
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1991
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Golijov, Osvaldo
Ytalianna@aol.com |
La Distanza Della Luna (The Distance of the Moon) |
Loyola Professor, College of the Holy Cross
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1991
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Kim, Gee
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Concerto no. 1 for piano and orchestra
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Professor, Kyungwon University
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1990
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Lee, Kui-Im
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"Sori" for Orchestra |
Assistant Professor, Fort Valley State University
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1990
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Maggio, Robert
maggio@wcupa.edu |
A Symphony of Memory |
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Music Theory and Composition, West Chester University
|
1989
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Cotton, Jeffery |
"Poems of Night" |
Composer-in-residence, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, Boston |
1989
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Ben-Shabetai, Ari
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Harps and horns: five love songs from Egyptian antiquity for five soloists |
Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem
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1986
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Arauco, Ingrid
iarauco@haverford.edu |
First-music: overture for orchestra
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Associate Professor, Haverford College
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1986
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Meyer, Ruth
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On that day deep in my life: for orchestra
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Independent Composer |
1986
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Ure, James
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Symphony in two movements
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Independent Composer |
1986
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Wagner, Melinda
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Passages: for full orchestra
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Independent composer; Pulitzer Prize Winner
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1985
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Permont, Haim
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Like the leaden sky before it rains: a cycle of songs for choir, soloists and orchestra to poems written by children at the Terezin ghetto in 1942-1944
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Associate Professor, Rubin Academy of Music and Dance, Jerusalem
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1984
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Leef, Yinam
yleef@013.net.il
http://www.aquanet.co.il/ |
Violin concerto
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President, Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Jerusalem
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1977
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Pollack, Alan William
awp@world.std.com |
Chaconne arabesque: an original musical composition for large orchestra
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Senior Engineering Manager, Domain Pharma Corporation |
1975
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Hartwell, Hugh
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Sonata for orchestra
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Professor, McMaster University |
1970
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Reale, Paul
p_reale@minotaurz.com
http://www.minotaurz.com/minotaur |
"Process of multivalent thematic transformation" |
Professor, University of California at Los Angeles
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1949
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Dorsey, James
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American vignette: a full choral symphony in four movements
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1947
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Vauclain, Constant
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Symphony in one movement
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Emeritus Professor, University of Pennsylvania
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