Allen Shawn, Music
A composer of a large catalogue of orchestral and chamber music, Shawn has also composed three chamber operas, songs, piano music, and music for ballet, theater, and film. He was the recipient of a 1995 Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and an Academy Award in Music from the Academy in 2001. His music is recorded on Opus One, Bay Cities, Northeastern, and Albany records, and is published by Boosey and Hawkes, Oxford University Press, Galaxy Music, GunMar Music, and Morningstar Music. He is active as a pianist, and is the author of two books, Arnold Schoenberg's Journey (2002), which won the 2003 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, and Wish I Could Be There (2007), as well as articles on contemporary music for the Atlantic Monthly, The Musical Times, and The Times Literary Supplement. BA, Harvard; study with Nadia Boulanger; MA, Columbia. He has taught at Bennington since 1985.
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