Michael_Colgrass
Michael Colgrass
He studied percussion and composition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earning a Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) degree in 1956.
He won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his symphonic piece Déjà vu, which was commissioned and premiered by the New York Philharmonic. In addition, he received an Emmy Award in 1982 for a PBS documentary "Soundings: The Music of Michael Colgrass." Other awards include two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller Grant, First Prize in the Barlow and Sudler International Wind Ensemble Competitions, and the 1988 Jules Leger Prize for Chamber Music.
He has performed with the ensemble of Harry Partch.
Colgrass is married to journalist Ulla Colgrass and has a son, Neal, a screenwriter.
He is an associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre. He currently lives in Toronto, Canada.
Works
- Winds of Nagual (1985) - for Wind Ensemble.
Notable students
External links
- Official site
- Canadian Encyclopedia article
- Works of Michael Colgrass at Carl Fischer, music publishers.
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Last updated on Saturday September 13, 2008 at 12:14:24 PDT (GMT -0700)
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