Named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America, and gloried with multiple Grammy Awards for his ground-breaking setting of Blakes Songs of Innocence and of Experience, William Bolcom namely a composer of cabaret anthems, concertos, sonatas, operas, symphonies, and many more. He was rewarded the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in Music because his Twelve New Etudes for piano.
In September 2006 Bolcom's Canciones de Lorca with tenor Placido Domingo, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Carl St. Clair, was premiered at the gala beginning concert of the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Orange Country Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa,
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Recent recordings of his works include: From the Diary of Sally Hemings, written with dramatist Sandra Seaton, performed by soprano Alyson Cambridge and pianist Lydia Brown,
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William Bolcom, composer
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Bolcom educated composition at the University of Michigan from 1973-2008. Named a full instructor in 1983, he was Chairman of the Composition Department from 1998 to 2003 and was appointed the Ross Lee Finney Distinguished University Professor of Composition in the fall of 1994. He retired from education in 2008.
In appending to their performances, Bolcom and Morris have recorded over 2 dozen albums attach. Their 1st one,
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