Ellen Zwilich
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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born April 30, 1939) is an American post-modernist composer (writing in a neo-romantic style).
Born in Miami, Florida, she went on to study with Elliott Carter and became the first female composer to win the Pulitzer Prize. In 1995, she was named to the first Composer's Chair in the history of Carnegie Hall. She is a Distinguished Professor of Music at Florida State University.
Works
- Concerto Grosso
- Three Movements for Orchestra (Symphony No. 1) Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1983
- Celebration for Orchestra (1984)
- Symphony No. 4 "The Gardens" for Chorus, Children's Chorus and Orchestra (sponsored by Michigan State University)
- Concerto for Horn and String Orchestra (1993)
- Concerto for Bass Trombone, Strings, Timpani and Cymbals (1989).
External links
- [Schirmer.com: Zwilich]
- [Presser.com: Zwilich]
- [ENCOUNTERS: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich] by George Sturm
- [Ellen Zwilich in allmusic]
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