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Laura Schwendinger

Laura Schwendinger

Expert on contemporary music, orchestral and chamber music, and performing arts

Professor, music composition College of Letters and Science Work: 608-232-0113 — Home and cell phones available upon request lschwendinge@wisc.edu Home page

Topics

  • Contemporary music
  • Orchestral and chamber music
  • Performing arts

Achievements

  • Guggenheim Fellowship, 2009
  • Goddard Leiberson Fellowship for “mid-career composers of exceptional gifts,” American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2009
  • Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship, Harvard University, 2002
  • Koussevitzky Music Foundation, commission, 2001
  • Fromm Music Foundation, commission, 1999
  • Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall, Berlin Philharmonic, SymphonySpace, Lincoln Center, PoissonRouge, Corcoran, MOMA, Theatre Chatalet, Alice Tully, LincolnCenter, Tanglewood/Aspen/Ojai Festivals-Dawn Upshaw other leading artists
  • Aaron Copland Award, 2008
  • Romnes Faculty Fellowship, 2008
  • Emily Mead Baldwin-Bascom Professorship in Creative Arts, Arts Institute, 2006
  • AlbanyCD, 3 Works; Fanfare review 3/2/13 “This ballsy, confident music-making in both writing and execution ...proves that serious contemporary music…immediately accessible and emotional. Highly recommended.”
  • Reviewed in leading newspapers, including the New York Times: Dawn Upshaw; Trinity Choir; New Julliard Ensemble at MOMA; American Composers Orchestra

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