Jeffrey Mumford (born June 22, 1955) is a U.S. composer whose orchestral works have been performed by the

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and American Composers Orchestra. His music has been especially praised by ''

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'' as being "a philosophy of music making that embraced both raw passion and a gentle imagistic poetry." Mumford's compositions, though thoroughly modern, are evocative, exploring the sensuous and tactile nature of sound in subtle and sophisticated ways. Mumford was born in

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, and holds degrees from the

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(B.A., 1977) and the

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(M.A., 1981). He was a student of

Elliott Carter Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American modernist composer. One of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century, he combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra- ...

and

Lawrence Moss Lawrence Kenneth Moss (November 18, 1927 – June 24, 2022) was an Americans, American composer of contemporary classical music. He was born in Los Angeles. He held a B.A. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, an M.A. from the Eas ...

. Mumford, along with poet

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, holds the rank of Distinguished Professor in the Division of Arts and Humanities at Lorain County Community College in Ohio. Formerly he taught at the Washington Conservatory of Music (1989–99), served as Artist-in-Residence at

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(1999-00), and served as assistant professor of composition and Composer-in-Residence at the

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. He has received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation,

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, and ASCAP Foundation, and has been awarded seven Meet the Composer grants. His works have been recorded by the CRI label, and on Albany CDs, and his scores are published by

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External links

Jeffrey Mumford's page at Theodore Presser CompanyOfficial Website

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