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) is a US composer, and winner of the 1999
Pulitzer Prize in music
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. Her undergraduate degree is from
Hamilton College
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Richard Wernick
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George Crumb
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Shulamit Ran
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Jay Reise
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Reise spent his childhood surrounded by classical music and jazz, but began his composition studies with Jimmy Giuffre and Hugh Hartwell in 1970. After graduating at Hamilton College in 1 ...
.
Career
A resident of
Ridgewood, New Jersey
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Orchestra 2001 Currently entering its fourth decade, Orchestra 2001 was founded at Swarthmore College, where it was Ensemble-in-Residence for over twenty-five years. In addition to concerts in the Philadelphia area, the ensemble has brought new American music to c ...
, the
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American Academy of Arts and Letters
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and three
ASCAP
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Young Composer awards. Beforehand, she also received an honorary degree from Hamilton College. Some of her famous pieces are the Trombone Concerto (2007), ''Falling Angels'' (1992), and ''Extremity of Sky'' (2002).
Wagner was also commissioned by the New York Philharmonic (a concerto for principal trombonist Joseph Alessi), from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Barlow, Fromm, and Koussevitzky Foundations, the American Brass Quintet, and from guitarist David Starobin. She has received a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an honorary degree from Hamilton College, as well as a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Pennsylvania. Her other performances include the Dallas Symphony, the American Composers Orchestra, the Women's Philharmonic, the New York Pops, and the US Marine Band.
Wagner has held a faculty position at The Juilliard School since 2016. A passionate and inspiring teacher, Wagner has held faculty positions at Brandeis University, Smith College, and Syracuse University.juilliard website Wagner has also taught at many universities including the
University of Pennsylvania
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Swarthmore College
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Syracuse University
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, and
Hunter College
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. She has lectured at many schools such as
Yale University
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Cornell University
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Juilliard School
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Mannes School of Music
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. Wagner has served as Composer-in-Residence at the
University of Texas Austin
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and at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband, percussionist James Saporito, and their children.
Partial list of works
*''Falling Angels'' (1992)
* Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion (Pulitzer Prize winner - 1999)
*''Extremity of Sky'' (piano concerto - 2002)
* Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (2007)
*''Arabesque'' for Solo Guitar
*''Noggin'': Four Pieces for Piano
*''Tintinnabulum'' for Piano
*Brass Quintet No. 1
*Concertino for Harpsichord and String Quintet
*''Four Settings'' for Soprano and Ensemble
*''My Tioga'' for String Quartet
*''Pan Journal'' for Harp and String Quartet
*'' Proceed, Moon'' for orchestra (2016)
*''Romanze With Faux Variations'' Piano Trio No. 2
*''Scritch'' for Oboe and String Quartet
*''Sextet'' for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano
*''Seven Muses'' Contemporary Anthology for Flute and Piano
*''Sleep Awake'': Two Songs for Mezzo-soprano, Clarinet, and Piano
*''Wick'' for Chamber Ensemble
*''Wing and Prayer'' for Clarinet, violoncello, percussion, and piano
*''Ancient Music'' SABTA Acapella
*''From a Book of Early Prayers'' for SATB Acapella
*''57/7 Dash'' Overture for Timpani, Percussion, and orchestra
*''Little Moonhead'' three tributaries to Bach
*''Scamp'' for Wind Ensemble
Awards
* 2003: Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Pennsylvania
* 2001: Honorary degree from Hamilton College
* 2000: Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
* 1999: Pulitzer Prize in Music for Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion
* 1991: MacDowell Colony Resident Fellowship
* 1988: Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
* 1988: MacDowell Colony Resident
* 1986: MacDowell Colony Resident
* 1986: Yaddo Resident Fellowship
* 1984, 1985, 1987: ASCAP Young Composer Awards