Ellen Taaffe Zwilich received degrees from Florida State University and the Juilliard School, studying composition with Ernst von Dohnányi, Roger Sessions and Elliott Carter. Ms. Zwilich won the Pulitzer Prize for her Symphony No. 1, the first woman to receive that award. From 1995 to 1999, Ms. Zwilich was the inaugural appointee to the Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall. She currently holds the Francis Eppes Distinguished Professorship at Florida State University.
Celebrating her 70th birthday nationwide in 2008-2009, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich will attend the Chamber Music Society of Detroit's April 18 concert to hear, for the first time, a performance of her new work, Quintet for Saxophone and String Quartet. Ms. Zwilich will present a pre-concert talk in which she will discuss her work, co-commissioned by the Chamber Music Society. |
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Steven Rings, Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Chicago, received his Ph.D. from Yale University. Prior to his work as a music theorist, Mr. Rings was active as a classical guitarist, performing in the United States and in Portugal, where he was professor of guitar at the Conservatório de Angra do Heroísmo. He has also served as a reviewer for the American Record Guide and as the director of a concert series in Minnesota. Steven Rings focuses his research on analysis and interpretation of tonal music, particularly on music from the nineteenth century. |
