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Granthamdonaldjbsom09 GRANTHAMDONALDJBSOM092013 DONALD GRANTHAM: CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION DMA Composition, University of Southern California, 1980 MM Composition, University of Southern California, 1974 Private study with Nadia Boulanger, Conservatoire Americain, 1973, 1974 BM Composition, University of Oklahoma, 1970 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1991-present Professor of Composition, University of Texas at Austin 1981-1991 Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin 1975-1980 Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin 1974-1975 Lecturer in Music Theory, University of Southern California PUBLICATIONS Book: The Technique of Orchestration (6th ed.). Kent Kennan and Donald Grantham. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. 2002. The Technique of Orchestration Workbook (6th ed.). Kent Kennan and Donald Grantham. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. 2002 Book Chapter: Composers on Writing for Band. GIA Publications, Inc. Chicago, 2004. I wrote a chapter about my wind ensemble music and compositional process. Article: A Harmonic Leit-motif System in Charles Iveʼs “Psalm 90.” IN THEORY ONLY, Journal of the Michigan Music Theory Society. Fall, 1980. AWARDS AND PRIZES 2001 Elected a member of the American Bandmasters Association 2000 ASCAP Standard Award (21st consecutive award) 1999 American Bandmasters Association/Ostwald Composition Competition, First Prize National Bandmasters Association/William D. Revelli Composition Competition, First Prize Donald Grantham 2 1996 Aaron Copland Foundation, $10,000 award with Voices of Change for the production of a recording of my chamber music 1995 National Bandmasters Association/William D. Revelli Composition Competition, First Prize 1995 National Endowment for the Arts Grant 1993 Concordia Chamber Symphony Awards to American Composers, First Prize International Horn Society Composition Competition, First Prize 1991 National Opera Association Biennial Composition Competition, First Prize Omaha Symphony New Music Composition Competition, First Prize 1990 Guggenheim Fellowship Marie and Joseph D. Jamails Regents Professorship in Fine Arts (University of Texas at Austin) 1987 International Trumpet Guild Composition Competition, Second Prize 1984 National Endowment for the Arts Grant 1983 Nissim/American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Orchestral Composition PrizE, Sigwald Thompson Orchestral Composition Prize Omaha Symphony New Music Composition Competition, First Prize Indianapolis Symphony Performance Award 1982 Guest Composer, Ives Center for American Music 1980 Citation in Music, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Outstanding DMA graduate, University of Southern California International Society for Contemporary Music Performance Award, Carnegie Recital Hall 1979 International Horn Society Composition Competition, First Prize MacDowell Colony Fellowship 1976 Prix Lili Boulanger 1974 Helen S. Anstead Composition Prize (University of Southern California) Walter Damrosch Scholarship for study with Nadia Boulanger 1973 Jimmy McHugh Composition Prize (University of Southern California) Walter Damrosch Scholarship for study with Nadia Boulanger .
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