Background
Byrd, Joseph was born on December 19, 1937 in Louisville. Son of J. H. and Dian Nall Byrd.
Byrd, Joseph was born on December 19, 1937 in Louisville. Son of J. H. and Dian Nall Byrd.
Bachelor of Music, University Arizona, 1959. Master of Arts in Music and Composition, Stanford University, 1960. Student, Morton Feldman and John Cage, 1960—1963.
Postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1963—1966.
Secretary Virgil Thomson, 1961—1963. Staff arranger Capital Recordings, 1963. Founder The New Music Wrokshop, 1963—1966.
Associate music College Redwoods, Humboldt County, California.
Married Beni Bennett, 1984. 1 child Clarissa Elizabeth.