Background
Dworkin was born on September 11, 1970 in Monticello, New York to Vaughn and Audeen Moore, but they were forced to give their son up for adoption.
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Aaron Paul Dworkin
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University of Michigan He attended the Peabody Institute and Philadelphia's New School of Music.
Career
When he was two weeks old, Barry and Susan Dworkin, who both were New York City College professors, with a specialization in neuroscience, adopted him. Barry and Susan had another son as well. Susan had been an amateur violinist before Aaron's adoption, and when he was about five, she began to play again.
She would play Bach pieces and gave him an interest in playing.
In Manhattan, he took lessons from Vladimir Graffman. By his teens, he was performing regularly with the Hershey Youth Orchestra and the Harrisburg Youth Symphony.
He had been unhappy about attending his other high school due to some prejudice based on his race. Dworkin enrolled at Penn State where he was concertmaster for the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra.
He was enrolled as a business major though, and he withdrew without earning a degree because of financial reasons.
He then decided to move to Michigan. He worked until he obtained enough funds to attend the University of Michigan. Inspired by the works of William Grant Still, he realized the lack of the minorities involved in classical music
He created the Sphinx Organization to help reflect the diversity in the United States in orchestras.
Starting on July 20, 2015, he will be taking over as the Dean of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre &.
Achievements
Membership
He was a Member of the Obama National Arts Policy Committee.
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Awards
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MacArthur Fellowship Back Award; MacArthur Fellows Program 2003 Michigan Governors Award for Arts & Culture 2003 Michiganian of the Year, Detroit News 2005 MacArthur Fellows Program 2006 Newsweek Giving Back Award MLK Spirit Award 2013 Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society The MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellowship, or 'Genius Grant' is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 40 individuals, working in any field, who 'show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work' and are citizens or residents of the United States.MacArthur Fellowship Back Award; MacArthur Fellows Program 2003 Michigan Governors Award for Arts & Culture 2003 Michiganian of the Year, Detroit News 2005 MacArthur Fellows Program 2006 Newsweek Giving Back Award MLK Spirit Award 2013 Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society The MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellowship, or 'Genius Grant' is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 40 individuals, working in any field, who 'show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work' and are citizens or residents of the United States.