Background
Martino, Donald James was born on May 16, 1931 in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of James Edward and Alma Ida (Renz) Martino.
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This is a land mark work in the piano literature. Martino provides a page of notes about the work.
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Martino, Donald James was born on May 16, 1931 in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of James Edward and Alma Ida (Renz) Martino.
Bachelor of Music, Syracuse University, 1952; Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1954; Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, 1983.
Instructor music, Princeton University, 1957-1959;
assistant professor theory music, Yale University, 1959-1966;
associate professor, Yale University, 1966-1969;
department chairman composition, New England Conservatory Music, Boston, 1969-1980;
Irving Fine professor music, Brandeis U., 1980-1982;
professor music, Harvard University, since 1983;
Walter Bigelow Rosen professor music, Harvard University, 1989-1993;
Walter Bigelow Rosen professor emeritus, since 1993. Teacher composition and theory Yale Summer School of Music and Art, 1960-1963. Teacher composition Berkshire Music Center, summers, 1965-1967, 69.
Composer in residence Berkshire Music Center, 1973, Composers' Conference, Johnson, Vermont, summer 1979, May in Miami, 1994, Festival International Musica de Morelia, Mexico, 1996, Composers' Conference, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1997, Ernest Block Music Festival Composers Conference, Newport, Oregon, summer 1998. Visiting lecturer Harvard University, 1971. Maurice Abravanel visiting distinguished composer U. Utah, 1994, Mary Duke Biddle distinguished composer Duke U., 1995.
Master artist-in-residence Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1997. BMI composer in residence Vanderbilt University, 1998.
(Donald Martino Concerto for Wind Quintet Very large Study...)
(This is a land mark work in the piano literature. Martino...)
(Full score for dual part)
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Arts and Letters, College Music Society, American Composers Alliance, Broadcast Music Inc., American Music Center, International Society Contemporary Music (a founder New Haven chapter 1964, director United States section 1961-1964), American Society U. Composers (founding member, Executive Committee 1965-1966, trustee since 1965), International Clarinet Society (board directors).
Married Mari Rice, September 5, 1953 (divorced June 1968). 1 child, Anna Maria; married Lora Harvey, June 5, 1969. 1 child, Christopher James.