Background
Brazinski, Frank William was born on May 8, 1932.
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Frank William Brazinski
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Bachelor of Music-in-Composition, Oberlin Conservatory, Ohio, 1958. Master of Music in Composition, University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1962.
Career
Teacher vocal music Copiague Junior High School, New York, 1968—1971, Oceanside Schools, 1971—1996. Adjunct vocal music Jericho Middle School, 1997—1999, Oyster Bay High School, 1999—2004. Member, keyboardist Bay Big Band, since 1994.
Composer-in-residence 23d St. Madison Square Constituency, 1993, Britten-on-the-Bay Concert Series, 1995—1997.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Britten On The Bay Concerts (president since 2008), Music Educators National Conference, Pi Kappa Lambda.
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Awards
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Nominee Pulitzer award for Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: In Memoriam, 1995, Pulitzer award, Concerto Brass Quintet: A Regal Universe, 1996, Pulitzer award for Mezzo-Soprano Voice, Alto Saxophone and Piano, 2009. Recipient Ford Foundation grant, Edmonds Washington, 1964-1965, 1965-1966, United States Federal Title 6 grant, EMPORIA, Kansas, 1967-1968. Grantee, BMI, University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1961-1962, 1962-1963.Nominee Pulitzer award for Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: In Memoriam, 1995, Pulitzer award, Concerto Brass Quintet: A Regal Universe, 1996, Pulitzer award for Mezzo-Soprano Voice, Alto Saxophone and Piano, 2009. Recipient Ford Foundation grant, Edmonds Washington, 1964-1965, 1965-1966, United States Federal Title 6 grant, EMPORIA, Kansas, 1967-1968. Grantee, BMI, University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1961-1962, 1962-1963.