Background
Eaton, John C. was born on March 30, 1935 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harold C. and Fannie E. (Geer) Eaton.
Eaton, John C. was born on March 30, 1935 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harold C. and Fannie E. (Geer) Eaton.
AB, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1957. Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1959.
Performing artist Columbia Artists, New York City, 1961-1965. Professor music Indiana University, Bloomington, since 1970, University Chicago, since 1991. Composer-in-residence American Academy, Rome, Italy, 1975-1976.
Lecturer Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, Austria, 1976. Honored guest Soviet Composers Society, 1977.
(M-574. Libretto by Patrick Creagh. Music by John Eaton.)
Composer numerous operas, most recently: Myshkin, 1972 (Peabody award 1972), Danton and Robespierre, 1978, The Cry of Clytaemnestra, 1980, The Tempest, 1985 (Santa Fe Commission), The Reverend Jim Jones, 1988, Peer Gynt, 1989, Let's Get This Show on the Road, 1993, Don Quixote, 1994, Golk, 1995, Travelling with Gulliver, 1997, Antigone, 1999. Inasmuch, 2002, Pinocchio, 2003, numerous chamber orchestras and electrical comps. Featured in numerous articles in professional journals.
Married Nelda E. Nelson, May 31, 1973. Children: Elizabeth Estela, Julian R.P.