Background
Sherr, Laurence E. Son of Saul and Alice Sherr.
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Laurence E. Sherr
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Student, Vienna International Music Center, 1975. Bachelor magna cum laude, Duke University, 1978. Master of Music, University Illinois, 1981.
Doctor in Musical Arts, University Illinois, 1988. Student, Banff Center, Canada, 1981—1982.
Career
Instructor/teaching assistant University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1979—1981, 1985—1986. Freelance artist and teacher Atlanta, 1988—1997. Visiting assistant professor New College, University South Florida, Sarasota, 1989.
Instructor Clayton State University, Atlanta, 1994—1995. Part-time associate professor Kennesaw State University, 1996—1997, full time associate professor, since 1997, composer-in-residence, since 1997. Educational consultant Georgia Assessment Project Georgia State University, Atlanta, 1989—1993.
Reviewer Georgia Council for the Arts, 1994, 95, North Carolina Arts Council, 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Member of American Society of Composers, Music Teachers National Association, Tampa Bay Composers' Forum, Society Composers, College Music Society, American Music Center, American Composers Forum, Pi Kappa Lambda.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Finalist, Old Dominion University Diehn Composers Room Southeastern Regional Competition, 2000, Susquehana University New Music Ensemble Composers Competition, 2001. Grantee, Illinois Arts Council, 1984, City Atlanta Bureau Cultural Affairs, 1990, Georgia Council for the Arts, 1990, 1993, Alliance Francaise d'Atlanta, Inc., 1992, Meet the Composer, Inc., 1997, American Composers Forum, 1998. Residency Composers/Choreographers Workshop, American Dance Festival, 1981, residency American Music for Percussion Program, Charles Ives Center for American Music, 1988, artist residency, Seaside Institute, 1994, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, 1999, 2001, 2005, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 2000, 2002, 2004, MacDowell Colony, 2002.Finalist, Old Dominion University Diehn Composers Room Southeastern Regional Competition, 2000, Susquehana University New Music Ensemble Composers Competition, 2001. Grantee, Illinois Arts Council, 1984, City Atlanta Bureau Cultural Affairs, 1990, Georgia Council for the Arts, 1990, 1993, Alliance Francaise d'Atlanta, Inc., 1992, Meet the Composer, Inc., 1997, American Composers Forum, 1998. Residency Composers/Choreographers Workshop, American Dance Festival, 1981, residency American Music for Percussion Program, Charles Ives Center for American Music, 1988, artist residency, Seaside Institute, 1994, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, 1999, 2001, 2005, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 2000, 2002, 2004, MacDowell Colony, 2002.