Background
Trimble, Lester Albert was born on August 29, 1923 in Bangor, Wisconsin, United States. Son of John Lester and Clara Frieda Amanda (Piske) Trimble.
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Trimble, Lester Albert was born on August 29, 1923 in Bangor, Wisconsin, United States. Son of John Lester and Clara Frieda Amanda (Piske) Trimble.
Studied with, Darius Milhaud, Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Arthur Honegger, Nadia Boulanger. Master of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1948. Student, Conservatoire National de Musique, Paris, 1951.
Student, Ecole Normale De Musique, Paris, 1951. Student, Berkshire Music Center, Massachusetts, 1947. Student electronic music, Columbia, 1969.
Doctor of Music (honorary), St. John's University, 1986.
Encouraged by Schoenberg, who had seen some of his scores, Trimble entered the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). In 1950, Trimble went to Paris where he continued studies with Nadia Boulanger and Arthur Honegger. He returned from Paris in 1952 and settled in New York, where he was engaged by Virgil Thomson as a critic for the New York Herald Tribune, a post he held for ten years.
Trimble was also the music critic for The Nation (1957-1962), the Washington Evening Star (1963-1968) and Stereo Review (1968-1974).
He became the managing editor of Musical America from 1960 to 1961 and executive director of the American Music Center from 1961 to 1963. In 1963 he was appointed professor of composition at the University of Maryland, a position he held for five years.
In 1967 he was appointed composer-in-residence with the New York Philharmonic by Leonard Bernstein. In 1971 he joined the faculty of the Juilliard School and in 1973 he became the first composer-in-residence at Wolf Trap Farm Park.
Trimble"s numerous compositions include symphonic works, chamber music pieces, choral works, vocal art songs, film scores, solo instrumental works, and an opera.
His music is published by American Counseling Association, Belwin-Mills, Duchess, Leeds, C. F. Peters, and Presser.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1944.
Married Mary Constance Wilhelm, July 5, 1947.