Background
Ultan, Lloyd was born on June 12, 1929 in New York City. Son of Carl and Blanche (Scheiner) University.
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Ultan, Lloyd was born on June 12, 1929 in New York City. Son of Carl and Blanche (Scheiner) University.
Bachelor of Science, New York University, 1951. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1956.
Ultan received a bachelor"s degree from New York University, a master"s degree from Columbia University, and a doctorate from the University of Iowa. In 1971, he founded, and, from 1971 to 1974, served as Director of the Composer"s Residency Program at Wolf Trap Farm Park in Vienna, Virginia. Ultan served as chairman of the Department of Music at American University in Washington, District of Columbia for 13 years, and spent a year as Visiting Professor of Composition and Theory at the Royal College of Music in London.
He has also lectured at Cambridge University and been a visiting composer on numerous college and university campuses in the United States.
He was a professor and chairman (and later emeritus professor and chairman) of composition, music theory, and electronic and computer music at the School of Music University of Minnesota, and also served as the Director of the Electronic/Computer Music Studio. He was responsible for founding the School of Music and served as its director from 1975 to 1986.
He composed over 60 works for a wide variety of genres including electronic music, solo and chamber works, and compositions for voice. He has written numerous articles and a book, Music Theory: Compositional Problems and Practices in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (with an accompanying workbook/anthology).
Ultan"s notable students include Edie Hill and Scott L. Miller.
Among his numerous fellowships, grants, and awards were a Rockefeller Foundation Residency Fellowship and three residencies at the MacDowell Colony, with a Norlin/MacDowell Outstanding Composer of the Year Award for 1982. The 160-seat Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall at the University of Minnesota"s School of Music (Donald North Ferguson Hall) is named for him.
Chairman ad hoc committee Renaissance music seminar Folger Library, Washington, 1970-1971. Board directors Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, 1982-1986. Adviser to music committee Corcoran Gallery Art, Washington, 1967-1968.
Chairman region IV, board directors National Association Schools Music, 1978-1981. Board directors Minnesota Opera Company, 1981-1983, Minnesota Composer's Forum, 1982-1988. Board directors Very Special Arts, Minnesota, 1989-1991, Very Special Arts Advisory, since 1991.
Member of advisory board, since 1991. Served with Army of the United States, 1952-1954. Member Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association (president 1961-1962), American Composers Alliance, Minnesota Composers Forum (board directors 1982-1988), College Music Society (program chair 33d annual meetings, Washington since 1990), Utah Contemporary Music Consortium (board advisors since 1991), International Computer Music Association, International MIDI Association, American Music Center, American Musicol.
Society, Society ElectroAcoustic Music of the United States, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (life), Pi Kappa Lambda.
Married Roslye Benson. Children: Wendy June, Alicia Jill, Jacqueline Beth, Deborah Kim.