Background
Singleton, Alvin E. was born on December 28, 1940 in Brooklyn.
Singleton, Alvin E. was born on December 28, 1940 in Brooklyn.
Student, New York University. Graduate, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1971. Studies with Goffredo Petrassi, Academy National Santa Cecilia, Rome, 1971.
Born and raised in New York, he received his music education from New York University (Bachelor) and the Yale School of Music (Military Medal). From 1971 to 1985 he lived overseas, and then he returned to the United States after being appointed as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra resident composer. He served as a resident artist at Spelman College in Atlanta.
He was also a Rockefeller Foundation grantee in a series entitled "Meet the Composer.".
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Member of National Artistic Directorate, American Classical Music Hall of Fame, Cincinnati.