Background
Ward-Steinman, David was born on November 6, 1936 in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States. Son of Irving Steinman and Daisy Leila (Ward) W.-S.
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composed by David Ward-Steinman, this cycle's duration is approximately 12 minutes. Songs include: When you Come into a room; Marriage; Muse; Poem on my thirty-third birthday; Affair; Divorce; Maple
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David Ward-Steinman book argues that there are significant analogues among painting, music, and literature--his thesis is explored in detail in this lavishly-illustrated treatment. David Ward-Steinman has composed major works for orchestra, ballet, band, opera, oratorio, chamber, and voice. David Ward-Steinman (born November 6, 1936) is an American composer and music professor. He is the author of Toward a Comparative Structural Theory of the Arts, and co-authored Comparative Anthology of Musical Forms. Ward-Steinman is currently dividing his time between San Diego State University and Indiana University in Bloomington. He was formerly Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music at San Diego State, and is now Distinguished Professor of Music Emeritus there, and also an Adjunct Professor of Music at Indiana, where he teaches in the spring.
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Ward-Steinman, David was born on November 6, 1936 in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States. Son of Irving Steinman and Daisy Leila (Ward) W.-S.
Bachelor of Music cum laude, Florida State University, 1957; Master of Music, University of Illinois, 1958; DMA, University of Illinois, 1961; studies with Nadia Boulanger, Paris, 1958-1959; postdoctoral visiting fellow, Princeton University, 1970.
He was the author of Toward a Comparative Structural Theory of the Arts, and co-authored Comparative Anthology of Musical Forms. Ward-Steinman spent his remaining days dividing his time between San Diego State University and Indiana University in Bloomington. He was formerly Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music at San Diego State, and then became Distinguished Professor of Music Emeritus there, and also an Adjunct Professor of Music at Indiana, where he taught in the spring.
Ward-Steinman studied at Florida State University and the University of Illinois, where he received the Kinley Memorial Fellowship for foreign study.
After receiving his doctorate, he was a fellow at Princeton University from 1970. He studied piano under Edward Kilenyi, and in 1995 attended a course at IRCAM. From 1970 to 1972, Ward-Steinman was the Ford Foundation composer-in-residence for the Tampa Bay area of Florida and he spent 1989-1990 in Australia under a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, with residencies at the Victorian Centre for the Arts and Louisiana Trobe University in Melbourne.
Ward-Steinman has received a number of commissions, most notably from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. His orchestral works have been performed by a number of ensembles, including the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
His music has been recorded on a number of labels, including Harmonia Mundi.
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Member College Music Society (national board for composition 1991-1993), Broadcast Music, Inc., Society of Composers, incorporated, National Association of Composers United States of America, Golden State Flying Club.
Married Susan Diana Lucas, December 28, 1956 (divorced 1993). Children: Jenna, Matthew. Married Patrice Dawn Madura, May 28, 2001.