Background
Bolcom, William Elden was born on May 26, 1938 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Robert Samuel and Virginia (Lauermann) Bolcom.
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9 Songs: Who, The Clearing, Otherwise, February: Thinking of flowers; Twilight: After Haying; Man Eating; The Sick Wife; Peonies at Dusk; Briefly It Enters, and Briefly Speaks.
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composer educator musician pianist
Bolcom, William Elden was born on May 26, 1938 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Robert Samuel and Virginia (Lauermann) Bolcom.
Bachelor, University Washington, 1958. Master of Arts, Mills College, 1961. Postgraduate, Paris Conservatoire de Musique, 1965.
Doctor of Museum Art, Stanford University, 1964. Doctor of Music (honorary), San Francisco Conservatory. Doctor of Music (honorary), Albion College.
Doctor of Music (honorary), New England Conservatory. Doctor of Music (honorary), New School New York. Doctor of Music (honorary), Baldwin-Wallace College.
Studied with, Berthe Poncy Jacobson, 1958. Studied with, John Verrall, 1958. Studied with, Leland Smith, 1964.
Studied with, Darius Milhaud, 1961. George Rochberg, 1966.
Acting assistant professor music department University Washington, Seattle, 1965-1966. Lecturer, assistant professor music Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, 1966-1968. Visiting critic music theater Drama School, Yale University, 1968-1969.
Composer in residence Theater Arts Program, New York University, New York City, 1969-1971. Assistant professor University Michigan School Music, Ann Arbor, 1973-1977, associate professor, 1973-1983, professor, 1983-1994, Ross Lee Finney distinguished professor composition, 1994—2008, chairman composition department, 1998—2003. Artist in residence American Academy Rome, 2003.
Ernest Bloch composer in residence University California Berkeley, 2005. Member jury National Endowment for Arts, 1976-1977, 84, 85.
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Member American Academy Arts and Letters, American Music Center, American Composer Alliance, American Repertory Theatre (board directors), Grant Pk. Concerts Chicago (board directors), Charles Ives Society (board directors), Delta Omicron (national patron), Azazels.
Married Fay Levine, December 23, 1963 (divorced 1967). Married Katherine Agee Ling, June 8, 1968 (divorced 1969). Married Joan Clair Morris, November 28, 1975.