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William Penn (b. 1943) is formerly a theory and composition faculty
member at the Eastman School of Music, visiting Associate Professor of Composition and Electronic Music at the University of Connecticut, Director
of the Electronic Studio at the University of Arizona, and visiting Professor
of Composition and Composer-in-Residence at the University of South Carolina;
he is currently based in Tucson, Arizona where he is a producer for the CD
label Arizona University Recordings. Penn has been a recording artist for
Hebra Records in Brussels, Belgium, a studio musician in New York City, and
the pianist, composer and arranger for the harmonica and piano duo of Herbineaux and Penn.
He has had music performed by such organizations such as the Eliot Feld Ballet, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Symphony
Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Williamstown Theatre Festival,
Folger Shakespeare Theatre, the New York Shakespeare Festival, and the Aspen
Music Festival, at concert halls such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The
Kennedy Center, The Renwick Gallery, The Smithsonian Institution, The National Air and Space Museum, and the Japan World's Fair (score for 70mm
film for the United States Pavilion at the Technology World's Fair in Tsukuba, Japan). Other credits include original music for Broadway,
off-Broadway, feature film & television (HBO, Cinemax, & the three major
networks).
Penn is the recipient of over twenty-five ASCAP music composition awards in both "serious" and "pop" categories, two ASCAP-Deems Taylor Awards,
as well as various National Endowment for the Arts & Meet the Composer,
awards.
William Penn at Arizona University Recordings http://www.AURec.com |
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