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Colgrass, Michael
Websites
Photographs, biography, compositions, recordings, comment and concert reviews, and conversation with the composer.
http://www.michaelcolgrass.com/
Offers a short biography and a Real Audio webcast of "Strangers: Irreconcilable Variations for Clarinet, Viola and Piano." Also contact information.
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Bio Michael Colgrass Colgrass studied percussion and composition at the University of Illinois graduating in 1954. He won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Dj vu, commissioned and premiered by the New...Includes a picture, a short biography and selected works.
http://www.musiccentre.ca/CMC/da...rca/eng/a_/Colgrass_Michael.html
Biography with list of awards and accomplishments. Includes some details on his Deep Listening program.
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Michael Colgrass Colgrass first musical experiences were as a jazz drummer in the Chicago area (l944-49 In 1954 he graduated from the University of Illinois in music performance and composition, studying percussion...