Research Area: Composition

Schwendinger, Laura

Laura Schwendinger, composer of Artemisia, winner of the 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters Charles Ives Opera award ($50,000), one of the largest such award to composers of opera, was the first composer to win the Berlin Prize in 1999 and a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow. A professor of music composition at UW-Madison, her works have …

Cavanagh, Dan

Dan Cavanagh is a composer and pianist who has garnered numerous awards in both areas. In 2023 he was awarded the Social Justice Prize in Wind Ensemble Composition as well as 2nd Prize in the American Prize for Composition in the Wind Symphony/Band Category. He received a 2009 gold medal prize from the International Music Prize …