Samuel Adler, Composition

No longer accepting applications for summer 2010.

2010: Second 3 Week Session

Faculty, The Juilliard School.

Studied at Boston and Harvard Universities; holds four honorary doctorates. Conducting studies with Serge Koussevitsky and composition with Aaron Copland, Paul Hindemith, Hugo Norden, Walter Piston, and Randall Thompson.

Awards and grants: National Endowment for the Arts, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Guggenheim Fellowship, Charles Ives Award, Lillian Fairchild Award, Deems Taylor Award for his book Orchestration, Boston University Distinguished Alumnus Award, Music Teachers' National Association "Composer of the Year" Award, Eastman School's Eisenhart Award for distinguished teaching.

Commissions from the Koussevitsky Foundation, Kentucky Arts Commission, Sinfonia Foundation, City of Jerusalem, Barlow Foundation, Dallas Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Cleveland Quartet, Welsh Arts Council.

Compositions performed by the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops, Houston National Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Fine Arts Quartet, Pro Arte Quartet, and others. Recordings on RCA, Vanguard, Crystal, CRI, Lyrichord, Mark, Turnabout, Gasparo, Golden Crest, Vox Records.

The Juilliard School faculty since 1996.