Fields
of Study:
Composition
Degrees and Studies:
B.A. and M.A. in Music from Queens College
Ph.D in composition from the City University
of New York
Biographical Information:
Professor Edward Smaldone is now a Full
Professor and the Director of the Aaron
Copland School of Music at Queens College.
His composition teachers include George
Perle, Ralph Shapey, Henry Weinberg and
Hugo Weisgall. Smaldone is the recipient
of awards such as the Goddard Lieberson
Fellowship from the American Academy of
Arts and Letters, as well as grants and
awards from ASCAP, The Macdowell Colony,
Yaddo Corporation, The Charles Ives Center
for the Arts and the American Music Center.
Smaldone's music has been performed by
the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Denver
Chamber Orchestra, The Memphis Symphony
and many other ensembles throughout the
United States, Canada and Europe. An active
composer for the dance, Smaldone arranged
music by and attributed to Pergolesi which
has been performed world wide by Mikhail
Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project
. Other collaborations have been with
the Hartford Ballet and the dancer-choreographer
Yin Mei.
Office:
NMB 203
Telephone:
(718) 997-3800
email address:
edward.smaldone@qc.cuny.edu
Web Site:
http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~smaldone/ |
