Biography
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Born
8 February 1940 (age 85)
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Born In
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States
Margaret Brouwer (b. Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 8, 1940 (1940-02-08) (age 67)) is an American composer.
Brouwer studied at Oberlin College, graduating in 1962, and received her master's degree from Michigan State University. Having started her musical career as a professional violinist with the Fort Worth Symphony and Dallas Symphony, she went on to earn her doctorate from Indiana University. Her teachers have included Donald Erb, Harvey Sollberger, Frederick Fox, and George Crumb.
In 2004, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship for her “unusually impressive achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment.” In 2006, she received an American Academy of Arts and Letters award in music.
The Seattle Symphony under Gerard Schwarz gave the world premiere of her percussion concerto, Aurolucent Circles, with percussionist Evelyn Glennie.
She is currently the head of the composition department and holder of the Vincent K. and Edith H. Smith Chair in Composition at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
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