Dalit Warshaw
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Dalit Warshaw is a composer, pianist, and professor at Boston Conservatory. Warshaw was born in New York
on August 6, 1974. Her works have been performed by dozens of orchestral ensembles, including the New York Philharmonic
and Israel Philharmonic Orchestras (Zubin Mehta
conducting), the Boston Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra
, the Houston Symphony, the Y Chamber Orchestra, the Colorado Symphony and the Albany Symphony Orchestra
. Her most recent commission, After the Victory for orchestra and chorus, was premiered by the Grand Rapids Symphony
and the North American Choral Company
in April 2006.
A full-time faculty member of the composition/theory department at the Boston Conservatory
since 2004, Warshaw obtained a doctorate in music composition from the Juilliard School
in 2003, where she taught courses in instrumentation and advanced orchestration in its Evening Division from 2000 to 2005. During the 2003-04 academic year, she served as Visiting Professor of Composition at Middlebury College
, and as composer-in-residence at the Bowdoin International Music Festival
in July 2004. Her composition teachers include Samuel Adler
, Tsvi Avni, Milton Babbitt
, Victoria Bond, David Del Tredici
, Betsy Jolas
, Jonathan Kramer
, Fred Lerdahl
, Edward Simons, and Donald Waxman.
Recent awards and grants include a Morton Gould
Young Composers Award from the ASCAP Foundation, the New Juilliard Ensemble Composers Competition, a Fulbright Scholarship to Israel
, a Whitaker Reading by the American Composers Orchestra
, and a Charles Ives
Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Other awards received include four ASCAP Foundation Grants to Young Composers, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Young Composers Competition, the Juilliard Student Composers Competition and a Fromm Music Foundation Grant from Harvard University
. In 1984, she became the youngest person ever to win the BMI
Award for Student Composers, with her orchestral piece Fun Suite, written at the age of eight. She has held residencies at the Yaddo
and MacDowell Artist Colonies and at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
As a pianist, Warshaw has performed widely as both soloist and chamber player, in concert spaces such as Avery Fisher Hall
, Miller Theater
, the Juilliard Theater, Merkin Hall and Steinway Hall
. Her teachers have included Martin Canin, Jonathan Feldman, Yocheved Kaplinsky and Ruti Hadass Warshaw.
Warshaw has also appeared as theremin
ist with the New York Philharmonic
, the American Composers Orchestra
, the Eos Ensemble and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Having studied theremin with the renowned Clara Rockmore
from an early age, she has also performed on the instrument in spaces such as Carnegie Hall
, the LA Philharmonic's Disney Hall, and Lincoln Center's Paul Hall, the Juilliard Theater, the Clark Studio Theater and Alice Tully Hall
.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
on August 6, 1974. Her works have been performed by dozens of orchestral ensembles, including the New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
and Israel Philharmonic Orchestras (Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta is an Indian conductor of western classical music. He is the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.-Biography:...
conducting), the Boston Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1918, the orchestra plays most of its concerts at Severance Hall...
, the Houston Symphony, the Y Chamber Orchestra, the Colorado Symphony and the Albany Symphony Orchestra
Albany Symphony Orchestra
The Albany Symphony Orchestra is a professional symphony orchestra based in Albany, New York. The upcoming season will mark the orchestra's 78th....
. Her most recent commission, After the Victory for orchestra and chorus, was premiered by the Grand Rapids Symphony
Grand Rapids Symphony
The Grand Rapids Symphony is a regional orchestra located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. At the end of its 75th Anniversary Season, the Symphony made its debut in New York City’s Carnegie Hall on May 21, 2005. The Symphony has presented concerts throughout Michigan and is heard on broadcasts by WBLV...
and the North American Choral Company
North American Choral Company
The North American Choral Company is a choir based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.- Brief history :The North American Choral Company was founded in 1998 The executive director is Jayne Schuitema....
in April 2006.
A full-time faculty member of the composition/theory department at the Boston Conservatory
Boston Conservatory
The Boston Conservatory is a performing arts conservatory located in the Fenway-Kenmore region of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in music, dance and musical theater...
since 2004, Warshaw obtained a doctorate in music composition from the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
in 2003, where she taught courses in instrumentation and advanced orchestration in its Evening Division from 2000 to 2005. During the 2003-04 academic year, she served as Visiting Professor of Composition at Middlebury College
Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Founded in 1800, it is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. Drawing 2,400 undergraduates from all 50 United States and over 70 countries, Middlebury offers 44 majors in the arts,...
, and as composer-in-residence at the Bowdoin International Music Festival
Bowdoin International Music Festival
The Bowdoin International Music Festival is an annual summer music school and concert series that takes place in Brunswick, Maine. Founded in 1964 by Robert Beckwith and Lewis Kaplan as a program of Bowdoin College, it has operated as an independent nonprofit organization since 1997...
in July 2004. Her composition teachers include Samuel Adler
Samuel Adler (composer)
Samuel Hans Adler is an American composer and conductor.-Biography:Adler was born to a Jewish family in Mannheim, Germany, the son of Hugo Chaim Adler, a cantor and composer, and Selma Adler. The family fled to the United States in 1939, where Hugo became the cantor of Temple Emanuel in...
, Tsvi Avni, Milton Babbitt
Milton Babbitt
Milton Byron Babbitt was an American composer, music theorist, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music.-Biography:...
, Victoria Bond, David Del Tredici
David Del Tredici
David Del Tredici, born March 16, 1937 in Cloverdale, California, is an American composer. According to Del Tredici's website, Aaron Copland said David Del Tredici "is that rare find among composers — a creator with a truly original gift...
, Betsy Jolas
Betsy Jolas
Betsy Jolas is a French composer.Betsy Jolas was born in Paris. Resident in the United States from 1940 until 1946, she studied composition with Paul Boepple and piano with Helen Schnabel. On her return to France she continued her studies with Simone Plé-Caussade, Darius Milhaud and Olivier...
, Jonathan Kramer
Jonathan Kramer
Jonathan Donald Kramer , was a U.S. composer and music theorist.- Biography :...
, Fred Lerdahl
Fred Lerdahl
Alfred Whitford Lerdahl is the Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical Composition at Columbia University, and a composer and music theorist best known for his work on pitch space and cognitive constraints on compositional systems or "musical grammar[s]." He has written many orchestral and chamber...
, Edward Simons, and Donald Waxman.
Recent awards and grants include a Morton Gould
Morton Gould
Morton Gould was an American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist.Born in Richmond Hill, New York, Gould was recognized early as a child prodigy with abilities in improvisation and composition. His first composition was published at age six...
Young Composers Award from the ASCAP Foundation, the New Juilliard Ensemble Composers Competition, a Fulbright Scholarship to Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, a Whitaker Reading by the American Composers Orchestra
American Composers Orchestra
The American Composers Orchestra is an American orchestra based in New York City. It is the only orchestra in the world dedicated solely to the creation, performance, preservation, and promulgation of music by American composers...
, and a Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer. He is one of the first American composers of international renown, though Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives came to be regarded as an "American Original"...
Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Other awards received include four ASCAP Foundation Grants to Young Composers, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
As the fifth oldest orchestra in the United States, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has a legacy of fine music making as reflected in its performances in historic Music Hall, recordings, and international tours...
Young Composers Competition, the Juilliard Student Composers Competition and a Fromm Music Foundation Grant from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. In 1984, she became the youngest person ever to win the BMI
Broadcast Music Incorporated
Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...
Award for Student Composers, with her orchestral piece Fun Suite, written at the age of eight. She has held residencies at the Yaddo
Yaddo
Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400 acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is "to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment."...
and MacDowell Artist Colonies and at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
As a pianist, Warshaw has performed widely as both soloist and chamber player, in concert spaces such as Avery Fisher Hall
Avery Fisher Hall
Avery Fisher Hall is a concert hall, in New York City and is part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex. It is the home of the New York Philharmonic, with a capacity of 2,738 seats.-History:...
, Miller Theater
Miller Theater
The Miller Theater is a former movie theater located in Augusta, Georgia. The Miller was built by architect Roy A. Benjamin utilizing the Arte Moderne style of architecture and was owned by Frank Miller. Due to an economic downturn in the 1980s in downtown Augusta, the theater was forced to close...
, the Juilliard Theater, Merkin Hall and Steinway Hall
Steinway Hall
Steinway Hall is the name of buildings housing concert halls, showrooms and sales departments for Steinway & Sons pianos. The first Steinway Hall was opened 1866 in New York City. Today, Steinway Halls and Steinway-Häuser are located in world cities such as New York City, London, Hamburg, Berlin,...
. Her teachers have included Martin Canin, Jonathan Feldman, Yocheved Kaplinsky and Ruti Hadass Warshaw.
Warshaw has also appeared as theremin
Theremin
The theremin , originally known as the aetherphone/etherophone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox is an early electronic musical instrument controlled without discernible physical contact from the player. It is named after its Russian inventor, Professor Léon Theremin, who patented the device...
ist with the New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
, the American Composers Orchestra
American Composers Orchestra
The American Composers Orchestra is an American orchestra based in New York City. It is the only orchestra in the world dedicated solely to the creation, performance, preservation, and promulgation of music by American composers...
, the Eos Ensemble and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Having studied theremin with the renowned Clara Rockmore
Clara Rockmore
Clara Rockmore was a virtuoso performer of the theremin, an electronic musical instrument.-Biography :Born as Clara Reisenberg in Vilnius, Lithuania, Rockmore was a child prodigy on the violin and entered the Imperial conservatory of Saint Petersburg at the age of five...
from an early age, she has also performed on the instrument in spaces such as Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
, the LA Philharmonic's Disney Hall, and Lincoln Center's Paul Hall, the Juilliard Theater, the Clark Studio Theater and Alice Tully Hall
Alice Tully Hall
Alice Tully Hall is a concert hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. It is named for Alice Tully, a New York performer and philanthropist whose donations assisted in the construction of the hall...
.