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Catalog: Biographies: Page 12 of 25Please keep this site alive by contributing song listings and other information to the catalog. See the bottom of every catalog page for how. Jonson, BenEnglish poet (see songs) 1572 - 1637, working primarily in English This entry contributed by G&K around 3/20/99 Other Web Site: http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=2564 See also The Complete Poems [of Ben Jonson] (Poetry) in the Singers' Bibliography This entry contributed by G&K around 3/20/99 Jordahl, RobertAmerican composer (see songs) 9/19/1926 - , working primarily in English This entry contributed by G&K around 10/5/99 Biography: Education- BM,MMED,U.of Texas at Austin; PHD, Eastman School of Music. Taught choral music, music theory, form, counterpoint, orchestration, composition, graduate music lit, etc. Composed in every genre, 60 published works. Performed on keyboard, including church organ and jazz piano. This entry contributed by Robert Jordahl around 10/5/99 Joyce, JamesIrish poet (see songs) 1882 - 1941, working primarily in English This entry contributed by G&K around 3/20/99 Other Web Site: http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=2568 This entry contributed by G&K around 3/20/99 Keats, JohnEnglish poet (see songs) 1795 - 1820, working primarily in English This entry contributed by G&K around 10/7/99 Other Web Site: http://portico.bl.uk/exhibitions/keats/overview.html This entry contributed by G&K around 10/7/99 Kenyon, JaneAmerican poet (see songs) 1947 - 1995, working primarily in English This entry contributed by G&K around 4/4/99 Other Web Site: http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=16506 See also Otherwise: New and Selected Poems (Poetry) in the Singers' Bibliography This entry contributed by G&K around 4/4/99 Other Web Site: http://wwwsc.library.unh.edu/specoll/exhibits/reading.htm This entry contributed by G&K around 4/4/99 Kilstofte, MarkAmerican composer (see songs) 1958 - , working primarily in English This entry contributed by G&K around 8/26/98 This is copied directly from Mark's web page (see below for link): Mark Kilstofte (b. 1958) holds degrees from St. Olaf College and the University of Michigan, where he studied composition with Leslie Bassett, William Bolcom, Eugene Kurtz, George Balch Wilson and William Albright, and served as assistant conductor of the Contemporary Directions Ensemble. He is currently associate professor of composition and theory at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and continues to organize and direct performances of less frequently performed composers such as Hildegard and Gesualdo, as well as literature from the current century. In recent years, his works have been commissioned and performed by such ensembles and performing organizations as Alea III, the Amadeus Choir, the Ambassador Duo, the Aurora Brass, the Montclaire String Quartet, Musica Nova, the New Renaissance Chamber Artists, the Newma Ensemble, the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the Tampa Bay Composers' Forum, Uncommon Practice and the Verona Brass Ensemble, and have been featured at such musical events as the XI World Saxophone Congress, BGSUís New Music and Art Festival, the Sixth International Festival of Brass, Imagine '96, the Festival at Sandpoint, and the Crane Festival of NEWMUSIC, among others. Kilstofte's awards include grants and fellowships from the Copland Heritage Association, the MacDowell Colony, the Knight Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the South Carolina Arts Commission, the Metropolitan Arts Council, and the Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan. In addition to winning the ASCAP Foundation's 17th annual Rudolf Nissim Award, his music was also selected for inclusion in the National Orchestral Association's New Music Orchestral Project and received the West Virginia Symphony/Museum in the Community Composer's Award for String Quartet. His music is published by the Newmatic Press, Boelke-Bomart, Warner/Chappell and Kjos. Other Web Site: http://www.furman.edu/~mkilstof/ This entry contributed by G&K around 9/14/98 Please contribute to the catalog
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