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- David Froom Distinguished Composer of the Year
[posted 18 April 2007]American composer David Froom, who is professor of music at St. Mary's College of Maryland (SMCM), has been selected the 2006 Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year. This year 33 works entered in the competition, and Froom's composition "Lightscapes" was selected.
The MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year Award is given to the composer of an outstanding composition submitted as a state-commissioned work. The $3,000 is made possible by Sylvia Shepherd, MTNA member.
[Source: somd.com]
Music
Works for solo instrument, chamber groups, and orchestra. Also songs for voice and piano as well as voice and chamber group.
Life
Major awards include first prize in Kennedy Center Friedheim Competition, and commissions from Koussevitzky and Fromm Foundations. Performances by leading chamber groups in US, as well as Utah, Seattle, and Louisville Symphonies. Recordings available on Centaur, Delos, and Arabesque labels. Lives and teaches in Maryland. Married to pianist, Eliza Garth. One child.