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- Sackler Composition Prize for Sheila Silver
[posted 23 July 2007]The sixth Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize goes to composer Sheila Silver. The competition, organized by the School of Fine Arts, supports and promotes composers and the performance of their new musical works. An international award, the prize offers a substantial recognition including public performances, recordings, and a prize of $20,000 (USD). This year’s prize was in the area of Chamber Opera.
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Shiela Silver began her piano studies at the age of five. In 1968 she earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Berkeley, where she began composition studies with Edwin Dugger. Upon graduation she was awarded the coveted George Ladd Prix de Paris for a two years study in Europe, where she worked with Erhard Karkoschka in Stuttgart and György Ligeti in Berlin and Hamburg. She earned her doctorate from Brandeis University, where she studied with Arthur Berger, Harold Shapero, and Seymour Shifrin. Her studies also included an Abraham Sachar Traveling Grant, which enabled her to spend 18 months in London and a Koussevitzky Fellowship for a summer at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, where she studied with Jacob Druckman.