JOHN CORIGLIANO 1938

John Corigliano (born 16 February 1938) is an American composer of classical music. He is a distinguished professor of music at Lehman College in the City University of New York.Official website Italian-American Corigliano was born in New York to a musical family. His father, John Corigliano Sr., was concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic for 23 years, and his mother, Rose Buzen, is an accomplished educator and pianist. Corigliano attended P.S. 241 and Midwood High School in Brooklyn. He studied composition at Columbia University (BA 1959) and at the Manhattan School of Music. He is also a former student of Otto Luening, Vittorio Giannini and Paul Creston. Before achieving success as composer, Corigliano worked as assistant to the producer on the Leonard Bernstein Young People's Concerts, and as a session producer for classical artists such as André Watts. From 1987-90 he was the first Composer-in-Residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Wikipedia Bio