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1. 1. www.palisadesvirtuosi.org

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   Allen Shawn (born 1948) grew up in New York City and started composing music at the age of ten.After studying composition with Leon Kirchner and Earl Kim at Harvard University, he spent two years in Paris studying with Nadia Boulanger, then returned to New York, where he pursued graduate studies at Columbia, taught at a number of schools, and worked as a theater pianist.He has lived in Vermont since 1985, and is on the faculty of Bennington College.Shawn has composed chamber and piano music, ten orchestral works, song cycles and choral pieces, a chamber opera and a music-theater work to libretti by his brother, playwright Wallace Shawn, a one act children's opera to a libretto by Penny Orloff, music for ballet, incidental music for theater, and music for film.
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   Allen Shawn is also the author of the book "Arnold Schoenberg's Journey", which received a Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP in 2003.His second book, "Wish I Could Be There" was published in February, 2007.

2. 2. vcme 05-06 composers

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   Allen ShawnAllen Shawn (born 1948) grew up in New York City and started composing music at the age of ten.After studying composition with Leon Kirchner and Earl Kim at Harvard University, he spent two years in Paris studying with Nadia Boulanger, then returned to New York, where he pursued graduate studies at Columbia, taught at a number of schools, and worked as a theater pianist.He has lived in Vermont since 1985, and is on the faculty of Bennington College.
   
   Shawn has composed chamber and piano music, ten orchestral works, song cycles and choral pieces, a chamber opera and a music-theater work to libretti by his brother, playwright Wallace Shawn, a one act children's opera to a libretto by Penny Orloff, music for ballet, incidental music for theater, and music for film.
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   Allen Shawn is also the author of the book Arnold Schoenberg's Journey, which received a Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP in 2003.

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   Published on: 11/3/2006   Last Visited: 2/9/2007

   Palisades Virtuosi Presents Dreamscapes on December 2, Featuring World Premiere of New Work by Allen Shawn
   
   Ridgewood, NJ - The critically-acclaimed Palisades Virtuosi will present "Dreamscapes", a program of chamber masterworks on Saturday, December 2 - 8:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
   
   This 2006-07 season concert will feature the world premiere of Allen Shawn's Three Nightscapes.
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   Allen Shawn is a composer of a large catalogue of orchestral and chamber music.He has composed three chamber operas, songs, piano music, and music for ballet, theater, and film.He was the recipient of a 1995 Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and an Academy Award in Music from the Academy in 2001.His music is recorded on Opus One, Bay Cities, Northeastern, and Albany records, and is published by Boosey and Hawkes, Oxford University Press, Galaxy Music, GunMar Music, and Morningstar Music.He studied with Nadia Boulanger and at Columbia University.He has taught at Bennington College since 1985.More about him at http://members.aol.com/chaspen/shawn.html.