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Dan Beaty (1937-2002) was a prolific composer, pianist, researcher, educator, and writer. His large compositional output included chamber works, choral works, songs, orchestral pieces, electronic music, and keyboard works. Beaty was well versed in traditional Western music as we…

All of Stravinsky’s music is piano music. Despite Stravinsky’s stunning innovations in instrumentation, orchestration, and timbre, the composer conceived his music on the keyboard and through the piano. Stravinsky did not simply compose at the piano; he left indelible imprints o…

Composer David Maslanka first met Gary Green in 1987. While working as Director of Bands at the University of Connecticut, Gary Green programmed David Maslanka’s A Child’s Garden of Dreams, and through a series of connections welcomed the composer to campus for rehearsals and a …