Alan Fletcher (composer)
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Alan Fletcher is President and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival and School
and both an accomplished music administrator and respected composer. He came to Aspen in March 2006 from the positions of Head of the School of Music and Professor of Music at Carnegie Mellon University
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he had been since 2001, and before that from leadership and faculty positions including Provost and Senior Vice President at the New England Conservatory, where he was engaged for 16 years. He holds doctorate and masters degrees from The Juilliard School and a bachelors degree from Princeton University
, and has studied with distinguished composers such as Roger Sessions
, Milton Babbitt
, Edward T. Cone
, and Paul Lansky
.
He has won numerous composing awards and commissions, including recent commissions for the Pittsburgh Symphony and the National Gallery of Art
. He lectures nationally and internationally on music and music administration, has a blog for Gramophone, and has written Op/Ed pieces for newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Symphony, and Baltimore Sun. In addition, he sat on some of the field’s most prestigious committees such as The Gilmore Prize Artistic Board and Jury, on which he served with former AMFS artistic administrator Ara Guzelimian.
He lives in Aspen, Colorado with his partner Ronald Schiller.
Aspen Music Festival and School
The Aspen Music Festival and School, founded in 1949, is an internationally renowned classical music festival that presents music in an intimate, small-town setting...
and both an accomplished music administrator and respected composer. He came to Aspen in March 2006 from the positions of Head of the School of Music and Professor of Music at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he had been since 2001, and before that from leadership and faculty positions including Provost and Senior Vice President at the New England Conservatory, where he was engaged for 16 years. He holds doctorate and masters degrees from The Juilliard School and a bachelors degree from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, and has studied with distinguished composers such as Roger Sessions
Roger Sessions
Roger Huntington Sessions was an American composer, critic, and teacher of music.-Life:Sessions was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a family that could trace its roots back to the American revolution. His mother, Ruth Huntington Sessions, was a direct descendent of Samuel Huntington, a signer of...
, Milton Babbitt
Milton Babbitt
Milton Byron Babbitt was an American composer, music theorist, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music.-Biography:...
, Edward T. Cone
Edward T. Cone
Edward Toner Cone was an American composer, music theorist, pianist, and philanthropist.Cone studied composition under Roger Sessions at Princeton University, receiving his bachelor's in 1939...
, and Paul Lansky
Paul Lansky
Paul Lansky is an American electronic-music or computer-music composer who has been producing works from the 1970s up to the present day .-Biography:...
.
He has won numerous composing awards and commissions, including recent commissions for the Pittsburgh Symphony and the National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden is a national art museum, located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, in Washington, DC...
. He lectures nationally and internationally on music and music administration, has a blog for Gramophone, and has written Op/Ed pieces for newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Symphony, and Baltimore Sun. In addition, he sat on some of the field’s most prestigious committees such as The Gilmore Prize Artistic Board and Jury, on which he served with former AMFS artistic administrator Ara Guzelimian.
He lives in Aspen, Colorado with his partner Ronald Schiller.