Carter Pann is an American

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 composer

Composer

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. He studied composition and piano at the Eastman School of Music

Eastman School of Music

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 and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts

Doctor of Musical Arts

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 degree. Among his teachers include Samuel Adler

Samuel Adler (composer)

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, William Albright

William Albright (musician)

William Albright was an American composer, pianist and organist.Albright was born in Gary, Indiana, and began learning the piano at the age of five, and attended the Juilliard Preparatory Department , the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan , where he studied composition with...

, Warren Benson

Warren Benson

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, William Bolcom

William Bolcom

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, David Liptak

David Liptak

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, Joseph Schwantner

Joseph Schwantner

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, and Bright Sheng

Bright Sheng

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, and piano with Barry Snyder.

His works have been performed by the London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

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, City of Birmingham Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

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, Syracuse Symphony, New York Youth Symphony

New York Youth Symphony

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, Chicago Youth Symphony, Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Haddonfield Symphony, Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps

Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps

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, and many college orchestras and bands, among others. He has also received awards and recognition from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Masterprize, the American Composers Orchestra

American Composers Orchestra

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, ASCAP, the K. Serocki Competition in Poland

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, the Zoltan Kodaly and Francois d'Albert Concours Internationales de Composition, and a concerto commission for clarinettist Richard Stoltzman

Richard Stoltzman

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Pann currently teaches composition and theory at the University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Colorado at Boulder

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Websites

• http://www.carterpann.com/
• http://www.windbandselect.com/Site/Carter_Pann.html
• http://music.colorado.edu/faculty/carter-pann/

External links