Judith Lang Zaimont
Encyclopedia
Judith Lang Zaimont is an American
music educator, music writer and composer.
, and grew up in Bellerose
, Queens
, New York
. She began studying piano at age five, and performed on The Lawrence Welk Show
at age eleven. She studied music at Queens College, CUNY, with George Perle
, Hugo Weisgall
and Leo Kraft
, already winning prizes for her compositions. She continued her education at Columbia University
, studying composition with Otto Luening
and Jack Beeson
. She later studied orchestration in Paris
with André Jolivet
.
After completing her studies, Zaimont taught music at Queens College, Peabody Conservatory, Adelphi University
, and the University of Minnesota
. She married musician and music educator Gary Edward Zaimont in 1967 and had one son. She has published professional articles, essays and texts, and received grants for research in musicology.
Her published works include:
United States
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music educator, music writer and composer.
Life
Judith Ann Lang was born in Memphis, TennesseeTennessee
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, and grew up in Bellerose
Bellerose
Bellerose, may refer to:*Bellerose, New York, a village in Nassau County**Bellerose **Bellerose Village Municipal Complex*Bellerose, Queens, in New York City*Bellerose Composite High School, St. Albert, Canada...
, Queens
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. She began studying piano at age five, and performed on The Lawrence Welk Show
The Lawrence Welk Show
The Lawrence Welk Show is an American televised musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk. The series aired locally in Los Angeles for four years , then nationally for another 27 years via the ABC network and first-run syndication .In the years since first-run syndication...
at age eleven. She studied music at Queens College, CUNY, with George Perle
George Perle
George Perle was a composer and music theorist. He was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. Perle was an alumnus of DePaul University...
, Hugo Weisgall
Hugo Weisgall
Hugo David Weisgall was an American composer and conductor, known chiefly for his opera and vocal music compositions...
and Leo Kraft
Leo Kraft
Leo Kraft is an American composer, author, and educator.He holds degrees from Queens College and Princeton University. He studied composition with Karol Rathaus, Randall Thompson, and Nadia Boulanger...
, already winning prizes for her compositions. She continued her education at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, studying composition with Otto Luening
Otto Luening
Otto Clarence Luening was a German-American composer and conductor, and an early pioneer of tape music and electronic music....
and Jack Beeson
Jack Beeson
Jack Beeson was an American composer. He was known particularly for his operas, the best known of which are Lizzie Borden, Hello Out There! and The Sweet Bye and Bye.-Biography:...
. She later studied orchestration in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
with André Jolivet
André Jolivet
André Jolivet was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet's music draws on his interest in acoustics and atonality as well as both ancient and modern influences in music, particularly on instruments used in ancient times...
.
After completing her studies, Zaimont taught music at Queens College, Peabody Conservatory, Adelphi University
Adelphi University
Adelphi University is a private, nonsectarian university located in Garden City, in Nassau County, New York, United States. It is the oldest institution of higher education on Long Island. For the sixth year, Adelphi University has been named a “Best Buy” in higher education by the Fiske Guide to...
, and the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
. She married musician and music educator Gary Edward Zaimont in 1967 and had one son. She has published professional articles, essays and texts, and received grants for research in musicology.
Honors and awards
- GuggenheimGuggenheimGuggenheim may refer to:* Benjamin Guggenheim* Charles Guggenheim* Davis Guggenheim* Guggenheim Building* Guggenheim family* Guggenheim Fellowship* Guggenheim Museum * Harry Frank Guggenheim* John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation...
Fellowship - Honored Composer in 2001 at the 11th International Van CliburnVan CliburnHarvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. is an American pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958 at age 23, when he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War....
Piano Competition - Research grant from the National Endowment for the HumanitiesNational Endowment for the HumanitiesThe National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...
(1989) - First Prize in the international musicology awards, 1993
- Pauline AldermanPauline AldermanPauline Alderman PhD. was an American musicologist and composer...
Prizes
Works
Selected compositions include:- Symphony for Wind Orchestra scored in three movements: 1) Growler, 2) Dreamz, 3) Tattoo
- Four Songs for Mezzo and Piano {e e cummings)
- Hidden Heritage: A Dance Symphony
- When Angels Speak
- In the Theatre of Night
- Homeland for wind quintet
- Hidden Heritage: A Dance Symphony
- Tarantelle
- Symphony No. 1
- Chroma
- Parallel Play
- Wizards piano solo
- Piano Trio No. 2
- Jupiter’s Moons
- Sacred Service for the Sabbath Evening
- Tanya poems for cello
- Bubble-Up rag for flute and piano
- Music for Two for 2 violas (1971)
- Astral – A Mirror Life on the Astral Plane for viola solo (2004)
Her published works include:
- Contemporary Concert Music by Women
- The Musical Woman: An International Perspective (3 vols, Greenwood Press) {editor}