Lawrence Moss
Lawrence Kenneth Moss (November 18, 1927 – June 24, 2022) was an American composer of contemporary classical music. He was born in Los Angeles.
He held a B.A. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, an M.A. from the Eastman School of Music, and a Ph.D. in music composition from the University of Southern California, where his instructors included Leon Kirchner and Ingolf Dahl.
He taught at
Mills College, Yale University (1960-1968), and the University of Maryland, College Park (1969-2014). His notable students include Jeffrey Mumford, Liviu Marinescu, Julia Stilman-Lasansky, and Susan Cohn Lackman
.
He received two Guggenheim Fellowships (1959 and 1968), a Fulbright Scholarship, and four grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Moss composed operatic, instrumental, and electronic music. His music is published by
Theodore Presser
, Association for the
Promotion of New Music (A.P.N.M.), McGinnis & Marx, Alfred Publishing Co., Roncorp Inc., Northeastern Music Programs, and Seesaw Music Corp.
His music has been recorded on the
, Advance, and AmCam labels.Moss died in Silver Spring, Maryland on June 24, 2022, aged 94.[1]
References
- ^ "Lawrence Kenneth Moss 1927 - 2022". Legacy. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
External links
- Lawrence Moss faculty page from University of Maryland site
- Lawrence K. Moss biography
- Personal website
- Interview with Lawrence Moss, September 5, 1987
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