Donald Grantham
Donald Grantham (born November 9, 1947) is an American composer and music educator.
Grantham was born in Duncan, Oklahoma. After receiving a Bachelor of Music from the University of Oklahoma, he received his MM and DMA from the University of Southern California. For two summers he studied under French composer and pedagogue Nadia Boulanger at the American Conservatory in France. His music has won many awards, including the Prix Lili Boulanger, the ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize, and First Prize in the National Opera Association's Biennial Composition Competition. Grantham is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and three separate grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. The symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Cleveland, and Dallas are among the ensembles that have performed his work. He also collaborated with fellow composer Kent Kennan on the textbook The Technique of Orchestration.
Grantham teaches music composition at the University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music, where he is the Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor of Music.
Well-known pieces include Southern Harmony and Kentucky Harmony for band. His most famous piece is Baron Cimetiere's Mambo.
References
- Biography on Naxos website
- Profile on Sigma Alpha Iota website
- "Donald Grantham" The Alcalde 74, 1, Mar–Apr 1983, p. 10, Emmis Communications
External links
- Official website
- "Donald Grantham, Professor of Composition" – Profile on Butler School of Music website
- Interview with Donald Grantham, November 16, 1991
- 1947 births
- 20th-century American classical composers
- 20th-century American male composers
- 21st-century American classical composers
- American male classical composers
- Living people
- Distinguished Service to Music Medal recipients
- Texas classical music
- USC Thornton School of Music alumni
- University of Oklahoma alumni
- University of Texas at Austin faculty
- 21st-century American male composers
- Oklahoma stubs