Elliott Schwartz

This noted composer, writer, and educator studied composition with Otto Luening and Jack Beeson at Columbia University, piano with Thomas Richner, and theory with Howard Murphy; he earned his M.A. in 1958 and an Ed.D. in 1962. Since 1964, he has been the Robert K. Beckwith Professor of Music at Bowdoin College. From 1967 to 1979, Schwartz's guest appointments included visits to the Trinity College of Music in London, the College of Creative Studies (U.C. Santa Barbara), and the Center for Music Experiment (U.C. San Diego). During this period, his compositions included the Mag...