Michael Rose

Student of George Rochberg, George Crumb, Richard Wernick, and Samuel Adler. Recipient, Walter W. Naumburg Foundation commission, 1985 (String Quartet No. 2), with performances at Lincoln Center, NY, and the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, in 1988. Performances of works at Spoleto Festival, 1987 and 1989. Commissions by the Blair (String Quartet No. 3, 1987), Mendelssohn (String Quartet No. 4, 1996), and Kreutzer (Hubbert Peak, 2008) Quartets. Seven commissions in all from the three major Nashville concert music organizations: three from the Nashville Symphony (including Symphony No. 1-Paths of Peace), two from Nashville Ballet (including The Night of the Iguana), and two from the Nashville Chamber Orchestra (including Arguing with God: Concerto for Klezmer and Chamber Orchestra). Performances of Interferon, or Piano Concerto by two orchestras in the Czech Republic, 2001. Commission of Graces, Furies by the Carolina Piano Trio (2007). Numerous recent works for various ensembles commissioned and performed in seven countries (2004-2008), growing out of co-directorship of Exchange Program among the Blair School and the Royal Academies of Music in London and Glasgow. Recipient of 23 Annual ASCAPLUS Awards, 1986-2008. Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, 1990. Chancellor's Cup for Teaching Excellence, 1995; Vanderbilt Chair of Teaching Excellence, 1997-2000. Member of faculty: Hartwick College, 1985/86. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Blair School since 1986.