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Composers Bureau
Martin Boykan
Biography
Born 1931
BA summa cum laude Harvard University 1951
University of Zurich 1951-52
MM Yale University 1953
Studied composition with Walter Piston (Harvard University 1947-51),
Aaron Copland (Tanglewood 1949, 1950), and Paul Hindemith (University
of Zurich 1951-52, Yale University 1952-53). Piano with Eduard Steuermann.
Career as a pianist between 1957-1970, including regular recitals
with Joseph Silverstein, Jan de Gaetani, Bethany Beardslee, Mathew
Raimondi, Zara Nelsova and many others. Regular pianist for the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1964, under Erich Leinsdorf.
Taught at Brandeis University since 1947, at present, Irving G.
Fine Professor of Music Composition.
Fellowships and Awards
1951 Paine Fellowship
1953-55 Fulbright Fellowship
1967 National Winner of the Jeunesses Musicales for String
Quartet No. 1
1974 Martha Baird Rockefeller Award for recording of String
Quartet No. 2
1976 Fromm Foundation Commission
1981 YADDO Foundation, Saratoga Springs, NY
1982, 1989, 1992 The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
1983 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
1983 National Winner, League-ISCM
1984 Guggenheim Fellowship
1985 Koussevitzky Commission, Library of Congress
1986 Recording Award from the American Academy and National
Institute of Arts and Letters
1988 Walter Hinrichsen Publication Award from the American
Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters
1992 The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar,
VA
1992 YADDO Foundation - The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation endowed Residency
Residences
1987 Composer-in-Residence, Composer's Conference, Wellesley,
MA
1988-89 Visiting Professor of Composition, Columbia University
1993 Visiting Professor of Composition, New York University
1994 Senior Fulbright Lecturer, Bar Ilan University, Israel
1998 Composer-in-Residence, Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival,
Irasburg, VT
1999-2000 Visiting Professor of Composition, New York University
Publications
Music Published by C.F. Peters
Corporation, Mobart Music Press, and Association for the Promotion
of New Music. Member of the Editorial Board of Perspectives of
New Music. Articles published in Perspectives of New Music
and Journal of the American Society of University Composers.
A list of compositions is included here.
Recordings
String Quartet No. 1 and String Quartet No. 2 recorded by Composer's
Recordings, Inc. Elegy for Soprano and Six Instruments
and Epithalamion for Baritone, Violin and Harp, released
in 1988 under a grant from the American Academy (CRI). Re-release
as a CD with the addition of String Quartet #4 in April, 1998 (CRI).
Further Information
Pan Pipes 2001-2002
Annual American Composer Update
Pan Pipes 1999-2000
Annual American Composer Update
Pan Pipes 1998-1999
Annual Composer Update
SAI's Music for Young People
Listed in Groves Dictionary, Baker's Biographical Dictionary,
Dictionary of American Composers, Who's Who in America.
Articles by John Harbison and Elinor Cory in Perspectives
of New Music, 1973, and the Musical Quarterly, 1976.
Contact Information
10 Winsor Ave.
Watertown, MA 02472
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