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Composers BureauRaymond SongaylloBiography After 27 years of college/university teaching, he is currently performing, lecturing, composing, and adjudicating. In June of 1990, he made his European debut with two solo recitals in Geneva under the auspices of Concerts Atlantique of New York. Mr. Songayllo is a founding member of the lowa Composers Forum, and was the recipient of the 1993 Pyle Commission for his Piano Quintet. In the summer of 1994 he was one of 18 pianists at the French Piano Institute in Paris, appearing in recital at the Salle Cortot. In June 1995 he performed a lecture/recital at the College Music Society International Conference in Berlin. In July of 1996 he again performed at the Salle Cortot, and also premiered a new composition, Hommage a Faure, in the Salle Munch of the Ecole Normale. In the 1996-97 season, Mr. Songayllo has appeared as soloist and composer in various venues, including, again, at the College Music Society Conference in Vienna. His compositions include works for solo piano, harpsichord, piano with instrumental combinations, songs, orchestral compositions. His style is eclectic, employing both tonal and non-tonal styles. Further Information
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Raymond Songayllo, born August 23, 1930 in Chicopee, Massachusetts,
earned his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in piano from Northwestern
University. He studied at Aspen, in New York with Alexander Uninsky
and Grant Johannesen, and in Boston with Alexander Borovsky. He
has performed throughout the U.S. and has appeared twice at Carnegie
Recital Hall. As a composer, he has had works presented in various
venues, college and university events, festivals and conferences,
and in Fontainebleau, working in composition at the Conservatoire
Americaine. He won the Keyboard Category Award at the Delius Competition
at Jacksonville University in 1976, 1992, and 1993. He has received
grants from both the Minnesota Composers Forum and