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Composers Bureau ArchivesM. William KarlinsBiography M. William Karlins passed away on May 11, 2005. M. William Karlins was born in New York City on 25 February 1932. He earned his B.M. and M.M. from the Manhattan School of Music, and went on to earn a Ph.D. from the University of lowa in 1965. Among his principal teachers were Frederick Piket, Philip Bezanson, Richard Hervig, Stefan Wolpe, and Vittorio Giannini. He joined the faculty of Northwestern University in Evanston, IL in 1967 and became a professor there in 1973. He has an extensive compositional catalog which embraces all forms, from large orchestral and chamber works to solo and choral pieces. His saxophone music in particular, which he often combines with other individual instruments and ensembles, is widely performed in the United States and abroad. Karlins has been commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, American Chamber Symphony, Fox Valley Symphony, Westminster Chamber Orchestra, The Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, Camerata Woodwind Quintet, Arizona State University, Northwestern University, Chicago Saxophone Quartet, Music in Our Time, Media Press, Sigma Alpha Iota, WFMT (Chicago Radio), Northwestern University School of Music. and several other ensembles and prominent soloists. His IMPROMPTU for saxophone and organ was a Consortium Commission from the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition to performances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, some of the other groups that have played his music include the Dallas, Albany, Nuremberg and Grant Park Symphony Orchestras, the Chicago Chamber Orchestra, New Art Ensemble, Chicago Chamber Players, Quintet of the Americas, Chicago Wind Quintet, The Fine Arts String Quartet, Boston Composers String Quartet, Vermeer String Quartet, Lydian String Quartet, New Music Chicago, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, RES Musica Baltimore, Composers Forum, CUBE (Chicago), Rembrandt Chamber Players, The Washington Square Contemporary Music Society, Society for New Music, Musica Moderna (Lodz, Poland), the Vision, Wytko, Black Swamp and Vienna Saxophone Quartets, as well as performances on WDR (West German Radio), Canadian Broadcasting Co., WNYC (New York), WNIB (Chicago), CBS Television and other radio and television stations, and outstanding soloists and ensembles throughout the world. Karlins has been a visiting guest composer at many universities in the U.S.A. and Canada. In 1991 he was composer-in-residence at the 6eme Stage de Saxophone, which took place during the 7eme Festival Lyrique et Musical de Duras, France, at which time he was honored as "de chevalier du Marechalat des Cotes de Duras.". He has also been composer-in-residence at World Saxophone Congresses in London, Bordeaux, Nuremberg and Washington D.C.. In 1995 he was guest composer and lecturer at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, and the Franz Liszt Musical College in Gyor, Hungary. The Northwestern University School of Music celebrated Mr. Karlins' 60th birthday during the 1991-92 and 1992-93 concert seasons. Among the guests were bassist Bertram Turetzky, conductor Kate Tamarkin and the Boston Composers String Quartet with Karel Bennett, soprano. Other events included performances in Chicago by the Rembrandt Chamber Players, CUBE and New Music DePaul, Pianist Salvatore Spina performed three of Karlins' works at Northwestern and Roosevelt Universities. He was interviewed on radio stations WFMT and WNIB. Other concerts took place in N.Y.C. and Boston. February 6, 1992 was proclaimed M. WILLIAM KARLINS DAY IN CHICAGO, by Mayor Richard M. Daley in honor of his 60th birthday. Karlins' music has been recorded on CRI, Brewster, Advance and Golden Crest Records, as well as Centaur, Opus One, ACA Digital Audio and Music From Northwestern compact discs. His music is published by C. F. Peters; Pembroke Music; Southern Music Co.; Seesaw Music Corp.; Tritone Press; Media Press; and the Needham Publishing Co., in the U.S.A., as well as Leduc (Paris) and Apoll-Edition (Vienna). He is a member of BMI, and the American
Music Center. He was a member of the American
Composers Alliance, where he served on their National Advisory
Board and Board of Governors. He is a National Arts Associate of Sigma
Alpha Iota.
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