Since 1979, Judith Shatin has been based at the University of Virginia, where she is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor and Director of the Virginia Center for Computer Music. Educated at Douglass College she also holds degrees from The Juilliard School (MM) and Princeton University (Ph.D), where she studied with Milton Babbitt and J.K. Randall. Additional studies included two summers as a Crofts composition fellow at Tanglewood.
Ms. Shatin's music has been performed by such ensembles as the Denver, Houston, Minnesota, National and Richmond Symphonies; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Ciompi Quartet and the New Performance Group of Seattle. Her 1492 for piano and percussion was presented at the Moscow Autumn Festival, and at the West Cork Festival. Her awards include four NEA Composer Fellowships, as well as those from the American Music Center, Meet the Composer, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Her music has also been commissioned by such groups as the Barlow Foundation, Monticello Trio, National Symphony, Virginia Chamber Orchestra, and the Women's Philharmonic. A two-year retrospective of her music in Shepherdstown, WV, was supported by the Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Arts Partners Program (1992-94). This project culminated in the premiere of her folk oratorio, COAL. Scored for chorus, Appalachian ensemble, electronic playback and synthesizer, with her own libretto, it reflects her efforts to musically touch an entire way of life.
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