Professor of Music; Director, Program in Music Composition and Theory
Ph.D. 1978, M.A. 1975, Harvard; B.Mus. 1973, Eastman School of Music

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Personal Homepage: http://www.stokar.com/Karchin/LKarchin.htm

Research Interests:

Music composition, music theory and analysis, new music performance

Affiliations:

Conductor, Chamber Players of the League-ISCM; Co-director, Washington Square Contemporary Music Society.

Fellowships/Honors:

Commissions from the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation; Commissions from the Group for Contemporary Music, Parnassus, the Da Capo Chamber Players, Talujon, the Jubal Trio, the Portland (Me.) Symphony; Walter N. Hinrichsen Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Endowment for the Arts Composer Fellowships, Koussevitzky Tanglewood Award, Awards from the Fromm, Ditson and Copland Foundations.

Selected Works:

American Visions: Two Songs on Poems of Yevgeny Yevtushenko. For baritone and chamber ensemble. New York: C.F. Peters. 1998. Premiered by the DaCapo Chamber Players. Winner: 1999 Heckscher Foundation Prize.
Rhapsody for Orchestra. New York: C. F. Peters. 1997. Premiered by the Louisville Orchestra.
Sonata da Camera, for violin and piano. New York: C. F. Peters. 1995. Premiered by Jorja Fleezanis and Karen Rosenak.
Galactic Folds, for chamber ensemble. New York: C. F. Peters. 1992. Premiered by the Griffin Ensemble.
Romulus, an opera in one act. Showcased by the National Opera Association. 1990.
Songs of Distance and Light. C. F. Peters. Premiered by the Earplay Ensemble of San Francisco. 1989.
Recordings on CRI and New World Records.

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