Judith Lang Zaimont (born 8 November 1945) is an American music educator, music writer and composer.
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Judith Ann Lang was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and grew up in Bellerose, Queens, New York. She began studying piano at age five, and performed on The Lawrence Welk Show at age eleven. She studied music at Queens College, CUNY, with George Perle, Hugo Weisgall and Leo Kraft, already winning prizes for her compositions. She continued her education at Columbia University, studying composition with Otto Luening and Jack Beeson. She later studied orchestration in Paris with André Jolivet.
After completing her studies, Zaimont taught music at Queens College, Peabody Conservatory, Adelphi University, and the University of Minnesota. She married musician and music educator Gary Edward Zaimont in 1967 and had one son. She has published professional articles, essays and texts, and received grants for research in musicology.[1][2][3]
Selected compositions include:
Her published works include: