Gloria Wilson Swisher

Gloria Wilson Swisher
Born 1935
Occupation composer, music educator and pianist

Gloria Wilson Swisher (born 1935) is an American composer, music educator and pianist.

Biography

Gloria Wilson Swisher was born in Seattle, Washington. She graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle where she received a Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, Mills College in Oakland, California, where she earned a Master of Music in composition and the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where she earned a Ph.D. in 1960. She studied composition under John Verrall, Darius Milhaud, Bernard Rogers, and Howard Hanson. She is a member of The International Association of Women in Music, the Darius Milhaud Society and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.[1] She was awarded the Sigma Alpha Iota Inter-American prize for her composition Salutations for oboe and piano.[2] Swisher was the subject of a 2009 University of Washington dissertation, The choral music of Gloria Wilson Swisher, by Robert Bigley.[3]

Swisher has taught at Washington State University in Pullman, Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Shoreline Community College (1969–1998) in Seattle, and the University of Washington in Seattle. She is a Professor Emerita of Music at Shoreline Community College, and often performs as a duo pianist with Nancy Matesky. She is a founding member of Ars Nova Press, Inc., a non-profit corporation that promotes and reprints the work of quality composers.[4][5]

Works

Selected works include:

Orchestral Works:

Works for large ensemble:

Masses and liturgical music:

Stage works: Opera:

Theatre:

Works for choir:

Vocal music:

Chamber music

Works for Organ:

Works for Piano:

References

  1. "Pleasure for the Ear: The Composers". Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. "SIGMA ALPHA IOTA INTER-AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS" (PDF). Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  3. "The choral music of Gloria Wilson Swisher". Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  4. "Composer Biography:Gloria Wilson Swisher". Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  5. Who's Who in American Music: Classical. Jaques Cattell Press. 1985.
  6. "Sigma Alpha Iota Member Laureate: Annual Updates". Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  7. "The Music of Gloria Wilson Swisher". Music Library of the University of Washington. Retrieved 14 September 2010.

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