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Douglas Townsend, Composer
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American composer and native New Yorker Douglas Townsend was still actively composing, teaching and writing until just days before his death, at age 90, in Manhattan on August 1, 2012.   After graduating from Manhattan's famed High School of Music and Art , he privately studied composition with a succession of well-known composers of the day:   Tibor Serly, Stefan Wolpe (five years), Aaron Copland  (on a scholarship to Tanglewood), Otto Luening  (on two scholarships to the Middlebury Comp...
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This is a podcast with pictures of the All-Townsend Memorial Concert which was held in Manhattan at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music on Septe...
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This is a podcast of a live concert on April 24, 2012 at Saint Peter's Church in Manhattan. It features the compositions of 8 living composers per...
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The first anniversary of 9/11 inspired a remarkable global commemoration -- the "Rolling Requiem," performances of Mozart's Requiem from time zone ...
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This week's show is sponsored by the Philadelphia International Music Festival, the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, The Green Lake Festival of Mus...
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This week we are very proud to bring to you 8 composers and 27 professional musicians performing in a New York City recital. Composer Douglas Town...
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douglastownsend 1:00 PM - 20 May 2013 | Applause: 0
Coming soon! The podcast of our 4/23/13 Fourth Annual Social Networking Concert, which has 9 performances by 28 musicians and 2 conductors of works by 8 composers.
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douglastownsend 8:25 AM - 4 Jul 2012 | Applause: 0
The podcast of our Third Annual Social Networking Concert is up and running 24/7. You can hear about 25 NYC musicians performing live the works of 8 living composers in our 4/24/12 concert in Manhattan. The link is http://khedgecock.podomatic.com/entry/2013-02-0...
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douglastownsend 7:34 PM - 9 Jan 2010 | Applause: 0
My Fantasy on The Coventry Carol, for piano four-hands, and published by C.F. Peters, is performed in the "Christmas Show" by the Oregon duo of Maria Choban and Kenn Willson, from their Alitisa CD "Gifts from Three Kings."
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douglastownsend 7:24 PM - 9 Jan 2010 | Applause: 0
My Fantasy on God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, for piano four-hands, is performed in "A Look Back at 2009" under "premium podcasts." The Oregon duo Maria Choban and Kenn Willson perform, from their Alitisa CD, "Gifts from Three Kings."
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