Lewis Rosengarten, composer
HOLDING DEGREES IN COMPOSITION FROM COLGATE UNIVERISTY (BA), ITHACA COLLEGE (MM,) AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY (DM), LEWIS ROSENGARTEN STUDIED WITH KAREL HUSA, HARVEY SOLLBERGER, DONALD ERB, DEXTER MORRILL, AND JOHN EATON. WITH NUMEROUS HONORS AND AWARDS, LR NOTABLY WAS AN ASCAP/NISSIM WINNER WITH A PERFORMANCE OF HIS SONG CYCLE, "4 POEMS OF ARNAUT DANIEL" BY THE ALABAMA SYMPHONY, A KECK GRANT RECIPIENT, AND COMPOSED THE MUSIC FOR PERFORMANCES OF SEAMUS HANEY'S "BURIAL AT THEBES (A VERSION OF ANTIGONE)." HIS WORK FOR SOPRANO AND PIANO, "IN NIGHT" WAS SELECTED FOR PERFORMANCE BY CORTLAND COMMUNITY ARTS CHALLENGE. ROSENGARTEN RECENTLY TOOK THE POSITION OF THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT SUNY CORTLAND, BRINGING HIM TO THIS COMMUNITY.
