- Hale Smith
Hale Smith (b. Cleveland,
Ohio ,June 29 ,1925 ) is an American composer, pianist, educator, arranger, and editor.He studied at the
Cleveland Institute of Music , graduating with a B.M. degree in 1950, and obtaining an M.M. in 1952. There, his instructors includedMarcel Dick (composition),Ward Lewis (theory),Dorothy Price (piano), andRobert U. Nelson (calligraphy). In 1953 hisopera "Blood Wedding" premiered in Cleveland.He moved to
New York in 1958 and taught at C. W. Post College onLong Island, New York until 1970. He later taught at theUniversity of Connecticut .His awards include the first composition prize of BMI Student Composer Awards sponsored byBroadcast Music, Inc. (1952), the
Cleveland Arts Prize (1973), and membership in theAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters (1988).He received an honorary doctorate from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 1988.
References
* Breda, Malcolm Joseph. (1975). "Hale Smith: A Biographical and Analytical Study of the Man and His Music." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Southern Mississippi.
* Caldwell, Hansonia La Verne (1975). "Conversation With Hale Smith, A Man of Many Parts." "The Black Perspective in Music", vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 59–76 (spring 1975).External links
* [http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/Smith.html Hale Smith page]
* [http://marilynharris.com/halesmith.html Hale Smith tribute]
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