Robert Patterson, guest composer
Ph.D., Univ. of Pennsylvania
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Robert Patterson holds doctorate in composition from the University of Pennsylvania. His mentors include George Crumb, Richard Wernick, and Don Freund. His compositions have been performed from South Africa to Norway and Spain to Seattle. Among the awards he has received are the 1999 University of Michigan Bands Commission and the 1994 International Composition Prize from the City of Tarragona in Spain In addition to his musical activities, Patterson helps develop PC-based hotel software for Hilton Hotels, and his interest in computers has led him to become an expert in musical engraving using a computer.

Compositions:
"I Years had been from Home," Songs from Emily Dickinson
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"The Drop, that wrestles in the Sea," Songs from Emily Dickinson
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A little Snow was here and there
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