Ann Silsbee (1930-2003) received degrees from Radcliffe, Syracuse, and her D.MA. from Cornell. She wrote for a variety of media and was commissioned by several organizations, including the Gregg Smith Singers, Colgate University Chorus, the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble, Elmira Symphony, Ithaca Opera, and others. Her works have been recorded on CRI, Northeastern, and Spectrum by such distinguished artists as the Boston Musica Viva, Gregg Smith Singers, the Society for New Music, and David Burge. In May 1991 Silsbee traveled to China for performances and lectures.
Discipline:
Music Composition
Ann Silsbee
Discipline:
Music Composition
Region: Ithaca, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1983, 1988
Studios
Veltin
Ann Silsbee worked in the Veltin studio.
Veltin Studio was donated by alumni of the Veltin School, a school for girls in New York with a highly respected visual arts department. As the plaque just outside the entrance attests, this studio was used by poet Edwin Arlington Robinson during most of the 24 summers he spent at MacDowell. Perhaps most famously, Thornton Wilder put the finishing…