Discipline: Music Composition

Carolyn O'Brien

Discipline: Music Composition
Region: Evanston, IL
MacDowell Fellowships: 2013

Carolyn O'Brien is a teacher, a composer of contemporary art music, and a frequent collaborator with performers, dancers, choreographers, visual artists, and sculptors.

Studios

Watson

Carolyn O'Brien worked in the Watson studio.

Built in 1916 in memory of Regina Watson of Chicago, a musician and teacher, this studio was donated by a group of her friends, along with funds for its maintenance. Originally designed to serve as a composers’ studio with room for performance, Watson was used as a recital hall for chamber music for a…

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