Discipline: Music Composition

David Hollister

Discipline: Music Composition
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1961
David Hollister (1929-2014) was a composer and teacher. He received a post-doctoral grant for study in Poland, and his string orchestra piece Corronach based on the Holocaust, was performed by the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra. Two string quartets were recorded on Opus One records. Commissions include music for Paul Taylor, choreographer, for avant-guard film maker Hilary Harris, and for musical theatre.

Studios

Van Zorn (formerly Kirby)

David Hollister worked in the Van Zorn (formerly Kirby) studio.

Constructed thanks to a bequest from Sarah L. Kirby, Kirby Studio was the last new building to be erected during Mrs. MacDowell’s leadership (1907-1951). The load-bearing masonry walls were laid by local mason Augustus Beaulieu atop a fieldstone foundation. A 1995 renovation preserved the brick fireplace with wooden mantel and…

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