Discipline: Music Composition

David Kechley

Discipline: Music Composition
Region: Williamstown, MA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2009

David Kechley developed works for solo violin, solo cello, and solo piano as part of a compact disc project called At the Dragon's Gate. His work has been recognized by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation.

Studios

Veltin

David Kechley 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…

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