A professor at Smith College since 1974, Donald Wheelock has composed more than eleven song cycles, as well as several instrumental works. His song "Fury" was part of the AIDS Quilt Songbook project.
Discipline:
Music Composition
Donald Wheelock
Discipline:
Music Composition
Region: South Deerfield, MA
MacDowell Fellowships: 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1991
Studios
Van Zorn (formerly Kirby)
Donald Wheelock 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…