Discipline: Music Composition

Edmund Haines

Discipline: Music Composition
MacDowell Fellowships: 1946, 1959, 1963, 1970
Edmund Haines (1914-1974) received his Ph.D. from Eastman School of Music in 1941. Among his teachers were Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, and Howard Hanson. Haines was the recipient of the 1941 Pulitzer Award, two Fulbright grants, and five Guggenheim Fellowships for his works. One Fulbright grant (1965-67) was awarded for the research of contemporary Spanish music in Spain at the University of Madrid. Haines served on the faculties of the University of Michigan from 1941 to 1947, and at Sarah Lawrence College in New York, from 1948 until his death in 1974. In addition to Concertino for Seven Solo Instruments, Haines’ other principal compositions were Symphony #1, performed by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Detroit Symphony; Three Dances for Orchestra, by NBC Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Symphony, and Oklahoma City Symphony; and Promenade, Air and Toccata, for organ, performed in

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Watson

Edmund Haines 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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