Discipline: Music Composition

Joel Spiegelman

Discipline: Music Composition
Region: Bronxville, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1971, 1973, 1978, 1983
Joel Spiegelman is an American composer, conductor, concert pianist, harpsichordist, recording artist, arranger, author, and teacher. As a composer, Spiegelman has been widely known for his blending of techniques from traditional classical music, dodecaphonic music, aleatoric music, gospel, Russian folk, and electronic idioms. He has written original music for string quartet, piano trio, piano quintet, chamber music with percussion, solo instruments, wind ensembles, symphony orchestra, ballet, film, choral, and vocal music.

Studios

Watson

Joel Spiegelman 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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