Discipline: Music Composition

Joseph Pelphrey

Discipline: Music Composition
Region: Dorchester, MA
MacDowell Fellowships: 1979

Studios

Van Zorn (formerly Kirby)

Joseph Pelphrey 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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