Monroe Couper (1953-1994) grew up in Waynesboro, Virginia, and graduated from the University of Chicago. He became a professor of music at the Brooklyn College campus of Kingsborough Community College in 1980, where he taught music theory and electronic music and composed for orchestras and small ensembles, including percussion quartets. His last composition, In Memoriam, premiered in 1993 in Prague. Couper died at the age of 40 in a tragic ice climbing accident on Mount Washington in New Hampshire.
Discipline:
Music Composition
Monroe Couper
Discipline:
Music Composition
Region: South Orange, NJ
MacDowell Fellowships: 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987
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NYT obituary
Studios
Watson
Monroe Couper 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…