Claude Baker served as the composer-in-residence for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra from 1991-1999. His music has been performed internationally by the orchestras of Saint Louis, San Francisco, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Louisville, the New York Philharmonic, the National Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Nacional de España, and Orquesta Sinfónica de RTV Española.   Biography >>

David Dzubay's past awards include the 2005 Utah Arts Festival Commission (Utah Symphony), the Barlow Prize, Wayne Peterson Prize, Walter Beeler Prize, NBA Revelli Prize, NEA grant, three ASCAP, two BMI Student Composer Awards. He is Composer in Residence with the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra (2005-2006).   Biography >>

Don Freund has recieved a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (2005) two NEA Awards, 25 ASCAP Awards, and the AGO/ECS Publishing Award in Choral Composition. He has been honored with awards at the Rodrigo Riera International Competition for Guitar Composition, the Washington International String Quartet Composition Competition, the ISCM/League of Composers International Piano Music Competition, and received a Macgeorge Fellowship.   Biography >>

John Gibson's acoustic and electroacoustic music has been presented in the US, Canada, Europe, South America and Asia. His instrumental compositions have been performed by many groups, including the London Sinfonietta, the Da Capo Chamber Players, the Seattle Symphony, the Music Today Ensemble, Speculum Musicae, Ekko!, and at the Tanglewood, Marlboro and June in Buffalo festivals.   Biography >>

Jeffrey Hass's compositions have been premiered by the Louisville Orchestra, Memphis Symphony, and the Concordia Chamber Orchestra, and have been performed at Lincoln Center, and at national conferences of the Society of Composers, International Computer Music Conference, International Double Reed Society, SEAMUS, and the College Music Society.   Biography >>

A recipient of the Fulbright, Rome Prize, Guggenheim, and Rockefeller Foundation fellowships, Eugene O'Brien has recieved commissions from the NEA, Koussevitzky, and Fromm Foundations and Meet the Composer/Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund.   Biography >>

A recipient of the Rome Prize, P.Q. Phan has recieved awards and grants from ASCAP, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Ohio Arts Council. He was a composer-in-residence with the American Composers Orchestra and was granted Mac Dowell Colony fellowships.   Biography >>

Sven-David Sandström completed composition studies with Lingvar Lidholm, György Ligeti, and Per Nørgård. He is the former professor of composition and vice president of the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Mr. Sandström has received numerous awards and prizes, including the Christ Johnson Prize, Nordic Council Award, and the Buxtehude Award.   Biography >>