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{{Short description|American composer}}
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'''Melinda Jane Wagner''' (born 1957 in [[Philadelphia]]) is a US composer, and winner of the 1999 [[Pulitzer Prize for Music|Pulitzer Prize in music]]. Her undergraduate degree is from [[Hamilton College (New York)|Hamilton College]]. She received her graduates degrees from University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania. She also served as Composer-in-Residence at the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas (Austin)]] and at the [[Bravo! Vail|'Bravo!' Vail Valley Music Festival]]. Some of her teachers included [[Richard Wernick]], [[George Crumb]], [[Shulamit Ran]], and [[Jay Reise]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ascap.com/concert/Committee/writers/Melinda_Wagner.aspx|title=Melinda Wagner|website=www.ascap.com|access-date=2016-05-03}}</ref>▼
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▲'''Melinda Jane Wagner''' (born 1957 in [[Philadelphia]]) is a US composer, and winner of the 1999 [[Pulitzer Prize for Music|Pulitzer Prize in music]].
==Career==
A resident of [[Ridgewood, New Jersey]], Wagner won the [[1999 Pulitzer Prize]] for her ''[[Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion|Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion]]''.<ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2009/03/an_unusual_trio_summons_its_ow.html "An unusual trio summons its own music"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', March 26, 2009. Accessed November 4, 2012. "Wagner, of Ridgewood, won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1999 for her Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion" commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University.</ref> The Chicago Symphony has commissioned three major works,
She has received many honorable mentions, including a [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship]] and awards from the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] and three [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP]] Young Composer awards. Beforehand, she also received an honorary degree from Hamilton College. Some of her famous pieces are the [[Trombone Concerto (Wagner)|Trombone Concerto]] (2007), ''Falling Angels'' (1992), and ''Extremity of Sky'' (2002).<ref>{{cite web |last=Midgette |first=Anne |authorlink=Anne Midgette |title=Modern Premiere Attended by Gershwin and Mozart |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 24, 2007 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/arts/music/24phil.html |accessdate=March 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Oteri |first=Frank J. |title=Melinda Wagner: It's Just Who I Am |work=[[NewMusicBox]] |date=June 1, 2015 |url=http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/melinda-wagner-its-just-who-i-am/ |accessdate=March 6, 2016}}</ref>
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Wagner was also commissioned by the New York Philharmonic (a concerto for principal trombonist Joseph Alessi), from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Barlow, Fromm, and Koussevitzky Foundations, the American Brass Quintet, and from guitarist David Starobin. She has received a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an honorary degree from Hamilton College, as well as a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Pennsylvania. Her other performances include the Dallas Symphony, the American Composers Orchestra, the Women's Philharmonic, the New York Pops, and the US Marine Band.
Wagner has held a faculty position at The Juilliard School since 2016. A passionate and inspiring teacher, Wagner has held faculty positions at Brandeis University, Smith College, and Syracuse University.<ref>juilliard website</ref> Wagner has also taught at many universities including the [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[Swarthmore College]], [[Syracuse University]], and [[Hunter College]]. She has lectured at many schools such as [[Yale University]], [[Cornell University]], [[Juilliard School]], and [[Mannes School of Music]]. Wagner has served as Composer-in-Residence at the [[University of Texas Austin]] and at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband, percussionist James Saporito, and their children.<ref name=":0" />
== Partial list of works ==
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*''Sextet'' for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano
*''Seven Muses'' Contemporary Anthology for Flute and Piano
*''Sleep Awake'': Two Songs for Mezzo-soprano,
*''Wick'' for Chamber Ensemble
*''Wing and Prayer'' for Clarinet, violoncello, percussion, and piano
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== Awards ==
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* 2003: Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Pennsylvania
* 2001: Honorary degree from Hamilton College
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050219104122/http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/composer.pl?comp=56 Art of the States: Melinda Wagner]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161024020257/http://www.presser.com/composer/wagner-melinda/ Melinda Wagner's page at Theodore Presser Company]
* [http://www.bruceduffie.com/melindawagner.html Two Interviews with Melinda Wagner], February 4, 1993 & May 21, 2003
* [https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/wagner-melinda Juilliard Profile]
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