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Line 1: {{Short description\|American composer}} '''Melinda 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>▼ {{BLP sources\|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist \| birth_name = Melinda Jane Wagner \| caption = Jessup in 2021 \| origin = American \| birth_date = 1957 \| occupations = Composer \| label = \| website = }} ▲'''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~~'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> ==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> ~~Prize.~~ The Chicago Symphony has commissioned three major works, -Falling Angels (1992); a piano concerto, Extremity of Sky (2002) for Emanuel Ax; ~~and~~the amost ~~third~~recent of these, Proceed, Moon (2016), was premiered by the orchestra ~~work~~under the baton of Susanna Mälkki in ~~2006~~2017. Extremity of Sky has also been performed by Emanuel Ax with the National Symphony, the Toronto Symphony, the Kansas City Symphony, and the Staatskapelle Berlin. Other works have been performed by a number of orchestras, including the [[New York New Music Ensemble]], the Network for New Music, [[Orchestra 2001]], the [[San Francisco Contemporary Music Players]], and many other leading organizations. 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 ~~include~~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=~~http~~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> 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. ~~Melinda~~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. MsSchool of Music]]. Wagner has served as Composer-in-Residence at the [[University of Texas in 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 == Line 22 ⟶ 34: ''My Tioga'' for String Quartet ''Pan Journal'' for Harp and String Quartet ''[[Proceed, Moon]]'' for orchestra (2016) ''Romanze With Faux Variations'' Piano Trio No. 2 ''Scritch'' for Oboe and String Quartet ''Sextet'' for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano ''Seven Muses'' Contemporary Anthology for Flute and Piano ''Sleep Awake'': Two Songs for Mezzo-soprano, ~~Clarinte~~Clarinet, and Piano ''Wick'' for Chamber Ensemble ''Wing and Prayer'' for Clarinet, violoncello, percussion, and piano Line 35 ⟶ 48: ''Scamp'' for Wind Ensemble == Awards ~~Received~~ == {{BLP unreferenced section\|date=January 2022}} 2003: Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Pennsylvania * 2001: Honorary degree from Hamilton College Line 51 ⟶ 65: == 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] ~~by Bruce Duffie~~, February 4, 1993 & May 21, 2003 * [https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/wagner-melinda Juilliard Profile] {{Melinda Wagner}} {{PulitzerPrize Music 1991–2000}} {{portal bar\|Classical music\|Biography\|Music}} {{Authority control}} Line 62 ⟶ 79: [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:20th-century classical composers]] [[Category:American ~~female~~women classical composers]] [[Category:American classical composers]] [[Category:American people of German descent]] [[Category:~~People~~Musicians from Ridgewood, New Jersey]] [[Category:Pulitzer Prize for Music winners]] [[Category:Musicians from Philadelphia]] [[Category:Hamilton College (New York) alumni]] [[Category:University of Texas at Austin faculty]]▼ ~~[[Category:Guggenheim Fellows]]~~ [[Category:Musicians from New Jersey]]▼ [[Category:20th-century American musicians]]▼ ~~[[Category:Women Pulitzer Prize winners]]~~ [[Category:Pulitzer Prize winners]] ▲[[Category:20th-century American ~~musicians~~composers]] [[Category:Classical musicians from Pennsylvania]] ▲[[Category:~~Musicians~~Classical musicians from New Jersey]] [[Category:20th-century American women composers]] [[Category:American women academics]] [[Category:Swarthmore College faculty]] [[Category:Syracuse University faculty]] [[Category:Hunter College faculty]] [[Category:University of Pennsylvania faculty]] ▲[[Category:University of Texas at Austin faculty]] [[Category:Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters]]