Paul Glass

Visiting Professor, Music History
Academic Department: Art and Art History

Degrees:
Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy
B.A. University of Southern California, USA

Profile:
Paul Glass has studied music composition with Ingolf Dahl (U.S.C.), Goffredo Petrassi (Rome), Roger Sessions (Princeton), Witold Lutoslawski (Warsaw) and others. Recent commissions include: the WDR (Radio Cologne), Musica nel Mendrisiotto, Settimane Musicali di Ascona (with the contribution of Pro Helvetia), and Pro Helvetia 1993. Composition for “la giornata Ticinese” at Expo ’02. He is also Professor of Composition at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana.

Awards and Honors:
Los Angeles Chamber Symphony Award,1957
BMI Award, 1957
Fulbright and Fulbright Renewal, 1957,1958
Franklin Murphy, 1960
Minister of Higher Education Award, Warsaw, 1961
Minister of Culture Award, Warsaw, 1962
Various awards from the American Society of Composers , Authors and Publishers (ASCAP),
Swiss Music Edition Award, 1988
Edition Musicale Suisse, Pro Helvetia, 1961 - present

Contact Information: pglass@fc.edu