Adolphus Hailstork

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Adolphus Hailstork
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Adolphus Hailstork
Born
Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III

(1941-04-17) April 17, 1941 (age 83)
Rochester, New York, US
Education Michigan State University (PhD)
Occupations

Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III (born April 17, 1941) is an American composer and educator. [1] He was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up in Albany, New York, where he studied violin, piano, organ, and voice. He currently resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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Career

Hailstork began his musical career in 1963, when he studied composition with Mark Fax at Howard University, Washington, DC (BMus 1963). [2] In the summer of 1963 he attended the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, France, where he studied with Nadia Boulanger. [3] In 1965, Hailstork received a Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied under Vittorio Giannini and David Diamond, and in 1966 received a Master of Music at the same institution. [3] After studying under H. Owen Reed, Hailstork received his PhD in composition from Michigan State University in 1971. [3]

From 1969 to 1971, Hailstork taught at Michigan State University. He then served as professor at Youngstown State University in Ohio from 1971 to 1976, and in 1977 accepted a post as professor of music and Composer-in-Residence at Virginia's Norfolk State University. [2] He also taught as professor of music and Composer-in-Residence at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. [3]

Hailstork is of African American, Native American and European ancestry[ citation needed ] and his works blend musical ideas from the African, American and European traditions. [4]

In October 2022, he was featured as "Composer of the Week" on BBC Radio 3. [5]

Hailstork married in 2007. [5]

Awards and publications

Hailstork is published by Theodore Presser Company [12] and Carl Fischer Music. [13] Old Dominion University holds several archival documents of Adolphus Hailstork in the special collections area of the F. Ludwig Diehn Composers Room, in the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center. [14]

Selected works

Works for Solo Instruments

Toccata on Veni Emmanuel for Organ/E.C.Schirmer 1996

Works for Chamber Ensemble

Works for Chorus and Orchestra

Works for Chorus

Works for Wind Ensemble

Works for Orchestra

Operas

References

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  2. 1 2 McGinty, Doris Evans (2001-01-20). "Hailstork, Adolphus". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42700. ISBN   978-1-56159-263-0. Archived from the original on 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
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  11. ↑ "Honorary degree recipients". Special Collections Knowledgebase. 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
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  52. ↑ "Springtime for Elephants-2copy". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
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  63. ↑ "Shout for Joy".
  64. ↑ "Adolphus Hailstork: "American Guernica"". 24 January 2017.
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