Gloria Wilson Swisher

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Gloria Wilson Swisher
Born(1935-03-12)March 12, 1935
DiedJuly 23, 2023(2023-07-23) (aged 88)
Occupation(s)composer, music educator and pianist

Gloria Wilson Swisher (born March 12, 1935) was an American composer, music educator and pianist. She died July 23, 2023 in Edmonds, Washington.

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Biography

Gloria Wilson Swisher was born in Seattle, Washington. She graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle where she received a Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, Mills College in Oakland, California, where she earned a Master of Music in composition and the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where she earned a Ph.D. in 1960. She studied composition under John Verrall, Darius Milhaud, Bernard Rogers, and Howard Hanson. She was a member of The International Association of Women in Music, the Darius Milhaud Society and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. [1] She was awarded the Sigma Alpha Iota Inter-American prize for her composition Salutations for oboe and piano. [2] Swisher was the subject of a 2009 University of Washington dissertation, The choral music of Gloria Wilson Swisher, by Robert Bigley. [3]

Swisher taught at Washington State University in Pullman, Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Shoreline Community College (1969–1998) in Seattle, and the University of Washington in Seattle. She was a Professor Emerita of Music at Shoreline Community College, and often performed as a duo pianist with Nancy Matesky. She was a founding member of Ars Nova Press, Inc., a non-profit corporation that promotes and reprints the work of quality composers. [4] [5]

Works

Selected works include:

Orchestral Works:

Works for large ensemble:

Masses and liturgical music:

Stage works: Opera:

Theatre:

Works for choir:

Vocal music:

Chamber music

Works for Organ:

Works for Piano:

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References

  1. ↑ "Pleasure for the Ear: The Composers". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "SIGMA ALPHA IOTA INTER-AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS (under Chamber Music section)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "The choral music of Gloria Wilson Swisher" . Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "Composer Biography:Gloria Wilson Swisher". Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  5. ↑ Who's Who in American Music: Classical. Jaques Cattell Press. 1985.
  6. ↑ "Sigma Alpha Iota Member Laureate: Annual Updates". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  7. ↑ "The Music of Gloria Wilson Swisher". Music Library of the University of Washington. Retrieved 14 September 2010.


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