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ADRIENNE ALBERT ward-winning composer Adrienne Albert’s chamber, choral, vocal, orchestral and wind band works have been performed throughout the United States and across the globe. Before she began composing her own music in the 1990s, Albert enjoyed a long career as a singer working with legendary composers including Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein, Philip Glass and Gunther Schuller among others. Albert’s own music has been supported by noteworthy arts organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts, American Composers Forum, Meet the Composer/ Rockefeller Foundation, Subito Awards, Mu Phi Epsilon Fraternity, MPE Foundation, ACME and ASCAP. Recent commissions include works for The Cornell University Chorus, Harvard-Westlake School, Holyoke Civic Symphony, Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation, Palisades Virtuosi, Zinkali Trio, Pennsylvania Academy of Music, Chamber Music Palisades and Pacific Serenades as well as private individuals. A graduate of UCLA, Albert studied composition privately with Stephen Mosko and orchestration with Albert Harris. She is a member of ASCAP, the LA Composers Forum, SAG, AFTRA, The American Music Center, American Composers Forum, International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) and the Dominant Club. She is vice president in charge of programming for NACUSA/LA and past president of Mu Phi Epsilon’s Los Angeles Alumni chapter.
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